6.2 Reporting BIPublisher Improvements

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2 <InsertPicture Here> 6.2 Reporting BIPublisher Improvements Paul Hamill Senior Director, OTM Development 2011 OTM SIG Philadelphia, PA August 16-18, 2011

3 Safe Harbor Statements The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

4 Agenda Report Designer s Guide Simplified Reports Transactional Reports Network Printing Bulk Reporting Enhanced 3 rd Party Support New BIPublisher 11g Features

5 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

6 Report Designer s Guide - Architecture Application Server Redirect / Content Browser HTTP Report Request HTTP Report Request HTML, PDF, Excel, XML Content Web Server RMI Report Request RMI Content Embedded BI Publisher Workflow HTTP Report Request HTML, PDF, Excel, XML Content External Report Server (content) External Report Server (interactive) Printer OTM Document

7 Report Designer s Guide BIPublisher Report Generation

8 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

9 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.

10 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)

11 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

12 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

13 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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15 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

16 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

17 BIPublisher 11g Features Layout Editor

18 BIPublisher 11g Features Layout Editor

19 BIPublisher 11g Features Interactive Output

20 BIPublisher 11g Features Data Model Editor

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