STRUCTURED QUERY REPORTING

ADVANTAGES
• Used for Reporting.

• Used for background Sql processing

• Used to migrate/ move data from legacy system to PeopleSoft system.

• Used to perform file integration.

• Used where programming logic is more.

• This can be used as both GUI and CUI(character use interface)( GUI is supported only
till 7.5 version, it is also called work bench).

COMMANDS IN SQR
They are of three types
1. Sections

2. Paragraphs

3. Other commands

1. SECTIONS HEADING
a. BEGIN-SETUP

b. BEGIN HEADING DATA/BODY

c. BEGIN-FOOTING
FOOTING
d. BEGIN-PROGRAM
SQR page
e. BEGIN-PROCEDURE

a. BEGIN-SETUP:

• This is not mandatory

• This is used to perform output page setup like page size, margins, font size
etc.

• We can have only 1 setup section in SQR program

 • The page setup done will be applied to all output pages.

Syntax:
// THESE ARE SPACE SENSITIVE.THE CODE WILL BE TYPED IN NOTEPAD OR
WORDPAD AND SAVED AS .SQR
BEGIN-SETUP // THESE ARE SPACE
OTHER COMMANDS SENSITIVE.THE CODE WILL
END-SETUP BE TYPED IN NOTEPAD OR
WORDPAD AND SAVED AS
.SQR

b. BEGIN-HEADING

• This is not a mandatory section.

• This is used to design heading region of O/p page.

• We can have only one heading region.

• The heading design will be applied to all the O/P pages.

Syntax: # IS USED TO SPECIFY NO.OF

LINES REQUIRED FOR
BEGIN-HEADING # HEADING REGION.
PRINT COMMANDS
END-HEADING

c. BEGIN-FOOTING

• This is not a mandatory section.

• This is used to design footing region.

• We can have only 1 footing section.

• The footing design will be applied to all the O/P pages.

Syntax:

BEGIN-FOOTING #
PRINT COMMANDS
 END- FOOTING

d. BEGIN-PROGRAMM

• This is a mandatory section in SQL program.

• This is used to design data region of O/p page.

• We can have only program section in SQR program

• The SQR program execution starts from program section.

Syntax:

BEGIN-PROGRAM/REPORT
OTHER COMMANDS
END-PROGRAM

e. BEGIN-PROCEDURE

• This is not a mandatory section.

• This is used to design data or body region on O/p page.

• We can have any number of procedures

• Every procedure has unique procedure name.

• Procedures are functions in SQR which can be re-used.

• We do not write actual coding in program section, instead we write it in

procedure section & call them in program section.

Syntax:

BEGIN-PROCEDURE <PROCEDURE NAME>

OTHER COMMANDS
END-PROCEDURE [<PROCEDURE NAME>]

2. PARAGRAPHS
a. BEGIN-SELECT
 • This is used to retrieve data from database which is required to generate
output.

• This is used to implement ‘for’ looping in SQR programs.

Syntax
BEGIN-SELECT
Field1
. IF THERE MULTIPLE SQL-
From<table-list> STATEMENTS, USING ‘;’ AT
[where<condition>] END OF EVERY STATEMENT.
[group by[<having>]]
[order by]
END-SELECT
B. BEGIN-SQL
This is used to execute all SQL statements like DML,DDL,DCL statements except select.
Syntax
BEGIN-SQL
SQL-STATEMENT
END-SQL

c. BEGIN-DOCUMENT
This is used to combine static text with data from database.(EG:- while giving offer letter
or any greetings, the text is same , only the name changes.)
Syntax
BEGIN-DOCUMENT (1,1)
OTHER COMMANDS
END-COMMANDS

SQR PROGRAMMING STRUCTURE

SECTIONS

PARAGRAPH OTHER

OTHER

OTHER COMMANDS.

i) PRINT-COMMAND
• This is mandatory for any SQR report.

• They are of two types

− Implicit: no commands required, used for printing static text.

− Explicit: print command is required.

• Formatting options

− Bold - Center - Underline

− Box - Shape - Wrap

− On-break

− edit ( for specifying multiple formatting options)

 ON-BREAK
Used for redundancy of printing
Group headings
Group footings
Options: change,top-page,never,always,before,after,save
ON-BREAK = NEVER ( NEVER CHANGE THE VALUE)
= ALWAYS(PRINT VALUE ALWAYS)
= AFTER (USED FOR GROUP FOOTING)

SYNTAX:
IMPLICIT PRINT
&<VARIABLE NAME>(<ROWNO><COL NO>[<OPTIONS>]

EXPLICIT PRINT
PRINT ”<STATIC TEXT>” (<ROWNO><COL NO>[<LEN>])(<OPTIONS>)
EG: PRINT ”DETAIL” (1,20)

ON-BREAK:
REDUNDANCY OF PRINITNG
& COUNTRY(1,1) ON-BREAK
&CITY (1,5) ON-BREAK
& EMPID(1,7)

DIFFERENT FILE TYPES

.SQR -> SOURCE CODE FILE (EXECUTABLE FILE)

.SQT-> INTERMEDIATE FILE
.LIS-> LIST FILE o/p FILE
.SQC-> FUNCTION LIBRARY FILE
.SPF-> PORTABLE FILE FORMAT
.INI-> INITIALIZATION/CONFIGURATION
.MAX-> MAXIMAZATION FILE( INCREASE BUFFER FILE)
.HTML
.PDF O/P FILE FORMATS
.CSV
.ERR -> ERROR FILE
.LOG-> LOG FILE

DATA TYPES
- TEXT/ CHARACTER

- DATE

- NUMBER -> INTEGER, DECIMAL

VARIABLES
- COLUMN VARIABLES :

These are columns in database ie, fields from database tables. These variable
names will be staring with ‘&’
• SQR VARIABLES :

o USER DEFINED VARIABLES

o These are program specific variables

o Text values ‘$’

o Numeric variables ‘#’

o Date variables ‘$’

• Reserved variables

o System variables

o Variable name consists of hyphen ‘-‘

o Developer cannot use these names for user defined variables.

• Document markers

o These are used only in ‘BEGIN-DOCUMENT’ paragraph.

o These variable names start with ‘@’.

• Substitution variables

oIn these variables, values are stored at start of program and remain till end
of program.

o The variables are enclosed in ‘{ }’

• Scope of variable

− Global ( default scope is global)

− Local
TYPES OF RECORDS

• TABULAR REPORTS: This is used to generate report from a single table.

• MASTER DETAIL REPORT: This is to generate reports from more than one table.

• FORM REPORTS: In this report, for each and every row we will have a separate output
page.

EG: PAY SLIPS

• MAILING LABELS: In this we partition the output page vertically and generate an
output .

EG: ADRESS PRINITNG

• LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS: In this report we combine static text. With the column
variables.

EG: OFFER LETTERS AND RELIEVING LETTERS

• CROSS TABULAR REPORTS: In this report we perform both row wise as well as
column wise calculations.

EG: FINDING ALL THE TOTALS IN BELOW TABLE

TOTAL

TA DA SALARY

TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL

• GRAPHICAL REPORTS: In this report, we represent the data in a graphical format.

THE EXECUTABLE FILE TO RUN AN sqr PROGRAM IS sqrw.EXE.

THIS IS LOCATED AT
 <DRIVE>:\ PEOPLETOOLS 8.X\bin\sqr\<DATABASE>\BINW\sqrw.exe

Simple program

BEGIN-PROGRAM
PRINT ‘HELLO’ (3,10) BOLD BOX
END-PROGRAM

! Tabular report
! This report gets the data from employee table and generates output for all employees.
BEGIN - HEADING 2
PRINT ‘Employee detail report’ (1, 20) BOLD BOX
PRINT ‘Employee id’ (2, 1) BOLD UNDERLINE
PRINT ‘EmpName’ (2, 15) BOLD UNDERLINE
PRINT ‘Country’ (2, 60) BOLD UNDERLINE
PRINT ‘Salary’ (2, 70) BOLD UNDERLINE
END-HEADING
BEGIN - FOOTING 2
PRINT ‘** Confidential information**’ (2, 10) BOLD
END - FOOTING
! This is main section which calls tabular procedures.
BEGIN - PROGRAM
DO TABULAR
END - PROGRAM
! This is a procedure to get the data and print
BEGIN - PROCEDURE
BEGIN -SELECT
EMPLID (+1,1) ! +1: AUTO INCREMENTS ROWS
NAME ( ,15)
COUNTRY ( ,60)
COMPRATE ( ,70)
 FROM PS_EMPLOYEES
END - SELECT
END – PROCEDURE
MASTER DETAILS REPORT
1. USING JOINS
2. USING PROCEDURES
3. USING LOAD LOOKUP

USED TO GENERATE REPORTS FROM MULTIPLE TABLES.

!** master detail report using joins

BEGIN-PROGRAM
DO MAIN ! CALLING PROCEDURE
END-PROGRAM
BEGIN - PROCEDURE MAIN ! MAIN IS PROCEDURES NAME
BEGIN - SELECT
A. EMPLID (+1, 1)
A. BIRTHDATE ( ,10)
B. EMPLID ! IT WILL BE STORED IN BUFFER BUT WILL NOT BE PRINTED
B. COUNTRY ( ,55)
FROM PS_PERSON A, PS_ADDRESS B
WHERE A.EMPLID= B.EMPLID
AND B.ADDRESS-TYPE=’HOME’
END - SELECT
END - PROCEDURE MAIN
NEW Commands used in the above two programs:

DO COMMAND- This is used to call a program.

Syntax: DO <procedure name>
COMMENTING: using ‘!’ we can write single line comments.
Syntax:! <Comment>
MOVE- This is used to move the data from one variable to the other.
This is also used for typecasting
# DEFINE- used to define the substitute variables.
Syntax: # DEFINE <sub var name> <value>
LET- this is used to assign values to variables.
This is used to perform arithmetic or string operations.
!** Master detail report using global variables

BEGIN - PROGRAM
DO GBL_VAR
END - PROGRAM
BEGIN - PROCEDURE GBL_VAR
BEGIN - SELECT
A. EMPLID(+1,1)
B. BIRTHDATE ( ,10)
MOVE &A.EMPLID TO $EMPLID !$EMPLID IS USER DEFINED
VARIABLE NAME
DO ADDR_DET
FROM PS_PERSON A
END - SELECT
END - PROCEDURE
BEGIN - PROCEDURE ADDR_DET
BEGIN - SELECT
B.EMPLID
B.CITY (+1, 25)
B.COUNTRY ( , 60)
FROM PS-ADDRESS B
WHERE B.EMPLID=$EMPLID
AND B.ADDRESS-TYPE=’HOME’
END - SELECT
END - PROCEDURE
!**Master detail report using local variables

BEGIN-PROGRAM
DO MAIN
END-PROGRAM
BEGIN - PROCEDURE MAIN
BEGIN - SELECT
A. EMPLID (+1,1)
A. BIRTHDATE ( ,15)
DO EMPL_DET (&A. EMPLID) ! PASSING ARGUMENT TO $ EID IN EMP_DET
PROCEDURE
FROM PS_PERSON A
END - SELECT
END - PROCEDURE
BEGIN - PROCEDURE EMPL_DET ($ EID)
BEGIN - SELECT
B.EMPLID
B.CITY (+1, 40)
B.COUNTRY ( , 60)
FROM PS_ADDRESS B
WHERE B.EMPLID=$EID
AND B.ADDRESS-TYPE=’HOME’
END - SELECT
END – PROCEDURE
FORM REPORTS

! ** This is a form report**

BEGIN - HEADING 1
PRINT ‘FORM REPORT’ (1, 20) BOLD BOX
END- HEADING
BEGIN-PROGRAM
DO FORM_REPORT
END-PROGRAM
BEGIN - PROCEDURE FORM_REPORT
BEGIN - SELECT
EMPLID
NAME
MONTHLY_RT
MOVE &EMPLID T0 $SETID
MOVE &NAME TO $ENAME
MOVE &MONTHLY_RT TO $ SALARY
DO PRINTING
FROM PS_EMPLOYEES
END - SELECT
END - PROCEDURE
BEGIN - PROCEDURE PRINTING
PRINT ‘EMPLID :’ (1 ,1)
PRINT ‘NAME : ’ (3, 1)
PRINT ‘SALARY : ‘ (5, 1)
PRINT $EID (1, 40)
PRINT $SALARY (5, 40)
NEW - PAGE
END - PROCEDURE
MAILING LABELS
#DEFINE MAX_LABEL_LINES 10
#DEFINE LINES_BETWEEN_LABELS 3
BEGIN-PROGRAM
DO LABELS
END-PROGRAM
BEGIN - PROCEDURE LABELS
LET #LABEL-COUNT=0
LET #LABEL-LINES=0
COLUMNS 1 30 60
BEGIN - SELECT
EMPLID (1, 1, 29)
ADDRESS1 (2, 1, 29)
ADDRESS2 (3, 1, 29)
ADDRESS3
ADDRESS4
CITY
STATE
COUNTRY
LET $ADDR-LINE=&ADDRESS3 ll ‘,’ ll &ADDRESS4
LET $LASTLINE= &CITY ll ‘,’ ll&STATE ll ‘,’ ll &COUNTRY
PRINT $ADDR-LINE (4, 1, 29)
PRINT $LASTLINE (5, 1, 29)
NEXT-COLUMN AT-END=NEWLINE
ADD 1 TO #LABEL-COUNT
IF #CURRENT-COLUMN=1
ADD 1 TO LABEL-LINES
IF #LABEL-LINES ={MAX-LABEL-LINES}
NEW-PAGE
LET #LABEL-LINES=0
ELSE
NEXT-LISTING NO-ADVANCE SKIPLINES={LINES-BETWEEN-LABELS}
END-IF
FROM PS-ADDRESSES
WHERE ADDRESS-TYPE= ‘HOME’
END - SELECT
USE COLUMN=0
NEW-PAGE
PRINT ‘TOTAL LABELS PRINTED : ’ (+1, 1)
PRINT #LABEL-COUNT ( ,30)
END - PROCEDURE