apex printing with bi publisher
DESCRIPTION
During OOW 2013 a full day seminar was organized by ODTUG covering 4 printing scenario's for Oracle Application Express : PL/PDF, Jasper Reports, FOP and BI Publisher. This presentation covers that last one. Alas the demo isn't viewable...TRANSCRIPT
APEX and BI Publisher
Roel Hartman
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EASE OF INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
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Ease of Installation and Configuration
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�Full blown version
�Web Logic Server
�BI Publisher 11g Enterprise
�Evaluation version
�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)
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�Full blown version
�Web Logic Server
�BI Publisher 11g Enterprise
�Evaluation version
�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)
�Downloaded 11.1.1.7 and installed on OTN Dev Days VM
�Almost flawless. Almost ...
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�Evaluation version
�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)
�Downloaded 11.1.1.7 and installed on OTN Dev Days VM
�Almost flawless. Almost ...
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Ease of Installation and Configuration
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�Evaluation version
�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)
�Downloaded 11.1.1.7 and installed on OTN Dev Days VM
�Almost flawless. Almost ...
�Download BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7
�Word 2003 / 2007 (not 2010)
�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM
�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....Monday, September 9, 13
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Almost flawless. Almost ...
�Download BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7
�Word 2003 / 2007 (not 2010)
�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM
�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....
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�Download BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7
�Word 2003 / 2007 (not 2010)
�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM
�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....
�Downloaded BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.6
�worked immediately
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�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM
�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....
�Downloaded BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.6
�worked immediately
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�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM
�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....
�Downloaded BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.6
�worked immediately
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Ease of Installation and Configuration
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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX
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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX
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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX
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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX
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ORA-20001: The printing engine could not be reached because either the URL specified is incorrect or a proxy URL needs to be specified.
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CONCLUSION
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It’s not that hard ... but also not completely obvious
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EASE OF INTEGRATION
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Ease of Integration
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Option 1 (standard)
APEX
report request
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Option 2 (BI as “owner”)
APEX
report request
page with
report link
page request da
ta
reque
st
data
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Option 3 (BI as “owner” + web services)
APEX
report request
data
reque
st / d
ata
web se
rvice
call
http://linux:7001/xmlpserver/services
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CONCLUSION
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Multiple options for integration - all easy
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EASE OF USE
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D E M O N S T R A T I O N
EASE OF USE
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CONCLUSION
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Easy. VERY easy....
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TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
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Total Cost of Ownership�$46,000 per processor
�Weblogic Server (SE) ? + $10,000
�+ maintenance fees
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Total Cost of Ownership�But ...
�Tons of functionality
�Time saver
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CONCLUSION
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It’s not free. That’s for sure.So it depends....
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Wrap up
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