Adding Text Attachments

Open a report template that fetches the appropriate records in Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Report Design Aid (RDA).

1. Select the detail section to which you want to add text attachments.

2. From the Insert menu, select Alpha Variable.

3. Position the variable in the detail section.

4. If the section is columnar, double-click the alpha variable column heading and on the General tab of the properties form, enter a descriptive column name.

5. If the section is columnar, double-click the column variable; if the section is group, double-click the alpha variable field.

6. On the Description tab of the properties form, change the name of the variable by entering a new name in the Variable Name field.

   Change the name to something meaningful that is easy to recognize in Event Rules Design (for example, Attachments).

   This field should relate to the column heading name if the section is columnar.

7. Select the Display tab, modify the Display Length field to a length that accommodates the text attachment, and click OK.

   If the text is longer than the display length, the text wraps.

8. Click the detail section of the report, and select Event Rules from the Edit menu.

9. On the Event Rules Design form, select the Do Section event from the pull-down events list box.

10. From the Insert menu, select System Function.

    To include text attachments for specific records, establish If/While criteria. If no text attachment for the record exists or if the record is excluded by the If/While logic, no text prints in the report section.

11. On the System Functions form, expand the Media Objects folder on the Function Selection tab.

12. Select the media object data structure that is attached to the associated interactive application.

13. Select the Parameter Mapping tab.

    The Action and Text parameters typically appear on this screen. The remaining parameters vary depending on the data structure that you select.

14. Define the data structure parameters, and click OK.

    The system displays a media object call on the Event Rules Design form. This call varies, depending on the parameters that you mapped.

15. On the Event Rules Design form, click the check mark to save the event rules and return to RDA.

16. Preview the report.

    For any record that has generic text attached, the text prints in the alpha variable that you placed on the report.