This document outlines a course on using Oracle's BI Publisher tool for reporting in Oracle E-Business Suite. The course objectives are to explain BI Publisher concepts and advantages, teach how to create reports using RTF templates, and administer BI Publisher. The agenda includes an overview, installation, creating and running reports, formatting, security, and using data templates to generate XML. Data templates allow building dynamic XML structures against any database.

1. Reporting System with
BI Publisher
(Using Data Template)
Edi Yanto
edi.y4nto@gmail.com
Oracle Applications Technical Consultant

2. Course Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to do
the following:
• Explain the basic concepts and uses of BI
Publisher
• Explain the advantages of reporting system with
Oracle BI Publisher tool
• Create and use an Rich Text Format (RTF) template
• Deploy and maintain BI Publisher Reports in an E-Business
Suite instance
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3. Course Agenda
• Oracle BI Publisher Overview
• Install Oracle BI Publisher Desktop
• Creating Reports in Oracle E-Business Suite Using BIP
– Generate XML file using Concurrent Manager
– Creating RTF Report Templates
– Using the Design Helper Plug-in
– Creating Data Definition for the report
– Using Template Manager to upload the report
– Running BI Publisher Reports
• Translation and Localization
• Grouping and Subtotals
• Adding Header and Footer Information
• Date and Number Formatting
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4. Course Agenda (Con.)
• Repeating Header With Resetting The Page Numbering For Each
New Header
• Adding Chart and Image
• Using Conditional Formatting
• Using Cross Tab Functionality
• Adding Updateable Variables To The Template
• BIP Security
• Creating Report from Data Template
• Administering BI Publisher in an Oracle E-Business Suite
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5. Data Template
The Data Template is:
• Used to rapidly generate any kind of XML data structure
against any database in a scalable, efficient manner.

6. What Functionality Is Supported?
Single and multiple data queries
Query links
Parameters
Aggregate functions (SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT)
Event triggers
Multiple data groups

7. Data Template Definition

8. Data Template Declaration

9. Parameters Section

10. Data Query Section
A Data Template can contain one of one or more queries
Query are written in the <dataQuery> element
This section is mandatory

11. How to Define Queries - <sqlStatement> element

12. Example: Simple Data Query

13. Example: Data Query with Parameter

14. Linking Queries
Two ways of linking are supported
1. Bind variables in your query
2. Link element <link name=“” ……./>
Bind variables are usually more efficient than Link elements

15. Ex: Link Query Using a Bind Variable

16. Link Element Syntax

17. Ex: Link Query Using Link tag

18. Data Trigger Section

19. Data Triggers
Data triggers can be used to:
 Perform initialization tasks
 Build dynamic query
The location of trigger indicates at what point the trigger
fires:
 Place a beforeReport trigger anywhere in your data
template before the <dataStructure> section
 A beforeReport trigger fires before the dataQuery is
executed

20. Data Triggers (Con.)
 Place an afterReport trigger after the <dataStructure>
section
 An afterReport trigger fires after you exit and after XML
output has been generated

21. Data Structure Section
In the data structure section you define what the XML output
will be an how it will be structured. You can do the
following:
• Define a group hierarchy
• Create break groups
• Apply group filters
• Create summary columns

22. Defining Groups and Elements

23. Defining Group Hirearchy

24. Summary Columns
Performs a computation on another column’s data (SUM,
AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT)

25. Easy and Quick to Build

26. How to call a Data Template from the
Concurrent Manager

27. References
• http://www.oralce.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/
index.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/
xmlpsamples.html
• http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/
• http://ediyanto83.wordpress.com
• http://www.slideshare.net/ediyanto83
• http://w3schools.com/
• http://metalink.oracle.com
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