FND_REQUEST.ADD_LAYOUT for Setting Layout options for a Concurrent Request

Using FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST, Concurrent Request can only be submitted as a request and any layout options or print options cannot be added to the request. To be able to set the layout options for a request a separate function FND_REQUEST.ADD_LAYOUT needs to be called before calling the SUBMIT_REQUEST. This will be useful while calling a XML Publisher Report Concurrent Program is being submitted from another Program.

fnd_request.add_layout (template_appl_name   => 'Template Application',
                                             template_code        => 'Template Code',
                                             template_language    => 'en', --Use language from                   template definition
                                             template_territory   => 'US', --Use territory from template definition
                                             output_format        => 'PDF' --Use output format from template definition
                                            );

 

REP-0300: ORACLE error occurred REP-0069: Internal error

Following is the error I got while running a report through Concurrent Program in R12.
This is a very generic error and does not give you any details on what is causing this.


Enter Password:
REP-0300: ORACLE error occurred.
REP-0069: Internal error
REP-57054: In-process job terminated:Terminated with error:
REP-300: ORACLE error occurred.


I created a report and I was using a Select * from in one of the queries of the report datamodel. When I executed the concurrent program I was getting the above listed error.
I had no clue why this is happenning. I had multiple queries in that report. I tried to debug which query is causing the error by removing one query at a time and I was able to pin down the query causing this error. Then I realized that I am using Select * from.... in this query and I am selecting individual columns in all other queries. When I replaced the * with Individual columns in this query, Error disappeared.
Hope this helps.