BI Publisher

Overview

BI Publisher for Oracle E-Business Suite is written for
Developers and Administrators.

It explains how to create BI Publisher reports and how to
administer BI Publisher Enterprise. It focuses on your role
in an Oracle and Oracle eBS-environment, and explains
Concepts, gives Guided exercises, Tips and Exercises. All
concepts are explained via real-life examples, screenshots
and navigation-paths.

Installing BI Publisher Enterprise

This chapter explains how to install the BI Publisher
Enterprise and create the connection(s) to the database.

It includes a practical demonstration and exercises on installation, connecting to a database schema and running of predefined reports.

XML

This chapter summarizes and explains the major features of XML and
XML related languages which you will need for the creation of reports and templates:
● XPath: searching through an XML document
● DTD, XSD: validating an XML document
● XSL, XSL-FO: formatting the output
● XLiff: translation file
● DOM, SAX: XML processors

This chapter includes specific exercises on XPath.

RTF Templates

In Form Fields we can do the 'real' programming,
with codings like <?sort: SITE_USE;'descending'?>.

This chapter will illustrate in detail the use of RTF Templates and Form Fields with a lot of examples on the use of functions like sum, count, least and also information on creating and using charts.

The chapter ends with exercises.

Integration with Oracle eBS

Integration between Oracle E-Business Suite
and BI Publisher is very important as eBS is one of the driving forces behind the BI Publisher.

This chapter will show you the level of integration in Oracle e-Business Suite by means of Guided Exercises.

Later in the chapter you will also be able to discover it yourself with the exercises.

Other Chapters in the Book

The other chapters in the book cover topics like
Installation of BI Publisher Desktop, Security, Translations with XLIFF, Data Templates, RSS-feeds and Reporting with Multiple Queries.

Personal Edition

133 pages