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Elements of a Distribution XML File
15.3.2 foreach
■ mail
■ file
■ printer
■ destype
Each of these is discussed in the following subsections.
Example
OR
Required/Optional
Optional. You can have as many foreach elements as you require.
Description
Use the foreach element to burst your distribution against a repeating group. You
can use foreach only when the associated report definition file (either RDF, JSP, or
XML) has its "Repeat On" property for the section that will be burst set to an
appropriate group. The foreach element specifies that the distribution defined
between its open and close parameters should be performed for each repeating group.
The Repeat On property can be set for a report section (Header, Main, and Trailer) to
associate a data model break group to a section. By setting the Repeat On property for
a section, you can generate multiple instances of a section, or a repeating section.
When you implement bursting and distribution in a report, you can generate
section-level distribution by setting the Repeat On property for a section to a data
model break group, which generates an instance of the section for each column record
of that break group. Then, you can distribute each instance of the section as
appropriate (for example, to individual managers in the MANAGER group).
If you set the Repeat On property for more than one of the Header, Main, and Trailer
sections of a report, all Repeat On property values must be set to the same data model
break group. If the Repeat On property for any one of the Header, Main, and Trailer
sections is set to a different data model break group, Oracle Reports raises any of the
following messages:
REP-0069: Internal Error
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