This document discusses custom reporting in Oracle's Financial Data Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE). It provides examples of custom reports that were created to enhance standard reports, integrate with other systems, and align with business reports. The key steps outlined for creating a custom report include defining the SQL query, building the report template in BI Publisher Desktop, defining the report, and testing the report. One detailed example shows how a custom report was built to include account descriptions from both FDMEE and an ERP system by joining tables in the query and using synonyms.

1. FDMEE Custom Reports
Shaping Your Data!
15/January/2016

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Agenda
• Introduction
• Reporting in Legacy FDM
• Reporting in FDMEE
• FDMEE Custom Reports (some examples…)
• Let’s go into details

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Current landscape
• FDMEE 11.1.2.3.700
– FDM Classic and/or FDMEE (IE 11 support)
• FDMEE 11.1.2.4.100 (Dec-2015)
– No FDM Classic available anymore
– FDM > FDMEE migration is a must (95% parity)
• Migration utility released on Aug-2015
– Built using ODI (standalone)
– Migrate 1 target application at a time
– FDM Classic 11.1.1.x/11.1.2.x > FDMEE 11.1.2.4
– FDM Metadata (locations, mappings, control tables, etc.)
– FDM Data (historical data, archived maps, process info)
– Not included (audit information, memo items, Security, Scripts, Custom Reports)
– Post-migration manual steps needed
Upstream
FDM
ERPI
FDMEE
9.3.x-11.1.2.3
11.1.1.3-11.1.2.2
11.1.2.3-∞

9. Reporting in Legacy FDM

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Looking back at the past
• Crystal Reports
– SQL Query + RPX file
• Standard + Custom Reports
• FDM Workbench Client
– Report Designer
• Scripting capabilities
• Parameters
• API to publish reports from scripts
• Output as PDF, Excel, Word, RTF, or HTML

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Looking back at the past
• Workbench Client

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Looking back at the past
• Report Designer (Workbench Client)

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Looking back at the past
• Custom FDM report for Hyperion Planning Validations

14. Reporting in FDMEE

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New product, new life
• Oracle BI Publisher templates (RTF)
– No need of BIP license
– Templates located in FDMEE Server
• Not all standard reports migrated 
– Audit mapping monitor available from 11.1.2.4.100
• Custom Reports
– BI Publisher
– BIP Desktop (plugin for MS Word)
• Output as PDF, Excel, HTM, or XSLX
• LCM (+ copy templates)

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Report Definition
OTHER
FDMEE
Query
Definition
Report
Definition
Source data
Target data
Other data
Report
Template
parameters
Report
Group
Role
Security

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BIP Desktop for MS Word
• Used to create new RTF templates
• Does not require BIP installed
• Free download
• Install on client machine
– Version depends on MS Office 32-bit or 64-bit version
• Can import sample XML data generated from FDMEE
– Preview reports offline

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RTF Templates
• Consume XML data
– Template content and layout must correspond to the content and
hierarchy of the input XML file
• Generates the output report dynamically
• Can be downloaded from FDMEE UI

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RTF Templates
• Some basics
– Placeholders are used to map data fields (show data)
– Groups are used to designate repeating elements
• BIP supports two methods for creating RTF templates
• Basic RTF Method
– Use placeholders
– At runtime the placeholder is replaced by the value of XML element
– Syntax: <?XML element tag name?>
• MS Word’s Form Field Method
– Place the syntax in hidden form fields, rather than directly into the
design of your template.

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RTF Templates

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Report Execution
• WEB UI (Report Execution option)
• Command line utility runreport.bat/.sh (FDMEE Server)
– Can run the report during the FDMEE workflow (ex: custom validation)
– Can create the script from Report Execution
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22. FDMEE Custom Reports

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Why would we need them?
• Enhanced our data load workflow
– Custom Check Report
– HP/Essbase validations
– Check Exchange Rates loaded
– Etc.
• Enrich TB standard reports
– Include target member properties (Ex: account type or descriptions)
– Include additional FDMEE data
– Etc.
• Align with other business reports
– Add company logo
– Change header/footer
– Change colors/format
– Etc.

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Creating a Custom Report
1. Define the Query definition
– Test in SQL tool (replace parameters with values)
– Export results to XML from FDMEE and import into RTF template
– May require some SQL work for complex queries (views, functions …)
2. Create the RTF template
– Copy existing template
– Import XML file with sample data (BIP Desktop)
– Configure the template as needed
– Run unit tests for each report item (header, footer, groups, etc.)
3. Define the Report definition
– Copy existing or create new one
– Assign Query definition
– Assign RTF Template
– Assign Report Group (+ security)
– Define parameters
4. Test report with parameters

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Example 1: Check Report

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Example 2: Exchange Rates

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Example 3: TB for JDE Integration

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Example 4: HFM Hierarchy with JDE Data

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Requirement for custom report
• TB Report with both HFM and JDE descriptions
• Add company logo
• A similar report already existed in legacy FDM
• It needs enhancements
– Add JDE Account Descriptions
– Add company logo

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Solution design
• HFM Account Description is stored in the HFM Database
• The SQL Queries are executed in the FDMEE Database
– Create SQL View in HFM database (Account properties)
– Create Synonym in FDMEE database
• Query Definition
– Join FDMEE tables and Synonym for the SQL View
– 2 parameters (Period and Data Load Rule)
– Generate XML
• RTF Template
– Copy existing template for TB Report
– Create new format
– User XML for unit tests

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Solution design
FDMEE
Query
Definition
Report
Definition
JDE + Conversion
Report
Template
Param 1: Period
Param 2: DLR
Custom
Report Group
Role
Security
HFM Account Descriptions
HFM
DB Layer Presentation
Layer
Synonym

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Query Definition
• SQL Query

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Generating the XML for the RTF template
• Replace parameters with values in the query definition

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Import XML with sample data
• Fields available for the report and test the output file

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Header

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Table Header

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Table Header – Format

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Table Content: main group by

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Repeating elements
• For-each

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Data fields

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Data fields (amounts)

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Total for the entity (Sum)

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Building the RTF template with BIP Desktop
• Table Content: Total

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Generate Translation File (11.1.2.4)
• FDMEE supports reports in multiple languages
• We have to create the XLIFF translation file from BIP Desktop
– Save file as reportname_en.xlf
• XLIFF is a standard file format that is understood by many
translation software packages

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Place RTF template in Server
• Copy the file in the server or upload through Web UI
• Copy XLF file in its language folder (ex: en)

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Report Definition
• Create Report definition

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Report Execution
• Test the report
– Parameters will take POV values by default

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Report

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Summary
• New reporting technology
• Custom reports in legacy FDM must be re-created
• Can meet complex reporting requirements
• Train yourself
– http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/fmw/bi/bip/tb4word/tbwordbip.htm

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