6.2 Reporting BIPublisher Improvements

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6.2 Reporting – BIPublisher Improvements

Paul Hamill

Senior Director, OTM Development

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2011 OTM SIG Philadelphia, PA August 16-18, 2011

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Agenda

• Report Designer’s Guide

• Simplified Reports

• Transactional Reports

• Network Printing

• Bulk Reporting

• Enhanced 3

^rd

Party Support

• New BIPublisher 11g Features

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Reports

Report 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 Report

Request Redirect /

Content

Application Server

Embedded BI Publisher

Workflow RMI Report

Request

RMI Content

Printer E-Mail

OTM Document HTTP Report

Request

HTTP Report Request

HTML, PDF, Excel, XML

Content

Reports

Report Designer’s Guide - Architecture

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Reports

Report Designer’s Guide – BIPublisher Report Generation

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Reports

Simplified 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 support BIPublisher Layout Design

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Reports

Transactional Reports

• Created the concept of a Transactional Report to simplify and streamline the process of using Reports to generate business documents

• A Transactional Report (i.e. one mapping to a single business object like Shipment, Order or Invoice), can be generated and distributed:

• Directly from a Finder Results screen

• En mass from a saved query - Mass report generation runs asynchronously, 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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Reports

Transactional 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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Reports

Network Printing

• Prior to 6.2 printing Reports and Document content could only be done 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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Reports

Network Printing

• 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 to Lifetime 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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Reports

Bulk Reporting

• 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, the report, and the report generation status

• Ability to abort a run

• Created a ‘Reports’ action which can be run from from various Finder Result screens (i.e. Shipment and Order Release).

• Note: Bulk Reporting only works for Transactional Reports

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Reports

Bulk Reporting

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Reports

Enhanced 3^rd Party Reporting

• Three modes of 3^rd Party Reporting Supported

• Embedded – Supports OTM Parameters, Distribution, and Storage

• Browser Only – Only Supports OTM Parameters

• None – Existing 3^rd Party Report Menu

• A standard HTTP interface is provided to request reports of external generators

• Special support is available to interact with BI Publisher running in a dedicated server farm

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Reports

BIPublisher 11g Key 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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Reports

BIPublisher 11g Features – Layout Editor

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Reports

BIPublisher 11g Features – Layout Editor

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Reports

BIPublisher 11g Features – Interactive Output

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Reports

BIPublisher 11g Features – Data Model Editor

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