R12 In Depth: Focus on Report Manager

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1 Delivering Oracle Success R12 In Depth: Focus on Report Manager Cindy Harpring RMOUG QEW August 19, 2011

2 About DBAK Oracle solution provider Co-founded in 2005 Based in Englewood, CO 2008 Emerging Business of the Year South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce More than 140 implementations, upgrades, conversions, and support projects for 90+ clients Average 15 years of Oracle expertise Oracle Gold Partner OEM Specialized DBAK

3 Agenda What is Oracle Report Manager? What does Oracle Report Manager Do? Configuration for Oracle Report Manager Financial Report Template Editor Publishing an FSG Report Report Repository Security Options Things to Consider Q & A DBAK

4 Oracle Report Manager Is Online report distribution system Provides secure, centralized location Produce and manage point-in-time reports Users can be Report producers = submit, publish, and set security for reports Report consumers = view and approve reports Use templates to integrate reports displayed by Report Manager using your organization's individual style It replaces and enhances the former Desktop ADI Request Center DBAK

5 Oracle Report Manager Can Enable report producers to submit and publish to a central repository: Financial Statement Generator (FSG) reports Ad Hoc FSG reports Variable Format reports Standard reports Present reports in the repository to report consumers Accessible by users through Web browser Offers approval requirement before viewing reports Permits report availability in a future timeframe Allows viewing reports as spreadsheets, HTML or PDF files Secures reports by content security models and through repository security User to Value Custom Flexfield segment Provides archive facility to maintain reports for future reference DBAK

6 Oracle Report Manager Configuration System Administrator responsibility Navigate: Application-Menu Query User Menu: Report Manager Security Menu Add the following prompts and functions to the menu: Financial Report Submission Financial Report Template Editor Repository Management Security Workbench Standard Report Submission Upload File Variable Report Submission Report Set Definition Report Set Publish Report Set Publishing Options Request Set Publish Request Set Publishing Options Ad Hoc FSG Submission Account Analysis and Drilldown Main Page FSG Drilldown: Launch Page no prompt needed FSG Drilldown: Select Content Set Rows no prompt needed FSG Drilldown: Effective Range Selection Page no prompt needed FSG Drilldown: Balance Inquiry Page no prompt needed DBAK

7 Oracle Report Manager Configuration DBAK

8 Oracle Report Manager Configuration Assign GL Concurrent Program Group to the Report Manager responsibility DBAK

9 Financial Report Template Editor Setup For Microsoft Excel 2007 and newer: Choose the MS Office button Choose Excel Options In the Trust Center choose Trust Center Settings button Select macro settings category Select the Trust access to the VBA project object model Click OK button DBAK

10 Financial Report Template Editor Setup Select macro settings category Select the Trust access to the VBA project object model Click OK button DBAK

11 Financial Report Template Editor Setup For Microsoft Excel 2003 and earlier: Click on Tools Go to Macro Go to and click on Security Select Medium in Security Level tab Click OK button DBAK

12 Create Report Templates Create templates in Excel Modify templates in Excel Upload templates to the Template Manager At runtime when the template is selected, the report data is published in the format defined DBAK

13 Create Report Templates Navigate: Financial Report Template Editor Enter/select report name DBAK

14 Create Report Templates Choose to create a new template Select Excel Template Editor from the Editor Selection list Click Create button DBAK

15 Create Report Templates The Excel spreadsheet with default formatting is created and opened in Excel DBAK

16 Create Report Templates Accept the default layout or edit the template as desired: Change row or column size Change font, size, color and alignment Update cell formatting Format negative numbers Change page margins Select portrait or landscape orientation Insert images such as logos DBAK

17 Create Report Templates DBAK

18 Create Report Templates When the spreadsheet is complete select Add Ins Oracle Upload (Excel 2007 or higher Oracle Upload (earlier versions of Excel) Enter template name and description Check Enable Drill button to allow drilldown capability Click Upload button DBAK

19 Create Report Templates DBAK

20 Create Report Templates Upload progress and confirmation is displayed DBAK

21 Publishing a Report Navigate: Financial Report Submission Enter/select report name Enter/select period Select other options as needed Click Next button DBAK

22 Publishing a Report DBAK

23 Publishing a Report Select the template Select the AutoArchive option Select Security option Click Next button DBAK

24 Publishing a Report DBAK

25 Publishing a Report Review/select storage location Click Next button DBAK

26 Publishing a Report Optionally select to create a menu item for the report Click Next button DBAK

27 Publishing a Report Review parameters Click Submit button DBAK

28 Publishing a Report Concurrent request ID is displayed Click Monitor Request button DBAK

29 Publishing a Report Click Refresh button to show process completed Click Output icon to view report with template Select View Report Now link Select Output Type DBAK

30 Publishing a Report Report opens with template in selected Output format DBAK

31 Financial Report Drilldown Double-click on an amount in the report to view the details of transactions totaling the amount displayed Can update some of the drilldown parameters, if desired DBAK

32 Financial Report Drilldown DBAK

33 Financial Report Drilldown DBAK

34 Report Repository All reports submitted through Report Manager are stored in the reports repository Allows an organization to: Organize and view completed reports Update publishing and security options for completed reports Archive and delete reports DBAK

35 Report Repository Use the Repository Management menu item to access the workbench DBAK

36 Security Options Four Security Models: None Individual user access to reports is determined by assigned responsibility(ies) Flexfield Value Security Standard flexfield value security (GL Security Rules or Data Access Sets) is attached to a responsibility and applied to publishing and viewing financial reports User to Value Security Security can be defined in Oracle Report Manager to control access to secured financial reports PL/SQL Based Security Create and apply custom security suited to an organization s specific needs DBAK

37 Security Options Flexfield Value Security The report is a financial report (FSG) The report is submitted with a content set Exactly one segment value in the content set has a display type of PE (Page/Expand) Choose the security in the report submission parameter User to Value Security Applied to FSGs that use a content set or standard reports that contain a valid expansion value Based on segment values for reports published in the repository View reports based on a segment value and framed by a security model set for the specific user(s) DBAK

38 Security Options User to Value Security Setups Select participating valuesets Assign user privileges to values within the valuesets DBAK

39 Security Options Assign users to value or values to user DBAK

40 Security Options While submitting the report select the security type to apply DBAK

41 Security Options Error message received when accessing restricted value Check assigned security through Security Workbench DBAK

42 Things to Consider Need an Oracle log-in to access reports, but uses the Oracle Applications Self Services Web Applications Requires XML Publisher (XDO Engine) for publishing reports with logos and formatting FSG s must be defined in the General Ledger Standard reports must be assigned to the request group assigned to the Report Manager responsibility(ies) Ensure the GL: Data Access Set profile option is set correctly for the Report Manager responsibility (pointed to the correct ledger or ledger set) DBAK

43 Things to Consider Templates are report-specific Templates need to be defined for each report published through Report Manager, including Standard reports Can use the seeded Generic FSG Template with any FSG report Cannot modify the seeded Generic FSG Template Standard report templates must be defined from the XML Publisher responsibility Run reports with content sets only in the sequentially processing mode XML Publisher does not support the parallel type processing with content sets DBAK

44 Things to Consider Cannot use Report Manager to define or update FSG report components at this time Helpful notes from My Oracle Support: Drilldown error resolution How to Publish FSG Reports FAQ s Ensure Patch (R12) is applied for Repository Maintenance prior to running the maintenance program DBAK

45 Questions DBAK

46 Contact Cindy Harpring Presentation available at: DBAK