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Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting

By : Daniela Bozdoc
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Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting

By: Daniela Bozdoc

Overview of this book

<p>Oracle BI Publisher 11g (formerly XML Publisher) enables the creation, management and delivery of various reports, making it a desirable tool for any company to achieve the best image of your resources. This book offers practical application of BIP functionality for improving your ability to design and deliver quality reports just when they are needed.<br /><br />“Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting” is an applicable guide for using Oracle BIP from the perspective of a report developer, helping you to utilize the tool from simple to complex report design. You can take advantage of both the existing functionality of BIP 10g, as well as a special emphasis on the new 11g features.<br /><br />This guide will take you on a tour of Oracle BI Publisher 11g, beginning with a description of all of the new features in 11g. You’ll continue by learning from a range of step-by –step procedures for building Data Models, Layout Templates and report configurations, packed with screenshots to help you along. Finally, you’ll tackle themes like integration with Oracle EBS, Oracle report migration, and report translations.<br /><br />By the end of “Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting”, you’ll be equipped with all you need to know to produce complex reports detailing your company’s data.</p>
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Glossary
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
X
Z
Index

Prerequisites


To start report conversion, you need to have the following installed on your computer:

  • Oracle Reports Designer

  • BI Publisher

  • JDK

Installing Oracle Reports Designer

You need to install Oracle Reports Designer only if your Oracle Reports are not already in XML format.

We will use version 10.1.2.0.2 for this example. To install this version follow the steps given here:

  1. Download Oracle Developer Suite 10g from:

    http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ids/index.html

  2. Run the setup process providing the parameters, as described in the following screenshot:

  3. Select the Complete option for Select Installation Type, as shown in the following screenshot:

After completing the installation, you should be able to run Oracle Reports Designer from the menu link, as shown in the following screenshot:

Installing BI Publisher

You can skip this step if you are using Oracle EBS.

Download BI Publisher 10.1.3.4 release from:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/downloads/index.html

Now, follow the setup process to install the BI Publisher.

Installing JDK

The conversion utility requires JDK version 1.1.8 or later.

Test your currently installed version, as shown in the following screenshot:

In case your version does not satisfy the requirements, get the latest version from:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u26-download-400750.html