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🚩Introduction  Oracle APEX provides Quick Picks as a convenient way to allow users to populate page items with predefined values using a single click. While static Quick Picks are useful, real-world applications often require these values to be generated dynamically based on business rules, user roles, or underlying data. This blog explores how to implement Dynamic Quick Picks in Oracle APEX page items , enabling developers to build more intelligent, flexible, and user-friendly forms by driving Quick Pick values directly from database queries and runtime logic.  📑 Why Dynamic Quick Picks Are Needed   Static Quick Picks in Oracle APEX are useful for simple filtering, but Dynamic Quick Picks become essential when: Filter values must be generated at runtime based on current data, user role, or context Applications require data-driven filters instead of hardcoded values The same Quick Picks must adapt across multiple pages or regions Filter options depend ...

🚩Introduction  In Oracle APEX, the Smart Search filter is a convenient feature that allows users to quickly search data in a Classic Report or Cards region without writing custom code. However, this functionality is limited to a single region , which can be restrictive when a page contains multiple regions that should respond to the same search input. In this tutorial, you will learn how to extend the Smart Search filter to work with multiple regions on the same page . We will implement a solution that allows one Smart Search input to drive filtering across multiple Classic Report ,Cards regions etc. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a clear, reusable approach for coordinating search behavior across regions, improving both usability and consistency in your Oracle APEX applications without breaking the declarative nature of APEX. 📑 Why Extending the Smart Search Filter Is Needed The built-in Smart Search filter in Oracle APEX works well when a page contains a single sear...

🚩Introduction  In real-world Oracle APEX applications, report structures are rarely static. Business requirements often demand reports where columns change dynamically based on user selection, metadata configuration, or underlying data. Hardcoding columns in Classic Reports quickly becomes unmanageable and limits scalability. To solve this challenge, Oracle APEX allows us to implement Dynamic Reporting using Classic Reports by generating SQL queries and column definitions at runtime. This blog explains how to design such a solution and why it is valuable in enterprise applications. 📑 Why Dynamic Reports Are Needed Traditional Classic Reports work well when the column structure is fixed. However, dynamic reports are essential when: Column names come from configuration tables Data is pivoted dynamically Users select which attributes to display Reports are metadata-driven Report layouts differ per role or module Dynamic reporting ensures flexibility, maintainability, and better ada...