How To Compile/Generate A Report ( .RDF File) by using Unix Command

The following command will convert an .rdf report file to a .rex report file and back to a .rdf report file: r25convm 

syntax:

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cd to where your .rdf file resides which is: /srw 

If your Application version is 10.7 /reports 

If your Application version is 11 Login as applmgr 

r25convm userid=/ source=.rdf stype=rdffile dtype=rexfile dest=.rex overwrite=yes batch=yes r25convm userid=/ source=.rex stype=rexfile dtype=rdffile dest=.rex overwrite=yes batch=yes 

 ie: r25convm FNDSCURS.rdf 

 Note: userid is the schema owner; 

 If the report is a GL report then the userid will be gl/gl 

 If the report is a FND report then the userid will be apps/apps 

 For the FNDSCURS.rdf example the report reside in: 

cd $FND_TOP/srw If your Application version is 10.7 cd $FND_TOP/reports 

 If your Application version is 11 Logon as applmgr The command line syntax is: 

 r25convm userid=apps/apps source=FNDSCURS.rdf stype=rdffile dtype=rexfile dest=FNDSCURS.rex overwrite=yes batch=yes 

 r25convm userid=apps/apps source=FNDSCURS.rex stype=rexfile dtype=rdffile dest=FNDSCURS.rdf overwrite=yes batch=yes 

 *** Note: You may get the following error; 

just ignore the error message, this *** is a known issue with the reports team. 

 REP-25200: Converting 'FNDSCURS.rex' to 'FNDSCURS.rdf'...