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6.2 Reporting – BIPublisher Improvements
Paul Hamill
Senior Director, OTM Development
2011 OTM SIG
Philadelphia, PAAugust 16-18, 2011
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Agenda
• Report Designer’s Guide• Simplified Reports
• Transactional Reports
• Network Printing• Bulk Reporting
• Enhanced 3rd Party Support
• New BIPublisher 11g Features
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ReportsReport Designer’s Guide
• Developed a detailed OTM Report Designer’s Guide
• OTM Reporting Architecture Overview
• BIPublisher Concepts
• Report Design
• Tutorials
• Advanced Content (Date Handling, Data Security, Dynamic SQL)
• Advanced Layout (Navigating OTM XML, PDF Customization)
• Scalability
• Troubleshooting
• Oracle Reports Migration
• Additional Resources
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Web
Server
External
Report Server
(interactive)
External
Report Server
(content)
Browser
HTML, PDF,
Excel, XML
Content
HTTP ReportRequest
Redirect /
Content
Application Server
Embedded
BI Publisher
Workflow
RMI Report
Request
RMI
Content
Printer E-MailOTM
Document
HTTP Report
Request
HTTP Report
Request
HTML, PDF,Excel, XML
Content
ReportsReport Designer’s Guide - Arch itec tu re
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ReportsReport Designer’s Guide – BIPubl isher Repor t Generat ion
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ReportsSimpl i f ied Reports
• Enhanced Options for Generating Report Data
• Simple SQL query• BI Publisher Data Template
• Outbound Integration XML (for transactional reports)
• Provided support for report parameters as simple bind variables,
removing the need for custom PL/SQL code for each report
• Provided the ability to Export Sample XML from OTM to supportBIPublisher Layout Design
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ReportsTransact ional Reports
• Created the concept of a Transactional Report to simplify and
streamline the process of using Reports to generate businessdocuments
• A Transactional Report (i.e. one mapping to a single business objectlike Shipment, Order or Invoice), can be generated and distributed:
• Directly from a Finder Results screen
• En mass from a saved query - Mass report generation runsasynchronously, allowing you to monitor reporting progress.
• From an agent action - The generation of a report can be automated
based on lifetime events of the associated business object.
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ReportsTransact ional Reports
• Provided the ability to automatically generate a Document from a
Report and attach it to the Business Object
• Incorporated additional BIPublisher Capabilities into Reports• PDF Watermark Configuration (Text and Image placement)
• PDF Page Configuration (Page Number)
• Additional Format and Output Types such as ‘eText’ (form of RTF for EFT and EDI)
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ReportsNetwork Print ing
• Prior to 6.2 printing Reports and Document content could only bedone indirectly via the Web Browser
• 6.2 provides the ability to Configure and Print to Network Printers
• Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) is used for Network Printing
• The IPP Network Protocol Supports:
• Remote Printing
• Managing Print Jobs
• Configuring media, orientation, etc.
• Integrated with Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)implementation of IPP
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ReportsNetwork Print ing
• Network Printing in OTM provides the following capabilities:
• Screen to setup available Network Printers
• Support for printing ad-hoc and scheduled reports
• Printing of OTM Report and Document content
• Support for Printing Document and Report content in response toLifetime Events
• All Report screens have been enhanced to allow the user to:
• Select the Network Printer to Use
• Indicate the Number of Copies• Select the Print Range
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ReportsBulk Repor t ing
• Provided support for scheduling and running bulk printing jobs
• Created a Bulk Reporting Manager (ala Bulkplan Manager)
• User select the objects to run against and the report to run
• Provides information on the number of reports requested, thereport, and the report generation status
• Ability to abort a run
• Created a ‘Reports’ action which can be run from from variousFinder Result screens (i.e. Shipment and Order Release).
• Note: Bulk Reporting only works for Transactional Reports
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ReportsBulk Repor t ing
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ReportsEnhanced 3 rd Party Report ing
• Three modes of 3rd Party Reporting Supported
• Embedded – Supports OTM Parameters, Distribution, andStorage
• Browser Only – Only Supports OTM Parameters
• None – Existing 3rd Party Report Menu
• A standard HTTP interface is provided to request reports of externalgenerators
• Special support is available to interact with BI Publisher running in adedicated server farm
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ReportsBIPubl isher 11g K ey New Features
• WYSIWYG Layout Editor
• Web-based WYSIWYG Layout Design Editor
• Interactive HTML output format
• Data Model Editor • Combine Data from Multiple Sources
• Filter and Structure the Data
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ReportsBIPubl isher 11g Features – Layout Edi tor
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ReportsBIPubl isher 11g Features – Layout Edi tor
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ReportsBIPubl isher 11g Features – Interact ive Outpu t
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ReportsBIPubl isher 11g Features – Data Model Edito r
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