Pivot with dynamic DATE columns - oracle-apex

Question

I have a query that I created from a table.
example:
select
pkey,
trunc (createdformat) business_date,
regexp_substr (statistics, 'business_ \ w *') business_statistics
from business_data
where statistics like '% business_%'
group by regexp_substr(statistics, 'business_\w*'), trunc(createdformat)
This works great thanks to your help.
Now I want to show that in a crosstab / pivot.
That means in the first column are the "business_statistics", the column headings are the "dynamic days from business_date".
I've tried the following, but it doesn't quite work yet
SELECT *
FROM (
select
pkey,
trunc(createdformat) business_date,
regexp_substr(statistics, 'business_\w*') business_statistics
from business_data
where statistics like '%business_%'
)
PIVOT(
count(pkey)
FOR business_date
IN ('17.06.2020','18.06.2020')
)
ORDER BY business_statistics
If I specify the date, like here 17.06.2020 and 18.06.2020 it works. 3 columns (Business_Statistic, 17.06.2020, 18.06.2020). But from column 2 it should be dynamic. That means he should show me the days (date) that are also included in the query / table. So that is the result of X columns (Business_Statistics, Date1, Date2, Date3, Date4, ....). Dynamic based on the table data.
For example, this does not work:
...
IN (SELECT DISTINCT trunc(createdformat) FROM BUSINESS_DATA WHERE statistics like '%business_%' order by trunc(createdformat))
...

Answer 1

The pivot clause doesn't work with dynamic values.
But there are some workarounds discuss here: How to Convert Rows to Columns and Back Again with SQL (Aka PIVOT and UNPIVOT)
You may find one workaround that suits your requirements.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, I am not very familiar with PL / SQL. But could I still process the start date and the end date of the user for the query?
For example, the user enters the APEX environment as StartDate: June 17, 2020 and as EndDate: June 20, 2020.
Then the daily difference is calculated in the PL / SQL query, then a variable is filled with the value of the entered period using Loop.
Example: (Just an idea, I'm not that fit in PL / SQL yet)
DECLARE
startdate := :P9999_StartDate 'Example 17.06.2020
enddate := P9999_EndDate 'Example 20.06.2020
BEGIN
LOOP 'From the startdate to the enddate day
businessdate := businessdate .... 'Example: 17.06.2020,18.06.2020,19.06.2020, ...
END LOOP
SELECT *
FROM (
select
pkey,
trunc(createdformat) business_date,
regexp_substr(statistics, 'business_\w*') business_statistics
from business_data
where statistics like '%business_%'
)
PIVOT(
count(pkey)
FOR business_date
IN (businessdate)
)
ORDER BY business_statistics
END;
That would be my idea, but I fail to implement it. Is that possible? I hope you understand what I mean