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The APEX QA Plugin

Oliver LemmCompetence Center Leader APEX

Seattle, 24.06.2014

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MT AG

LEGAL STATUS OWNER MANAGED AG

CITY RATINGEN

FOUNDED IN 1994

EMPLOYEE 190 EMPLOYEE

SUB-COMPANIES MT-IFS GMBH (RATINGEN), MT-IFS SARL (LUXEMBURG)

business by integration

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INTEGRATION SERVICES

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About me

Oliver Lemm, Competence Center Leader APEX Born in 1980, married, two daughters Studied Applience Science 2001-2006 Since 02/2007 employed at MT AG in Ratingen Working with APEX since its inception back in 2007 Responsible for project-leading and archtitect for APEX projects

- https://apex.mt-ag.com & http://oliverlemm.blogspot.com - Organizing APEX UserGroup Düsseldorf

You can find me here:- Online: Xing, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google plus- Offline: DOAG Conference, DOAG Development Conference, ODTUG

Kaleidoscope, Regional APEX UserGroup (Meetup)

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Agenda

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1. The Requirements2. The Concept3. Region Plugin vs. Process Plugin4. Live Demo5. The Implementation6. Conclusion & Perspective

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The Requirements

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The Requirements

Reusable

Flexible

Easy to use

Easy to deploy

Integrated

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The Concept

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The Concept

Every check a rule

Categories

Objecttypes Message

Comment

Exclude

Activate / deactivate Layer

Predecessor

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The Concept

Support new Developers

Show the problems in Realtime when developing

Support Developer & Tester

Get the complexity of the application

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Region Plugin vs. Process Plugin

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Region Plugin vs. Process Plugin

Region Plugin

Process Plugin

APEX QA-

Plugin

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Livedemo

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Livedemo - Install the Plugin

1. Download @ Apex-plugin.com

2. Extract

3. Go to your application and Import the plugin \APEX\region_type_plugin_com_mtag_olemm_qa_region.sql

4. Install the Database Objects, using SQL Workshop\plugin_qa_install.sql

5. Import the Rules, using SQL Workshop\DML\plugin_qa_rules.sql

6. Go to Global Page and Region Region Plugin

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Plugin Preferences

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Default Values used

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Livedemo @ apexea.oracle.com

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The Implementation

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The Implementation

Plugin

Configuration

Region Attr.

Plugin Attr.

Package

Render Region

Execute Process

Edit Link

Run Rules

Type Table

Rules

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The Rule Table – PLUGIN_QA_RULES

PIQA_ID Primary Key PIQA_NAME Name of the Rule, Unique Key PIQA_CATEGORY APEX, DDL or DATA PIQA_OBJECT_TYPES ITEM:REGION:DA:BUTTON:.. PIQA_ERROR_MESSAGE Message which comes up when hitting the rule PIQA_EXCLUDE_OBJECTS objects which should not be checked PIQA_ERROR_LEVEL 1=Error, 2=Warning, 4=Information PIQA_IS_ACTIVE 1=active / 0=deactivated PIQA_SQL rule based on SQL with maxlength of 32767 char PIQA_PREDECESSOR_IDS colon delimited ID‘s which has to throw no msg PIQA_LAYER rule on PAGE or APPLICATION level

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Example Rule - LOV Extra Values ‚YES‘

piqa_name Display Extra Value is Yes

piqa_category APEX

piqa_object_types ITEM

piqa_error_message Display Extra Value is Yes

piqa_comment Identifiy LOV Items with Extra Values YES

piqa_exclude_objects null

piqa_error_level 2

piqa_is_active 1

piqa_sql <query>

piqa_predecessor_ids null

piqa_layer PAGE

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Example Rule – LOV Extra Values ‚YES‘ - Querywith param as (select :1 piqa_id, :2 app_id, :3 page_id from dual)

select t_plugin_qa_rule( piqa_id => piqa.piqa_id

,piqa_category => piqa.piqa_category

,piqa_error_level => piqa.piqa_error_level

,piqa_object_type => piqa.piqa_object_types

,piqa_error_message => piqa.piqa_error_message

,object_id => aapi.item_id

,object_name => aapi.item_name

,object_value => aapi.lov_display_extra

,object_updated_user => aapi.last_updated_by

,object_updated_date => aapi.last_updated_on

,apex_app_id => aapi.application_id

,apex_page_id => aapi.page_id

,apex_region_id => aapi.region_id)

from plugin_qa_rules piqa

join param p on p.piqa_id = piqa.piqa_id

join apex_application_page_items aapi on aapi.application_id = p.app_id and aapi.page_id = p.page_id

where aapi.display_as = 'Checkbox' and aapi.lov_display_extra = 'Yes'

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Other included rules for Example

Display Dynamic Actions Help Labels without Help Label Alignment left Named LOV No Never Condition Page is Public Page without ALIAS Page without Pagegroup

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Using the Plugin

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• RegionGlobal Page

• APEX_Application.g_edit_cookie_session_id IS NOT NULLVisibility

• Mailing• DBMS_SchedulerJob

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Conclusion & Perspective

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Comparison

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QA Plugin

Advisor

Application Tracker

External Tools

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Perspective

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Features

Import

Export

Advisor

Aggregation

Icons

Logs

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helpful flexible

Easy entry expandable

APEX QA Plugin

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Conclusion

Use It Create your Rules

Give Suggestion

s back

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Book Recommendation

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Thanks for your patience…Competence Center Leader APEX

+49 2102 30961-164+49 2102 30961-10

Oliver.Lemm@mt-ag.com

Oliver Lemm