This document provides steps to create a first report in Oracle BI Publisher 11g. It involves: 1. Creating a JDBC data source to connect to a data source 2. Creating a data model using the JDBC data source and an SQL query 3. Saving the data model for use in report creation 4. Creating a new report using the existing data model 5. Adding charts and tables to the report by dragging attributes from the data model

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Url to access BI Publisher: http://host:port/xmlpserver It will prompt for username and password.
Home Screen for BI Publisher
First, we need to create a JDBC data source to make a connection to a source of data. To make a Data-
Source, click on Administration button on upper right corner.

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Following Screen Appears
Under highlighted Data Sources tab, select JDBC Connection.
Following screen appears, in that select Add Data Source
Fill in the desired data source name, set connection string which requires hostname, port no and sid,
username and password to connect to source.

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Specimen of data:
Data source name : test
Driver type as default if using 11g.
Connection String : jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl
Username : test
Password : test
Click on Test Connection, If connection details are correct, it shows following message.

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After data source is created, we need to create a Data Model. Select New -> Data Model
Following screen appears to configure data model
Set Data Source as the one that you created in above steps.

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Setting up Data-Set
Provide the sql query for which you want to create the dataset
Click OK, following screen appears.

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To save, click on Save and then XML button to its left to see xml data format(shown below).
On clicking Save, it will ask you to save the data model at appropriate location. This Data Model will be
used to create reports.

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On clicking XML button, following screen appears, and follow step 1,2 and 3.
We need to select “Save As Sample Data” so that we can have graphical graphs and charts in reports.
Now, go to home screen, select New -> Report.

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Then select “Use Existing Data Model” and select the data model that we created and saved earlier.
Provide “Report Name” go through wizard and click Finish. Following screen appears.
Repeating sections repeat the components within the section of the layout based on the occurrence of
an element in the data.

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Select the element by which you wish to create group by. Click ok.
Now select, chart from components tab.

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Set the series parameters as desired by selecting attributes from left hand pane. These attributes are
the result derived from the data-set created above.
Similarly select Data Table from Components tab.

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Now, we can drag and drop the attributes from the left hand pane into the data table section in the
sequence you want, and thus table is populated.
After completion, click on Save button in upper right corner, and click on to see report
preview.

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Report Preview: