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Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher: The Reporting Platform for Oracle Applications Leslie Studdard, Oracle Corporation
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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.
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Who is here today? How Many use ……
- Siebel? - JD Edwards (World or EnterpriseOne)? - PeopleSoft Enterprise? - E-Business Suite?
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Program Agenda
• What Are the Reporting Challenges? • What Are the Benefits of BI Publisher? • How Do I Build a Template? • How Can I Use It with My Application? • What Does BI Publisher Enterprise Offer? • Questions & Answers
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Program Agenda
• What Are the Reporting Challenges? • What Are the Benefits of BI Publisher? • How Do I Build a Template? • How Can I Use It with My Application? • What Does BI Publisher Standalone Offer? • Questions & Answers
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Reporting Challenges
• High Fidelity Reports • Partner Reports • Financial Statements • Government forms • Marketing materials • Contracts • Checks, Labels • XML • EFT / EDI • Multiple destinations
Requirements Are Diverse
Reports
Checks
Labels
Invoices
XML / EFT / EDI Destinations
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Reporting Challenges
• Multiple reporting solutions • Highly-skilled engineers
required to maintain servers and report formats
Costly Time consuming Complex systems Expensive maintenance Labor intensive
Complex Infrastructure Check Print Server
Payment Server
Invoice Server
Report Formatter
Reports
Label Manager
Labels
Delivery Server
Checks
XML / EFT / EDI
Invoices
Destinations
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Reporting Challenges Difficult to Maintain Report Files
Data logic Layout
Translation
• 1 Query • 10 Layouts • 10 Translations
High development cost
Combined query, layout, and translation
High customization cost Difficult upgrade
= 100 report files
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Reporting Challenges
Many Iterations
Layout, font, margin etc.
Report Requirements
Report files Report Output
Slow Development
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Reporting Challenges
• Diverse Layout and Output Requirements • Complex Systems to Manage • Maintenance of Report Files • Slow Development Process
Summary
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Program Agenda
• What Are the Reporting Challenges? • What Are the Benefits of BI Publisher? • How Do I Build a Template? • How Can I Use It with My Application? • What Does BI Publisher Standalone Offer? • Questions & Answers
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Simplified Report Maintenance Separate Data Logic, Layout, and Translation Benefits
• Greater flexibility and reuse • Fewer reports are easier to maintain • Optimize data extraction and document generation process
Report output
Data Logic
Layout
Translation BI Publisher
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Better Managed: Gallup
Challenges: • Cumbersome report repository • Duplicate reports with minor
layout changes and multiple translations
Requirements • Event Docs: Surveys, Name
Tags, Certificates
Results • 200 Crystal reports to 30 Publisher
reports (85% reduction)
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Faster Development
Report Outputs
XML
Layouts
• Business users create layouts with familiar desktop tools
• IT builds data model
Multiple Data Sources
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MasterCard Worldwide:
Challenges • 90 days and 3 people (incl. 3rd party
vendor) to implement POs • 50 Operating Units
Requirements • Vendor Country Terms and Conditions • Send PO by Email or Fax Results • RTF templates designed by Business
Analysts • End-to-End process using Out of the
Box functionality • 3 days and 1 person to implement POs • 12x faster w/ 1/3 fewer people
Faster and Easier Development
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One Solution from Data to Destination
Integrated Out-of-the-Box with All Oracle Applications
Templates
Layouts Oracle
Applications
CRM
ESA
FMS
HCM
SCM
Output Formats Data Sources
Any Relational Data Base
RTF
Publishing
Engine • Email • Printer • Fax • File
HTML
Excel
Letters
Fund Transfers
Online Paychecks
Order Confirmations
Bills Government Grant Forms
EDI
XML
Destination
Translations
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BI Publisher in Oracle Applications Limited Use License
Applications Unlimited Product First Available in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools 8.48
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.96
JD Edwards World Release A7.3
Oracle Siebel Release 8.1.1
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BI Publisher with Many Oracle Products • Oracle Identity Management
• Oracle Life Sciences AERS
• Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub
• Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking
• i-Flex FLEXCUBE Retail
• Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking
• Oracle Reveleus
• Oracle Mantas
• Agile Product Lifecycle Management for Process
• Agile Product Lifecycle Management
• Oracle Hyperion Planning
• Oracle Hyperion Financial Management
• Oracle Application Express (APEX)
• Oracle SOA Governance
• Oracle Retail
• Oracle Global Risk & Compliance
• iFlex FLEXCUBE – IFLEX Reinsurance
• Oracle FLEXCUBE Lending and Leasing
• Oracle Communications Applications
• Oracle Transportation Management
• Oracle Insurance Insbridge Rating and Underwriting
• Enterprise Manager - Configuration Change Console
• Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management
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Enhanced Reporting Solution
• BI Publisher Development – Easier to develop and deploy – Save money / time on development
and maintenance • Richer Functionality
– End users can create their own layouts
– End user chooses output format (PDF, RTF, Excel, HTML, MHTML)
– Report against multiple data sources
Integration with BI Publisher – Key Benefits • Oracle’s strategic enterprise
reporting tool – Based on industry standards
(XLIFF, XML) – Integrated in Oracle products
• Improved Support – Single vendor
• Reduced TCO – Development, deployment,
administration, upgrade
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Government Forms
Invoices
Operational Reports
Correspondence
Financial Statements
Checks
Purchase Orders
Interactive Reports
EFT & EDI
Shipping Labels
BI Publisher … For All Your Reports
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Program Agenda
• What Are the Reporting Challenges? • What Are the Benefits of BI Publisher? • How Do I Build a Template? • How Can I Use It with My Application? • What Does BI Publisher Enterprise Offer? • Questions & Answers
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Report Layout Design Performed in Common Document Design Tools
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Template Design Tools Template Builder for Microsoft Word Add-in
Load Data Insert Components Validate Preview
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Template Design Tools Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Create and run a PDF template
• Assign Same Name From Element in Data to PDF Form Fields
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Desktop Template Viewer
• BI Publisher Desktop includes the BI Publisher engine
• Test your templates from your desktop using sample data
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Demonstration
• Create and run an RTF template – Requires Microsoft Word – BI Publisher ‘s Template Builder for Word Add-in – Sample Data from your report
• Create and run a PDF template – Requires Adobe Acrobat Professional – Sample Data from your report – BI Publisher’s Template Viewer to test on your desktop
(optional)
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Program Agenda
• What Are the Reporting Challenges? • What Are the Benefits of BI Publisher? • How Do I Build a Template? • How Can I Use It with My Application? • What Does BI Publisher Standalone Offer? • Questions & Answers
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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
• How Is It Integrated? • How Do I Use It? • Where Can I Get More Information?
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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Releases Limited Use License • First embedded in Tools Release 8.96
– Enables customers to develop their own templates
• Tools Release 8.98 introduced JD Edwards EnterpriseOne JDBC Driver to connect to BI Publisher standalone server (Interactive Reporting)
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Embedded BI Publisher
Extract Transform
UBE XSL
Report Definition
Publish
XML Repository
XML
EDI
EFT
Printer
RTF
HTML
Excel
Distribute
BI
Publisher
File System
Available in 8.98.1
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Interactive Reporting with BI Publisher
Layout Templates
XML
EDI
EFT
Output Formats Destinations
BI Publisher
HTML
Excel
PowerPoint
CSV
Flash
RTF
Printer
Fax
e-Commerce
Repository
Layout Tools
XSL
JDBC Driver
• Word
• Acrobat
• JDev
• Excel
• Flex
• Others
JDE EnterpriseOne
Requires Tools 8.98
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When to Use Embedded or Interactive
Embedded • An event in JDE E1
triggers the report • Need to update data
in the database • Data manipulation • No user action
8.98 Tools Single BIP Solution, Different Use Cases
Interactive • An event outside of JDE E1
triggers the report • Read-only data • Minimal data manipulation • On demand
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Embedded Setup and Report Process
Upload blank RTF
template to the XML
Publisher Object Repository
Create a Report Definition
To associate the UBE
With the template
Install BI Publisher Desktop
SETUP USER PROCESS
Submit the report to
Generate the XML data
Download data and
Design RTF template
Run UBE to generate
BIP Report
Upload Final Template
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Interactive Reporting Implementation Steps • Install BI Publisher Enterprise • Install and Configure Data Access (JDBC) Driver • Install BI Publisher Desktop Components
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Interactive Reporting Report Creation
• Log in through BI Publisher • Write a Query in BI Publisher and Generate the Data • Create Report Template and Upload to BIP* • Run Your Report in BI Publisher
*11g supports online layout editor (8.98.4)
BI Publisher Connects to E1 as Data Source
BI Publisher
JDBC Driver HTML
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More Info Here at OOW
What Where When
8009: Operational Reporting with BIP and JDE: Success Story
Moscone West L3, Room 3008
Tues 10:15 – 11:15 pm
15308: Simplify Your JD Edwards Reporting with BI Publisher
St Francis – St Francis Suite East
Wed 1:15 – 2:15 pm
21406: Hands-On Lab Session 1 Hands-On Lab Session 2
Marriott Marquis - Nob Hill AB
Thurs 10:30-11:30 pm 12:00 – 1:00 pm
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For More Information
Start Here: www.support.oracle.com Search for Article ID: 789074.1 BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
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JD Edwards World
• How Is It Integrated? • What Are the Features? • Where Can I Get More Information?
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How Is It Integrated (A9.2)
• Uses Data Output from World Writer and DREAM Writer • Combines that data with your report template • EDD contains the BI Publisher APIs
– No installation of BI Publisher is needed
• What’s new: – More programs have been enabled for EDD – Java EDD for 11g with World A9.2 Update 1
Electronic Document Delivery is BI Publisher Gateway
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Integration in A7.3 and A8.1
• Write a Query in BI Publisher to Generate the Data – The JDBC Driver enforces World security
• Create Report Template and Upload to BIP* • Run Your Report in BI Publisher
Use BI Publisher to Connect to World as Data Source
BI Publisher
JDBC Driver HTML
*JDBC Driver 2.2 available in A9.2.1 to connect to 11g World
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JD Edwards World Release A9.2
• More DREAM Writer reports – MPS Planning Report -- Supplier Schedule Print – Invoices -- Purchase Orders – Quote Request
• FASTR and STAR reports • Sample Templates for BI Publisher reports are available
for users to begin working with
Expanded Integration
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Sample Templates Provided JD Edwards World
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For More Information
Start Here: www.support.oracle.com Search for Article ID: 789078.1 BI Publisher for JD Edwards World
JD Edwards World
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PeopleSoft Enterprise
• How Is It Integrated? • How Do I Use It? • What Are the Features? • Where Can I Get More Information?
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How Is It Integrated?
• PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture pages for: – Defining data sources – Creating report definitions – Managing templates – Managing translations – Viewing report output
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How Do I Use It?
1. Create and Register a Data Source 2. Generate Sample XML 3. Design Template 4. Create Report Definition 5. Run Report
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Create Data Source and Generate XML Data
XML data can generated using a variety of means, including: PS Query, SQR, Application Engine, PeopleCode, or File Layout
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Design Your Layout
Load the sample XML data to the Template Builder to design the report layout.
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Create the Report Definition
Report definitions are used to:
• Associate a data source with a template.
• Define output options.
• Grant security to view report.
• Define bursting options.
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Run report via: •Query Report View •Query Report Scheduler •Online PeopleCode •Batch PeopleCode
Run Your BI Publisher Report
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For More Information
Start Here: www.support.oracle.com Search for Article ID: 1127534.1 Oracle's PeopleTools 8.51 Documentation Home Page
PeopleSoft Enterprise
Also see: Enterprise PeopleTools 8.51 PeopleBook: XML Publisher for PeopleSoft Enterprise
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More Info Here at OOW
What Where When
14002: Mastering PeopleSoft's Reporting Tools
Moscone West 2024 Thurs 10:30 – 11:30 pm
Demo Booth: PeopleSoft PeopleTools
Moscone West # W074 Mon - Thurs
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E-Business Suite
• How Is It Integrated? • How Do I Use It? • What Are the Features? • Where Can I Get More Information?
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E-Business Suite Releases Limited Use License • First Embedded Version Delivered with 11.5.10*
– 500 Templates delivered across products – Mostly Built on Oracle Reports
• In Release 12.1 All Reports Are BI Publisher – 2800 Templates – 2092 Data Sources – Across 95 Products
* Available as a patch for earlier versions
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E-Business Suite
• HRMS using many government forms from all around the world
• Payments utilizing Publisher for Banking and Credit Card payment processing
• Financial Applications has consolidated many data sources and providing multiple templates
• Oracle Reports to BI Publisher Conversion Assistant
Release 12 Highlights
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Release 12.1.3 Highlights
• Reports can be automatically e-mailed, faxed, sent to an IPP Printer, or delivered using FTP or SFTP
• Set up IPP in the System Administration Interface for Print and Fax • For e-mail, Use Profile Options
– FND: SMTP Host FND: SMTP Port
– to set hostname and port of mail host • FTP/SFTP Defined at submission
Integration with BI Publisher Delivery Manager!
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System Admin Create Delivery Option IPP Printer or Fax
1. Install CUPS 2. Set up your printer
within CUPS 3. Complete Create
Delivery Option form 4. For Fax, select
Support Fax
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E-Business Suite Setup and Process
Load files to Template Manager
Define concurrent program
using the data engine executable
Choose concurrent
program via
SRS forms
Select parameter
values Output document
generated
Create Data and Layout
Template Files
DEVELOPMENT SETUP USER PROCESS
Select layout, language,
and output format
Submit
Request
Output document
delivered Add concurrent program to
Request Group
Select Delivery Opts
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Create Data Template
The data template tells XMLP the query to execute and the structure to return. It consists of:
• A <parameters> section in which parameters are declared in child <parameter> elements
• A <dataQuery> section in which the SQL queries are defined in child <sqlStatement> elements
• A <dataStructure> section in which the output XML structure is defined
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Create Layout Template
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Register Data Definition
1. Use XML Publisher Administrator responsibility
2. Create data definition 3. Load sample data and
schema if required (only PDF layouts)
4. Load data template file
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Register Layout Template 1. Use XML
Publisher Administrator responsibility
2. Create template entry, assign it the Data Definition Code
3. Load template file
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Define Concurrent Program and Executable
1. Use System Administrator responsibility
2. Create a concurrent program definition using the XML Publisher Data Template executable
3. The Short Name must match the Data Definition Code
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Add the Program to a Request Group Security > Responsibility > Request
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Run the Report User Selects the Report From a List and Clicks Options
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Select Template, Language, Format, Delivery
1. User can select a different template from the LOV
2. Then a different language if available
3. Then an output format
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Select Delivery Options
• Delivery Options set up in the System Administration pages
• Supports Printer, Email, Fax, FTP
• Do not select printer in previous form
Printer1
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View Final Output Monitor Requests Form
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Conversion Assistant
• Converts Oracle Report to BI Publisher Data Template and RTF Layout Template
Oracle Reports to BI Publisher
Oracle Reports 9i RDF-XML
Oracle Reports 9i RDF
XMLP Data Template
Supporting PL/SQL
Packages
XMLP RTF Template
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Siebel CRM
• How Do I Use It? • What Are the Features? • What’s Coming?
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Steps for Creating a BI Publisher Report 1. From Admin View Generate XML Data
2. Create Template
3. Upload Template
5. Associate report with a View
6. Run Report
4. Associate with Integration Object
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Key Enhancements
• Security enhancements, most security & topologies possible • LDAP, ADSI, OSSO, BI Security, BI Publisher Security, SSL, Siebel Security WS
• New Parameterized reporting feature • Select records reports (parent, child, multi select row) • Template and reports sharing by position or organisation • Complete multilingual reporting solution
• Multilingual reports from a single language Application Object Manager (server component)
8.1.1.5 Fix Pack
8.1.1.5 solution also available in
8.0.0.12 and 8.2.2.
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Future Enhancements
• Enhanced My Reports view • Administration reports from My Reports View
– Report usage, per user, performance statistical analysis – System Administration reports
• Report Business Service enhancements – Delivery channels, scheduling, bursting, attach to entity
• Simplified multilingual UI flow and xlf upload
8.1.1.6 - Forward
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Enhanced Reports View Available in 8.1.1.6
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Siebel CRM Document Strategy
Document Output
Reports Proposals Correspondence Presentations
BI Publisher Server
Siebel CRM
BI Publisher Server for all document generation
No platform dependency i.e. Windows
Single server solution preferred - TCO
Store output in UCM integration
Execute from Siebel CRM, script, WF
Run in parallel to Document Server
1 Easy migration, similar functionality
Completely Multi-lingual
Multiple output formats
Simple to develop, deploy, execute
Scalable, Performance, Failover
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More Information at OOW
What Where When
18234: Building More-Insightful Reports with Siebel Reporting Solutions
Moscone West Room 2010
Tues 5:00 – 6:00 pm
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Program Agenda
• What Are the Reporting Challenges? • What Are the Benefits of BI Publisher? • How Do I Build a Template? • How Can I Use It with My Application? • What Does BI Publisher Enterprise Offer? • Questions & Answers
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Integration with Enterprise 11g By Application
Applications Unlimited Product 11g Integration Status Oracle E-Business Suite EBS Security Available, enhanced with 11.1.1.5
PeopleSoft Enterprise Integration planned
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne JDBC driver already supports 11g (8.48.4)
JD Edwards World JDBC Driver (2.2) already supports 11g
Oracle Siebel Already uses 10g server, integration planned with 11g
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What Does the Enterprise Server Offer?
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Online Layout Editor
• Drag and drop report elements
• Create layouts within the BIP UI
• Supports same outputs as RTF
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Interactive Reports
• Features: -- Collapsible regions so you can
focus on the data you want to see
-- Pop ups to see detail data over graphs and charts
-- Ability to select different values for repeating sections
-- Excel style Filtering and sorting in tables and pivot tables
-- Fixed Headers and Total rows with scrolling data
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BI Publisher Enterprise Added Benefits
• Layout Tools – Online Layout Editor – True Excel Templates
• More Data Sources – Local Excel files; combine with corporate data – Web services, BI Analyses, LDAP, OLAP, HTTP
• Output – Interactive – Mobile
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Siebel & BI Publisher 11g
• BI Publisher 11g integration • BI Publisher API’s for backward compatibility • Siebel integration with 11g - identical functionality to 10.1.3.4.1 initially • Built on WebLogic not OC4J
• 11g features:
• Siebel integration will gradually adopt new features • Accessibility improvements, online layout editor • Scheduler enhancements, improved UI
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E-Business Suite 11g Integration Choose Responsibility When Logging in to BIP
• Log in using EBS credentials
• Select Responsibility; change responsibility within same session
• EBS Security Enforced
-- Multi-org support planned
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E-Business Suite 11g Integration E-Business Suite Automatically Configured as Data Source
• Write queries against E-Business Suite Applications tables
• Combine with data from other sources
• Support for Flexfields and PL/SQL Event Triggers built into data model design
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More BI Publisher at OOW
BI Publisher Demo Pod: Moscone South - SR-287
What Where When
32020: Building Reports and Data Models in BI Publisher 11g (HANDS ON LAB)
Marriott Marquis - Salon 5/6
Wed 1:15 – 2:15 pm
16762: Become a Reporting Superstar with BI Publisher Best Practices
Moscone West Room 2000
Wed 5:00 – 6:00 pm
15010: BI Publisher: Anatomy of a Template
Moscone West Room 2000
Thurs 1:30 – 2:30 pm
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Stay Connected with BI Publisher
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/overview/index.html
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Q&A
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