BI Publisher Quick Start Guide Presentation Templates Presentation Templates
BI Publisher Quick Start Guide Presentation Templates Presentation Templates
Presentation Templates
Karen Brownfield
September 2009
Agenda
• Overview
• Hands On – Build AP Invoice Register Report
• Questions
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Overview
• Separates source
from presentation
Report
Template
XML Data
XML EDI
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XML Data
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Report Templates
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Template Builder
• MS Word Plug–in
• Wizards, Drag–and–Drop
• Report Preview Office
• Simplifies Template 2000, 2003
Creation
Office 2007
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Processing Engine
Engine
• Three Versions
– Desktop
– Enterprise Edition
– Oracle Applications
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Formatted Output
• Advanced Formatting
• Precision Control
• User Interactivity
– Parameters
– Sorting
– Links, Drilling
• Conditions, Exceptions
• Formulas
• Charts and Graphs
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Report Delivery
Printer
HTML
Oracle 11i,
PeopleSoft,
SAP, Siebel Excel
BI Publisher Fax
XSL XML
WebDAV
Oracle Reports, Templates
PL/SQL, Java, EDI
Perl, etc
EFT
WWW
Web Services
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Hands On
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Report w/o BI Publisher
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Sample Report with BI Publisher
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Sample of XML Data
• Existing File
• Make Your Own
• SQL Query
• PL/SQL
• Scripting
• E–Business Suite Report
– Our Example uses the output
from E–Business Suite
Report 'AP Invoice Register'
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Create XML Data Source
• Concurrent |
Program | Define
– System
Administrator or
Application
Developer
• Query program
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Create XML Data Source
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Create XML Data Source
• Change Output
Format to XML
• Save work noting
new Short Name
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Create XML Data Source
• Register Report
to Request Group
– Security |
Responsibility |
Request
– Query Group
assigned to
responsibility
where report will
be run
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Run Report
• Run Report
• When finished
– Select View
Output
– Save results to
InvoiceReg.xml
• Name of file
can be any
desired name
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Open File
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Setup Template Options
• MS Word, Add–
Ins, Oracle BI
Publisher
• Tools | Options
• UI tab
• Select Original
XML Element
Name
• Save file in type
.rtf
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Setup Template Options
• Build Tab
• Click Select
• Choose default
Table Header
Color
– If click Select
again, settings
will revert to
Oracle defaults
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Load Sample XML Data
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Set Page Layout
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Create Report Page Header
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Create Data Header Section
• From Add–Ins,
Oracle BI
Publisher
– Insert | Table
Wizard
– Click Form
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Create Data Header Section
• Select field to
group by
– The selected field
becomes the
outer grouping
• Click Next
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Create Data Header Section
• Select fields to
appear in header
– Either pick
formatted amount
or will have to use
Word formatting
• Click Next
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Create Data Header Section
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Create Data Header Section
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Create Data Header Section
For Each
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Create Data Detail Section
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Create Data Header Section
• From Add–Ins,
Oracle BI
Publisher
– Insert | Table /
Form
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Create Data Detail Section
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Create Data Detail Section
• Highlight <G_INVOICE>
• Note default Properties
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Create Data Detail Section
• Highlight
<C_EXP_FLEXFIELD>
• Note default Properties
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Create Data Detail Section
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Create Data Detail Section
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Create Data Header Section
• Place cursor
next to G
• From Add–Ins,
Oracle BI
Publisher
– Insert | Field
– Select
<C_EXP_FLEX
FIELD>, click
Insert
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Create Data Detail Section
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Create Data Detail Section
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Preview Report
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Preview Report
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Fix Numeric Sort
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Format Currency Values
• Double–click AMOUNT
field
• Click Add Help Text…
• Change
<?C_FORMATTED_DIST_A
MT?> to <?format–
<?format–
currency:C_FORMATTED_
DIST_AMT;'USD'?>
• Click OK,
OK then click OK
again
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Force Page Break
• Place <?split–
<?split–by–
by–page–
page–break:?> just before <?end for–
for–
each?> that governs the field to break on
– Our example above will cause a page break to occur whenever
a new supplier name occurs
• Can also use form field to specify page break
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Preview Report Again
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Add a Filter–Start Tag
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Add a Filter–End Tag
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Spaces and Carriage Returns
• Every character in
template will show in
report results
– Example: space between F
and if form field
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Final Check
• Validate Template
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Load Template into EBS
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Load Template into EBS
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Load Template into EBS
• Click Update
File next to
Preview Data
to load XML
data file used
in template
build testing
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Load Template into EBS
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Load Template into EBS
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Load Template into EBS
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Test Report
• Return to
responsibility
where report
registered
• Verify template
name in
Layout
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Test Report
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View Finished Report
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View XML After Template
Registered
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Add Parameter to template
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Add Parameter to template
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Replace Filter Start Tag Help Text
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Conditional Heading
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Add Parameter to Concurrent
Report Definition
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Upload Updated Template
• Query Template
• Click Update
• Use the Browse button
to select updated file
from PC file system
• Click Apply
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Run Report
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Additional Resources
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Template Builder Patch
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Template Builder Patch
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Ranked Scorecard
Free Consultation
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Questions & Answers
Thank you!
Karen Brownfield
[email protected]
www.solutionbeacon.com
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