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BI Publisher SIGFrontofRoom/Podium
EBS JDE
PeopleSoft OtherEnterprise,OBIEE,etc…
SeatingChart!
SincethisisaSpecialInterestGroup,weallhaveBIPublisherincommon.
SitwithothersthatareusingBIPwiththesameapplicationtogiveyourselftheopportunitytonetwork.
Introduceyourselftoyourneighbor,askthemhowtheyareusingBIPbeforewegetstarted.
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BIPublisherSIGCollaborate2017Meeting
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BrentLowe,STRSoftware
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Agenda
• BIPublisherSIGIntro/Update
• BIPublisherforStaticReports– Chao-YeeWatson
• BIPublisherandJDEdwards– AndrewOstdiek
• BIPublisherandPeopleSoft– MarcusBode
BIPublisherSIGIntro/UpdateBrentLowe,STRSoftware
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Who’sThisGuy?
• BrentLoweBIPublisherChairHeadofProductArchitecture– STRSoftwareWorkedwithBIPublishersince2004ish
Notetoself…passaroundclipboard…
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BIPublisherSIGIntro/Update
• Charter:TheOAUGBIPublisherSIGwillinformandeducatemembersontopicsrelevanttotheusageofBIPublisherinOracleApplicationssuchasOracleEBS,OracleJDEdwardsandOraclePeopleSoftwhileofferingaforumforpeerstosharetheirexperienceandknowledgewithoneanother.
• Mostimportantly:GettingfolkstogethertohelpeachotheroutwithBIPublisher.
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Business- Vision
• Quarterlyeducationalwebinars.• InpersonmeetingsatOOWandCollaborate.• Robustwebsitewithpointerstoexistinginformation.• Oracleinvolvement.
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Business– HelpWanted
• Presenters,Material,Experiences,etc…
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Business– BecomeaMember
• CreateanOAUGProfile---- FREE• JoinaGEO/SIG->BIPublisherSIG
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WheretoGoWhenYouDon’tKnow
CentralHub– SIGWebsitehttp://bipubsig.communities.oaug.org/
BIPublisherforStaticReportsChao-YeeWatson,Xilinx
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OAUGBIPublisherSIGCaseStudy:BIPublisherforStaticReportsConversionofLegacyDiscovererReportsandMovingUserstoBIPublisher
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Chao-YeeWatson,Xilinx
@ChaoYee_Watson
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Agenda
• Introduction• SpeakerBiography• StateofReportingatXilinx• ApproachtoDeterminingRequirements• EvaluationofReplacements• PlantoReplace• CurrentStatusoftheReplacementProject
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Introduction• In2016,westartedthejourneyofconvertingCustomerOperationsreportsfromDiscoverertoBIPublisher.
• Talkaboutcurrentstateofreportinginmyorganization• DiscusshowDiscoverercomparestoBIPublisher• DiscusshowBIPublishercomparestoOBIEEAnswers• ShareourlessonslearnedfromourDiscovererretirementprocessandtheimplementationofBIPublisher
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SpeakerBiography
• Over20yearsmanagingbusinessprocessandsystemchangeinHighTechnology
• Extensiveexperiencedrivinginternationalchangemanagementandenterprise-wideroll-outswithafocusonprocessdesign,keyperformancemetricsdesignandresourceoptimization
• Thoughtleaderindesignandre-engineeringofprocessesintheareasofbusinessintelligence,programmanagement,datagovernance,customerservice,supplychainmanagement,demandmanagement,productlifecyclemanagement
• FeaturedspeakerandpanelistatmultipleOAUGCOLLABORATEconferences,OAUGConnectionPoint andPMISiliconValleySymposium
§ PMP® certified§ MBAfromSantaClaraUniversity§ BSinMechanicalEngineeringfromUCBerkeley
Chao-Yee Watson
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StateofReportingTools
• Discovererremainsthegeneralreportingtoolsstandard• OtherlegacycustomtoolsdevelopedusingPL/SQL,APEX,PHP
• OBIEEAnswers,BIPublisher,BIC’sinproductionforvariousdepartments
• OriginalplanwastoretireallDiscovererreportsinNov2016andreplacewithBIPublisher11g
• Thisplanhasbeendelayedbasedonuserrequirementsfromdifferentdepartments
• NewplanistorolloutBIPforgroupsthatrequirescheduledstaticformattedreports
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Discoverer– the“SwissArmyKnife”
• OriginalintentwhenDiscovererwasimplementedoveradecadeagowastoreplaceOracleReportsandothertextfilereports
• ThemanagementmodelforDiscovererwasloose• ITcreatedthefoldersinBusinessAreas• TheusersbecamerathercreativeinhowtheyutilizedDiscoverer
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HowDiscovererwasUsed• StaticReports• SharedCustomizedReports• VolumeDataExtracts• AdhocDataExtracts
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OptionsforDiscovererReplacement• BIPublisher• OBIEEAnswers• OracleBICloud• Otherlegacycustomizations• Otheroptionsnotyetevaluated
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EvaluatingBIPvsOBIEEAnswers
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BIPublisher OBIEEAnswersHighlyformattedorspecificlayoutreports Ad-hocanalysisOperationalortransactionaldatareporting.Anyaggregationsorpivotsmustbedonebyend-user
Analyticalreporting.Aggregations,pivots,anddrillsdefinedinRPD.Draganddropforend-user
PowerusersorBusinessAnalysts(technicalusers)reportingonnon-hierarchicaldata.DataforthereportisdirectlyretrievedviaSQL.
Knowndataelementstoanswerthequestion(e.g.:Opportunity)DimensionsandFactsarepre-built
RequiresSQLexpertiseforcreatingDataModels.Canbeariskwhenusedbynovices
End-userreporting. NoSQLexpertiserequired
MultipledatasourcesincludingOBIEESubjectAreas
Row-levelsecurity(MustuseAnswers)
Quicklyandeasilydeveloporchangereports(sourcedata)
RequiresalongerdevelopmentcycletoincorporateallrequireddataelementsintotheRPD
Easilycreatemultiplereportlayoutsfromasingledatamodel
Reportingonly predefinedsubjectareas
Ad-hoc reporting Hierarchicaldata(MustuseAnswers)Summary:BIPublisherisprimarilymeantasatoolforcreatinghighlyformatted,publishedreports(Invoices,Quotes,etc)bytechnicalusers.ItisNOTsuitedforanalyticalreportingORforhierarchicaldataORwhererow-levelsecurityisrequired.
Summary:OBIEEAnswersistheprimary,bestofclass,analyticalreportingtool.Bestusedforreportingofstructuredandpre-summarizeddata.
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EvaluatingDiscoverervs.BIPTask/Requirements Discoverer BIP
Usercreatesad-hocreport Yes No
DataModelneedstobedefinedpriortoreportcreation No Yes
Create/modifyreportparameters atruntime Yes No
Multiplelevelsofconditionsatreportlevel Yes No
Definingcalculationfunctionsatreportruntime Yes No
Endusercreation ofdatamodel NA No
Groupbyfunction Yes Yes
Multiplecolumnselectionatruntime Yes No
Drilldown reports Yes Yes
Unrestricted Excelexport Yes No
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CustomerOperationsUseCase• XilinxCustomerMasterTeam
• ReportscompiledatafromOracleERP,CDHandotherproprietaryapplications
• Teamutilizesstaticreportsintheirdailytasksmaintainingcustomermasterdata
• Totalof38reportsrequiredreplacement
• BIPublisherchosentoreplacestaticreports• Smallgroupofhomogeneoususers• Usersonlyneededformattedreportsfordailyuse• Teamneededpushreportsthatcouldbescheduled• ITcreatedthereplacementreports• BusinessUserstestedthereports
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ListofCustomerMasterReports
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S/N ReportNames DateinUAT TestStatus FeedbackDate1 XCM- DNBIncompleteDataReport 8/22/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20162 XCM- SourceSystemDataQualityMetricsReport 8/24/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20163 XCM- SourceSystemIDMappingTraceReport 8/24/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20164 XCM- DNBDailyorQuarterlyExtractDetailsReport 8/24/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20165 XCM- SiteLevelRelationshipChanges 8/25/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20166 XCM- AUTOXU 8/25/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20167 XCM- CustomerData HierarchyComparison(ManualvsD&B)Report 8/25/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20168 XCM- CustomerListingSummaryReport 8/25/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/20169 XCM- DNBUnmatched&RejectedReport 8/26/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/201610 XCM- CustomerRelationshipListingReport 8/26/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/201611 XCM- XilinxDNBGUsLinktoXUList(AS-IS)Report 9/2/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/2/201612 XCM- XilinxDNBGUsnotinFinanceHierarchy(AS-IS)Report 9/2/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/2/201613 XCM- XilinxFinanceHierarchy(AS-IS)Report 9/2/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/2/201614 XXCMcertifiedrecordswithnullprimaryaddresses. 9/7/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/8/201615 XCM- DNBMatchRulesReport 9/7/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/8/201616 XCM- BulkImportErrorReport 9/7/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/8/201617 XCM- XilinxDNBMatchedrecordswithNoGUandXilinxCustomHierarchy(AS-IS) 9/7/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/8/201618 XCM- PartyMergeTraceReport 9/19/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/22/201619 XCM- XUStatusTraceReport 9/19/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/22/201620 XCM- DNBWorldBaseTraceReport 9/19/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/22/201621 XCM- CustomerClassificationReport 9/19/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/21/201622 XCM- CustomerCertificationReport 9/28/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/4/201623 XCMDataSpecialistQualityCheckReport 9/28/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/29/201624 XCM- SplitReviewReport 9/28/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/4/201625 XCM- FlaggedRecordStatusTraceReport 9/28/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/4/201626 XCM- CDHInputDataReport 10/6/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/6/201627 XCM- SubscriptionErrorReport 10/6/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/6/201628 XCMXU-GU-SITE-CHECKING.DISReport 8/22/2016 MigratedtoPROD 8/26/201629 XCM- PartyMerge 10/6/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/6/201630 XCM- RecordStatusReport 9/19/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/21/201631 XCM- StandardCityStateCountryReport 9/28/2016 MigratedtoPROD 9/29/201632 XCM- DNBReviewReport 10/28/2016 MigratedtoPROD 10/31/201633 XCM- HierarchyRelationshipTrace 9/28/2016 PendIT 9/29/201634 XCM- ReviewRequestTraceReport 10/12/2016 PendIT 10/18/201635 XCM- XUHierarchywithSourceSystemDetailsReport 10/18/2016 PendIT 11/1/201636 XCM- Oracle11iStatusReport 11/1/2016 PendIT 11/7/201637 XCM- GDIDsreferencedinlast3monthtransactionsthatarenotyetcertifiedinXCM On Hold38 XCMASP- GDIDstobeCleansed OnHold
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ResultsfromCustomerMasterReportsConversion• ConversionstartedJune2016
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Status(asofFebruary 2017) # %
ReportsinPROD 32 71.1%
Reports– Tested&PendingITRework• Unabletoextracthugereport• Unabletoextract3monthsdata• Issues onparameters&dataextracted
4211
13.2%
Reports- NotReadyinUAT• PendingFinance/GD- GDBIprojectiscurrentlyonhold
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13.2%
Totalreportstomigrate 38 100.0%
• Majorityofthereportsrequiredfordailyusearenowinproduction
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PlantoReplaceRemainingCustomerMasterReports• Forreportswherearelargevolumeofdataisrequiredtobeextracted,wearestillevaluatingpotentialoptionsforDiscovererreplacement
• ForreportswhicharedependentontheFinancedepartmenttomakeadecisionontools,thosereportsareonholdindefinitely
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KeyLessonsLearned
• Don’tassumethatonetoolorplatformwillsatisfyallbusinessusecases
• BIPublisherfitstheusecasewherereportsare:• Highlyformattedstaticoutput• Parametersaresetandnotexpectedtochange• Usersdonotplantochangethereportformat• Usersdonotrequireahighvolumeofcolumnsandrowsofdata
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BIPublisherandJDEdwardsAndrewOstdiek,HamiltonTelecommunications
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SpeakerBiography
• 15+yearsofJDEExperience• EndUsertoEvangelist!• WorldtoE910
• JDEGeneralist• Development• ProjectManager• CNC‘lite’• FunctionalAnalyst• BusinessAnalyst• TechnicalAnalyst• Etc….IJDE
Andrew Ostdiek
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HamiltonTelecommunications
• JDE– 9.1apps,9.1.2Tools
• 9.2Upgradeovernext12months.
• TransitioningfromCreate!formtoBIPublisherforFormsManagement
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BIPTransition– TheWhy
• MovingtoBIPb/c:• Costsavings• Lackofin-houseknowledgeonCreate!form
• Reduce3rd PartyDevelopmentReliance
• Duplicationofownedfunctionality• Easeofuse
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BIPTransition:Roadmap
• TransitionandconsolidateallCreate!form projectstoBIP.• UseBIPbursting/emailingtodrivedistributioninternallyandexternally.
• EducateandenableinternalstafftodevelopBIPtemplates.
• LookintoBIPPacksfromTeamCain tospeedupdevelopmentandreduceinternalcosts.
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BIPTransition:Roadmap– EarlyStages
• OnecustomizedformforContractBillingInvoice• UsedOracleprovidedformsforW2,1099,1095-C• Testingbursting/emailingforinvoices
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BIPTransition:PrimaryChallenges
• Timeandresourceavailability• Lackofin-houseBIPknowledge
• Engageda3rd partyconsultanttohelp.• Gotusstartedwithanewforminshorttimeframe• Helpedusbridgeourknowledgegap• Continuetoengageaswecanfreestaffforotherpriorities
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BIPTransition:LessonsLearned
• Whenengagingwitha3rd partyconsultant• AskbasicformsmanagementquestionstoensurethatexistinglogicwilltranslateandworkinyourBIPutilization
• LookforprebuiltformsorsolutionstohelpprovideanunderstandingofstandardBIPusecases
• Maintainavisionoffutureconsiderationsinformsolutions
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BIPTransition– LessonsLearned• Understandconditionallogic(exampleaddressblockswhereAddresslines2-4areblank)
• ReviewXMLfilesviaChrome– easiertoseeandunderstanddata
• UseWordPlugintotesttemplates• NameobjectstoalignwithUBEutilizingthem
• UBE- R48507• XMLPublisherObject- TP5548507• ReportDefinitionObject- R48507_1
• UseE-MailAddressoptionasinternal‘Check’fordeliveryconfirmationforDataDrivenDeliveryutilization
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BIPTransition– LessonsLearned• Patience– LargerUBEswithBIPtemplatestakelongertorender.
• JobQueuemaysay‘D’one,butUBEhasn’tfinished.• Adjustjde.inifiletogetoutputtofindrenderedoutputonyourEnterpriseServer.[UBE]
BipOutputDirectory=E:\JDEdwards\E910\BIPOutputBipSaveOutputOnFs=1
• F95600(BIPublisherObjectRepository)• Referencethistableforquickreferenceontemplates(dateinformation)
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BIPTransition– What’sNext?
• ContinuewithourPhase1projecttasks• IdentifyourFormsManagementfootprint• PutaplaninplaceforformalFormsManagementtransition
• EducationofinternalresourcestodevelopandmaintainBIPFormsgoingforward
BIPublisherandPeopleSoftMarcusBode
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MarcusBodeManagingDirector
[email protected](415)509-1151
§ ApplicationFocus:OracleCloudERP,PeopleSoftFSCM/HCM
§ VerticalFocus:FinancialServices,FinTech,Healthcare,Utilities,Technology
§ PeopleSoftFinancialsimplementations,upgrades,enhancements&integration
AboutSpearMC
Foundedin2004,SpearMCisatechnologyandprofessionalservicesfirmspecializingin
§ PeopleSoftFSCM,HCM,ELM
§ PeopleToolsDevelopmentandSystemAdministration
§ PeopleSoftTestFramework
§ OracleCloudERPandHCM
§ OracleBusinessIntelligence
§ PeopleSoftTraining
§ ProjectManagement
§ OraclePublicCloud
§ QualityInsurance&TestAutomation
§ HostAnalyticsEPM
OurHistory
PeopleSoftReportingOverview
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SQR
Query
nVision
Crystal Reports
BI Publisher
The State of PeopleSoft Reporting Tools
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Very powerful–full database access within a "report"Modular
• re-use logic in building blocks
• override delivered logic
SQR
Part of the Oracle familyBuilt-in support for debuggingProgrammer-centric
– quick to build and run– requires a technical resource
Lots of knowledge in the PeopleSoft community
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Empowers business users• Solve their own problems• Explore data
Built-in features• Query Access Server (instant
web service)• Translate tables• Embedded URLs• Output to Excel
Outsource processing criteria/logic to Query and business users
Query
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Microsoft Excel based• That’s why accountants love it• MS Excel v 2007 or higher – ‘unlimited’ rows
Very powerful with full database access within a spreadsheet• Security assigned at the report / layout level• Row-level security applies to running reports and drill-down
Optimized for Financial Reporting• Uses Ledger table• Enables drill-down into sub-ledger and transaction tables
Represents Hierarchical Relationships• Excellent use of rollup trees for display• Provides ‘nPlosion’ (Excel Grouping)
Layouts Designed and Stored within Database• Users can schedule reports or run ad-hoc without additional run-control pages
nVision
IntroducingPeopleTools BIPublisher
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Reporting tool introduced as “XML Publisher” in PeopleTools 8.48
Renamed to “BI Publisher” in PeopleTools 8.52• “BI” as in “Business Intelligence”, aka “Reporting and Analytics”
Positioned as a reporting tool that:• Replaces Crystal (completely by Tools 8.55)• Alternative to SQR• Better integrated with PeopleSoft• Architected for better maintenance and extensibility
BI Publisher
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In broad strokes, a lot like Crystal• A PS Query runs on the application server
• Prompts filled in at run time• BI Publisher runtime applies Report Template to the data to build a PDF
• "Data Source" column in Query Report Viewer is the name of the Query
Report Template• RTF file containing formatting, data placeholders, and special syntax• Created in Microsoft Word with the help of an Oracle-created Add-In
Report Definition• Allows running reports via Scheduled Query or Ad-Hoc
• If Ad-Hoc, must build custom run-control page• Data Source
• This is how it knows about the Query (but XML will ultimately be the data source, so this is the ‘source of the source’)
• Category• Defines the report’s security (see Reporting Tools > BI Publisher > Setup> Report
Category)
How does it work?
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Data Sources
• Functionaluserscanbuilddatasource• Deliveredpagerunsquery-basedBIPreports• End-to-endreportdevelopmentwithoutasinglelineofcode
Query
• AlltheadvantagesofQuerybutrequiresPoweruserstobuilddatasource
• Reportscanincorporateparent-childrelationships
ConnectedQuery
• Ultimatelyflexibilitybutrequirescode• Goodforexternalsourcesofdata• Recommendedforlargevolumes
XMLFile
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Microsoft Word is the BI Publisher design-time environment• Only MS Word version of BI Publisher is delivered with the PeopleSoft application• For BI Publisher Templates for Excel or PowerPoint, must purchase Enterprise
Edition of BI Publisher• Instead of having Crystal installed on your machine, you need
• Microsoft Word (2007 or higher)• Java Runtime• Oracle’s BI Publisher Template Builder Add-In for Microsoft Word
o Aka “Design Helper”• Windows only (no Mac support)
Installing Template Builder• Download directly from within PeopleSoft• Must install Java seperately
Introducing Template Builder
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Import XML file containing sample data• Template Builder needs to know the structure of the data source
• E.g. What fields will be available to put on report?• Sample data useful for quick & dirty testing during report development• Crystal handles this through special "PeopleSoft PeopleTools" ODBC driver that
exposes metadata of PS Query definitions• BI Publisher handles this by parsing a sample XML file imported via the Template
Builder’s Sample XML tool• Most BI Publisher ribbon tools are grayed out until sample data imported• Once imported, fields can be added to report with Template Builder tools• Once imported, developers do not need to be connected to PeopleSoft – they just
continue to use the sample XML until another sample is needed or the report is complete!
Working in Template Builder
Introducing Template Builder
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Test Template using Preview tool• Template Builder Add-In includes the BI Publisher runtime engine!• Click the desired output format and report is generated and displayed
• Combines XML and RTF into output file• Runs on locally installed Java runtime
• Allows for iterative, trial-and-error report development (and again, no need to stay connected)
Working in Template Builder
Introducing Template Builder
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Database
App Server Web Server
Architecture Checkpoint
AppTables
Query
XML
DataSource
BI Output!
ReportDefinition
& Template
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Advanced Topics
Q:HowdoyouwriteaQuerywithresultsthatincludeparent-childrelationships?
A:InPeopleSoft,usetheConnectedQuery
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Connected Query gives you a way to “join” PS Queries that have a logical parent-child relationshipAllows you to create XML with hierarchical dataCan be used as a BI Publisher Data SourceIntroduced in PeopleTools 8.50Reporting Tools > Connected Query > Connected Query Manager
Connected Query and BI Publisher
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Creating1. Create PS Queries that will be part of Connected Query2. Reporting Tools > Connected Query > Connected Query Manager > Add a New
Value3. Name it4. Add Top-Level “Parent Query” to new Connected Query definition5. Add descendent Queries
• Click name of a Query to display tool icons• Use Child and Sibling icons
6. Use Select Related Fields tool to map fields on each child Query to parent 7. Set Status to “Active”8. Use Preview to test
Connected Query and BI Publisher
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Query Prompts• Supported for all Queries in a Connected Query• User prompted at run/schedule time• Recommendation: When possible, only use with top-level Query• Queries with In-Tree prompt cannot be used in Connected Query
Advantages• Leverage existing Queries (Query reuse)• Easier to develop and maintain
• Multiple bite size Queries instead of one, big, complex one• Alternative to outer joins
• Very different data sets can be included in same report
Disadvantages• Performance not good with large amounts of data
Connected Query and BI Publisher
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