Sample script for Cool Reporting Technique in Maximo... see the presentation for implementation details

1. from java.lang import StringBuilder
from psdi.mbo import MboConstants
from psdi.util import HTML
val = StringBuilder()
# retrieve attributes and writes them in HTML format in the buffer
#Work Order header row
val.append("<table border=0 width=500>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>"
+ "<col width=10%>"
+ "<thead>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "WO Number" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "SITE" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "STATUS" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "</thead>"
+ "</table>")
val.append("<table border=0 width=500>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>"
+ "<col width=10%>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + mbo.getString("WONUM") +
"</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + mbo.getString("SITEID") +
"</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + mbo.getString("STATUS") +
"</font></td>"
+ "</font></td>"
+ "</tr>"
+ "</table>")
val.append("<table border=0 width=500>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>"
+ "<col width=10%>"
+ "<thead>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Location" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Owner" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Status Date" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "</thead>"
+ "</table>")
val.append("<table border=0 width=500>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>"
+ "<col width=10%>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + mbo.getString("LOCATION") +
"</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + mbo.getString("OWNER") +
"</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + mbo.getString("STATUSDATE") +
"</font></td>"
+ "</font></td>"
+ "</tr>"
+ "</table>")
val.append("<hr>")
val.append("<font size=-2><b>DESCRIPTION</b></font><br>")

2. val.append(mbo.getString("DESCRIPTION") + "<br>")
val.append("<hr>")
##------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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val.append("<font size=-2><b>RELATED RECORDS</b></font><br>")
# retrieve Related Records records and writes them in the buffer
relatedrecSet = mbo.getMboSet("RELATEDWO")
#related records header row
val.append("<table border=0 width=1000>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>"
+ "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=70%>"
+ "<thead>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Class" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Recordkey" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Status" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=70%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Summary" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "</thead>"
+ "</table>")
currMbo=relatedrecSet.moveFirst()
while currMbo is not None:
val.append("<table border=0 width=1000>" + "<col width=10%>" +
"<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=70%>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" +
relatedrecSet.getString("RELATEDRECWOCLASS") + "</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" +
relatedrecSet.getString("RELATEDRECWONUM") + "</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" +
relatedrecSet.getString("RELATEDRECWO.STATUS") + "</font></td>"
+ "<td width=70%><font size=-2>" +
relatedrecSet.getString("RELATEDRECWO.DESCRIPTION") + "</font></td>"
+ "</font></td>"
+ "</tr>"
+ "</table>")
currMbo=relatedrecSet.moveNext()
#retrieve work log records and writes them in the buffer
worklogSet = mbo.getMboSet("MODIFYWORKLOG")
worklogSet.setOrderBy("CREATEDATE")
val.append("<hr>")
val.append("<font size=-2><b>WORK LOG</b></font><br>")
# LOG records header row
#
# Changed the call from currmbo.getString for the longdescription to
HTML.toPlainText
# This is due to a problem with invalid HTML in the logs corrupting the
script and causing it to stop
#
val.append("<table border=0 width=1000>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>"
+ "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=70%>"
+ "<thead>"
+ "<tr>"

3. + "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Date Created" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Created By" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=10%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Log Type" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "<td width=70%>" + "<font color=#000000 size=-2>"
+ "<b>" + "Summary" + "</b>" + "</font>" + "</td>"
+ "</thead>"
+ "</table>")
currMbo=worklogSet.moveFirst()
while currMbo is not None:
val.append("<table border=0 width=1000>" + "<col width=10%>" +
"<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=10%>" + "<col width=70%>"
+ "<tr>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" +
worklogSet.getString("CREATEDATE") + "</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + worklogSet.getString("CREATEBY")
+ "</font></td>"
+ "<td width=10%><font size=-2>" + worklogSet.getString("LOGTYPE")
+ "</font></td>"
+ "<td width=70%><font size=-2>" +
worklogSet.getString("DESCRIPTION") + "</font></td>"
+ "</font></td>"
+ "</tr>"
+ "<tr bgcolor=#C0C0C0>"
+ "<td COLSPAN=4 ><font size=-2>" +
HTML.toPlainText(currMbo.getString("DESCRIPTION_LONGDESCRIPTION")) +
"</font></td>"
+ "</tr>"
+ "</table>")
currMbo=worklogSet.moveNext()
# sets the formatted string in the attributes value
mbo.getMboValue("BPDSUMMARY").setValue(val.toString(),
MboConstants.NOACCESSCHECK | MboConstants.NOVALIDATION)