Review all item help texts

The business analyst or QA wants to check all the help texts for all items in your apex application – don’t force them to navigate to each page and click on the labels, one by one; instead, give them a spreadsheet to review at their leisure.

Method 1: use the APEX data dictionary viewer

1. Open your application in the APEX application builder

2. Utilities -> Application Express Views

3. Choose APEX Application Page Items

4. Include PAGE_ID, PAGE_NAME, REGION, ITEM_NAME, LABEL, DISPLAY_AS, ITEM_HELP_TEXT

5. Click Filter >

6. Select APPLICATION_ID = <your app id>

7. Select ITEM_HELP_TEXT IS NOT NULL

8. Click Results >

9. Click Download

Method 2: query the data dictionary directly using your tool of choice

select page_id, page_name, region, item_name, label, display_as, item_help_text
from apex_application_page_items
where application_id = :my_app_id and item_help_text is not null
order by page_id, region, display_sequence;
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