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BI Publisher Anatomy of a Template (15010) Mike Donohue Director, BI Product Management

Klaus Fabian Sr. Manager, BI Development

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Oracle BI Publisher

BI Publisher Documents Invoices simple right? Disecting and Invoice

Header Demo Detail Demo Footer -- Demo

Other Options Q&A

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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 Documents

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Invoices Simple Right?

Header Section

Detail Section

Footer Section

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Header Section Logo Image

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Header Section Barcode

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Header Section Barcode

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Header Section Repeating Header

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Detail Section Row Limit

Set number of Rows

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Detail Section Page Total

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Footer Section Last Page Only

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And on the back

Terms and Conditions - must not contribute the to

the total number of pages of the invoice

- Invoice must finish with a T&Cs page

not quite so simple

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Know your data structure

The template is going to walk the data structure

You need to know the data structure

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Header Section Header layout

Notice this is in the RTF header section Can not use form fields in the header use text tags

Barcode HTML and RTF outputs rely on the font being available on

the client machine PDF output is truly portable with a subset of the barcode

embedded in the document

Header/Page number reset Use the for-each@section to get the page numbers to re-set

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Demo D E M O N S T R A T I O N

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Font Mapping in Template Builder

Sample .cfg file under Template Builder for Word\config directory.

B39R00 barcode font included under Template Builder for Word\fonts directory

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Font Mapping at the Server Level

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Font Mapping at the Report Level

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Detail Section Fixed Lines and Page Totals Fixed Line Enumeration

Create a constant to hold the number of lines per page Use a counter to check how many rows are rendered. If it

reaches the required number then stop and start a new page If the last page does not have enough lines to fill the page then

use the filler row

Page Total Does not use the conventional page total support We know how many lines there are per page so its a

calculation

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Demo D E M O N S T R A T I O N

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Footer Section Fixed position

Use row count to put the summary section in a specific position Filler rows ensure its in the right place every time

Last page only Use row count and filler rows to get position and last page only,

not the conventional last page only functionality

Terms and Conditions Call a sub-template to display the T&Cs

Finish on even numbered page Use the finish-on command

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Demo D E M O N S T R A T I O N

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Putting it all together BIP generates a batch of

invoices with required features

Other options Bursting Intelligent delivery OMR marks Document storage Application integration

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More Good Stuff

BI Publisher Demo Pod: Moscone South, Right - SR-287

What Where When

32020: Building Reports and Data Models in BI Publisher 11g (HANDS ON LAB)

Marriott Marquis - Salon 5/6

Wed 1:152:15 pm

16762: Become a Reporting Superstar with BI Publisher Best Practices

Moscone West Room 2000

Wed 5-6 pm

15010: BI Publisher: Anatomy of a Template

Moscone West Room 2000

Thr 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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The preceding 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 Oracles products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

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