The APEX QA Plugin

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The APEX QA Plugin

Oliver Lemm

Competence 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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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)

Kscope 2014, Seattle 3

https://apex.mt-ag.com/



http://oliverlemm.blogspot.com/

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Agenda

ODTUG KScope 2014

1. The Requirements

2. The Concept

3. Region Plugin vs. Process Plugin

4. Live Demo

5. The Implementation

6. Conclusion & Perspective

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The Requirements

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The Requirements

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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

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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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http://apex-plugin.com/oracle-apex-plugins/region-plugin/process-type-plugin/quality-assurance_389.html



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Plugin Preferences


Default Values used

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Livedemo @ apexea.oracle.com


https://apexea.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=1800

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The Implementation


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The Implementation

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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‘ - Query with 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


• Region Global Page

• APEX_Application.g_edit_cookie_session_id IS NOT NULL Visibility

• Mailing

• DBMS_Scheduler Job

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Conclusion & Perspective


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Comparison


QA Plugin

Advisor

Application Tracker

External Tools

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Perspective


Features

Import

Export

Advisor

Aggregation

Icons

Logs

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Conclusion

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helpful flexible

Easy entry expandable

APEX QA Plugin

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Conclusion

Use It Create your

Rules

Give Suggestions

back


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Book Recommendation

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Telefon:

Telefax:

E-Mail:

www.mt-ag.com

Thanks for your patience…

Competence Center Leader APEX

+49 2102 30961-164

+49 2102 30961-10

[email protected]

Oliver Lemm

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