White Paper BI Publisher Charts

BI Publisher Charts
An Oracle White Paper

December 2014
12/08/2014
BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
CHAPTER 1 WHITE PAPER INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------- 5
STRUCTURE OF THIS WHITE PAPER --------------------------------------------------------------- 5
RELATED MATERIALS----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF BI PUBLISHER CHARTS ------------------------ 6

BI PUBLISHER CHARTS OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------- 6
What is a Chart? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
Is the Adobe SVG Viewer Technology required to be used within BI Publisher, functionality when designing
charts? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
Chart Layout ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
CHAPTER 3 REQUIERMENTS FOR GENERATING BI PUBLISHER

CHARTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
BI PUBLISHER DESKTOP TOOLS DOWNLOADS ------------------------------------------------ 8
BI Publisher Desktop Tools ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
Download the BI Publisher Desktop Plugin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
CHAPTER 4 CREATING CHARTS USING BI PUBLISHER TOOL -------- 10

CREATE A NEW PS QUERY DEFINITON ----------------------------------------------------------10
CREATE A NEW BI PUBLISHER DEFINITON ----------------------------------------------------14
Create the data source --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14
Create the Report Definition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16
CREATE A NEW RTF TEMPLATE INCLUDING TABLE AND CHARTS ------------------19

How to create the RTF template with table and charts from scratch?------------------------------------------------- 19
APPENDIX A TESTING CONSIDERATIONS ------------------------------------ 31

UNIT TESTS--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31
Debugging charts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
The Ok button is grayed out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31
Project functionality ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
Testing using attached UNIT Test project --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31
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November 2014
Authors: Simona Burcuta
Catalin Gabriel Popa
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Chapter 1 White Paper Introduction

This White Paper is a practical guide for technical users and developers who implement, maintain,
or develop applications for PeopleSoft system. In this White Paper, we discuss on designing custom
Charts within BI Publisher Tool.
Much of the information contained in this document was created by Oracle BI Publisher
Development, but as significant issues are encountered and documented, this White Paper will be
updated to include them.
Also, in this White Paper we intend to guide the developers through the BI Publisher Tool of
developing own reports including Charts and to guide the business analysts to work with BI
Publisher Charts. Simple cases of creating different BI Publisher charts will be provided just to give
an exposure to all of the pieces that are involved in developing charts for BI publisher. The hope is
that once it was gain a bit of experience in all of the pieces, the developers can then refer to other
documentation to build the robust solution that is intended to deliver. There are several ways to do a
single task- all with their pros and cons. In this white paper it was tried to touch on the known
methods; it is up to the business analysts to decide which is best for the business requirements.
This document was written for 8.53 PeopleTools release and can be used for this release and all
later releases. Previous PeopleTools information is for historical information only.
STRUCTURE OF THIS WHITE PAPER

Oracle will update this document as needed so that it reflects the most current feedback that is
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The structure of the document is laid out in a logical pattern of chapters and sections per the index.
Notes will be highlighted within the material to draw attention to specific areas of concern.
RELATED MATERIALS
This White Paper is not a general introduction to environment configuration and tuning, so it is
assumed that the readers are experienced IT professionals, with a good understanding of PeopleSoft
Internet Architecture and Reporting Tools. To take full advantage of the information covered in this
document, it is recommended recommend to have a basic understanding of system administration,
basic Internet architecture, relational database concepts/SQL, how to use BI Publisher Tool and how
to use PeopleSoft applications.
This document is not intended to replace the documentation delivered in PeopleBooks for
PeopleTools 8.53. Before reading this document, it is recommended to review the BI Publisher
information in PeopleBooks to ensure that it is given a well-rounded understanding of the
implementation of BI Publisher functionality.
PeopleTools 8.53: BI Publisher for PeopleSoft:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E39332_01/psft/acrobat/pt853txml-b0213.pdf
Set up BI Publisher, Create and register data sources, Create and upload report templates,
Define BI Publisher reports, Run, locate, and view BI Publisher reports.
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Chapter 2 Overview of BI Publisher Charts

BI PUBLISHER CHARTS OVERVIEW
What is a Chart?
Chart is one of the best and most effective tools to extract the meaning of the data and provide to
the audience a great insight about the data.
BI Publisher functionality supports about 70 distinct chart types and then variations on top of those;
BI Publisher uses Oracle's BI Beans technology to render the charts. BI Publisher calls the BI Beans
library using their XML APIs passing an XML chart definition and getting back either an image or
an SVG rendition of the chart for inclusion into the final output document. However, the Chart
Wizard in the Word Template Builder only supports 3 of them, well, 4 if the Horizontal and
Vertical bars are counted as two.
Is the Adobe SVG Viewer Technology required to be used within BI Publisher,

functionality when designing charts?
Since moving to version 10.1.3.4.1 of the BI Publisher Core engine starting on PeopleTools 8.49.22
and 8.50, the SVG Viewer plugin for Internet Explorer is not necessary. In version 10.1.3.4.1 of the
engine, PNG format is used for the chart images and not SVG.
This functionality continues with the 11g Core engine, which is supported on PeopleTools 8.53.
1) The latest versions of all major browsers, Chrome/FireFox/Safari, provide native support for
SVG. For IE, this would be version 9 in "Standard" mode.
2) The PeopleSoft Charting component handles SVG type images by dynamically switching
between PNG format and SVG based on detected browser type and version.
From a Charting perspective:
Both PNG and SVG formats are used for displaying PeopleSoft charts.
Chart Layout
The layout editor supports a variety of chart types and styles to graphically present data in the
layout. Figure 2-1 shows side-by-side vertical bar and pie charts in the layout editor.
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Description of Figure 2-1 Side-by-Side Vertical Bar in the Layout Editor"

Once inserted, the chart properties can be edited using the dynamic toolbars or the Properties pane.
The Properties pane extends the options from the Chart tab and enables to enter very specific
custom settings for the following:
Chart Effect
Chart Legend
Chart Plot Area
Chart Title
Chart Label
Note:
The following Chart Label properties apply to Scatter and Bubble chart types only: Title Font, Title
Horizontal Align, Title Text, and Title Visible.
Chart Values
Note:
Some font effects such as underline, italic, and bold might not render in PDF output.
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Chapter 3 Requierments for generating BI Publisher Charts

BI PUBLISHER DESKTOP TOOLS DOWNLOADS
BI Publisher Desktop Tools
BI Publisher provides a set of desktop tools to facilitate the design of layouts in Microsoft. Install
these tools when planning to create BI Publisher rich text format (RTF) layouts.
The Template Builder for Microsoft Word is an add-in that enables to insert report components
(such as tables, charts, and repeating groups) to the Word document and to map elements from the
data used to these report components.
The desktop tools also include the Template Viewer that enables the preview of RTF, PDF, Excel,
and XSL template types.
Download the BI Publisher Desktop Plugin

Download the desktop version that is appropriate for the PeopleToos version used:
PeopleTools incorporates the correct version of the BI Publisher Desktop Plugin within the
PeopleTools application
Access the Design Helper page (Navigate to Reporting Tools > BI Publisher > Setup > Design
Helper)
This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Design Helper page.
Description of Figure 3-1 Design Helper page"
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During template creation, a design helper facilitates the insertion of application data tag
placeholders into the created templates. A schema or sample data file is required for using a design
helper. If a sample data file is used, the template may be previewed offline during the design
process.
Two template design helpers are available: one for designing RTF reports (MS Word Template
Builder) and one for the PDF template that gets embedded as a JavaScript inside the PDF template
itself when the template is uploaded to PeopleTools.
This page enables users to download a plug-in for Microsoft Word to facilitate offline RTF template
design. Two versions of the plug-in are available: one for 32bit Word and another for 64bit
Word. Select a version that applies from the list to enable the download button.
The plug-in is downloaded as a zip file. Based on the selection done, the zip file contains either
BIPublisherDesktop32.exe or BIPublisherDesktop64.exe that should be run to install the plug-in.
Included in the BI Publisher desktop plug-in setup, multiple directories are created that contain
documentation, samples, tutorial, and demos. The program is also added to the Start menu.
An alternate BI Publisher download page is:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/downloads/index.html
The BI Publisher desktop version related to the PeopleToos version used may be checked as
follows:
Select Reporting Tools > BI Publisher > Translations;

Search by a delivered BI Publisher report (e.g. XRFWIN);
Click on the "Generate Translatable File" button;
Check the extractorVersion;
For example, for PeopleTools version 8.53.07 the BI Publisher version is 11.1.1.6.10_1.2;
This is the line displayed in the translatable file:
<prop prop-type="extractorVersion">11.1.1.6.10_1.2</prop>.
Please see the Certification Information link on the Downloads page for supported platforms:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-publisher/downloads/index.html
Open the spreadsheet and go to the 3rd Party Client Tab, where the notes outlines the supported MS
Word releases.
Go to the Client System Tab, where is documentation regarding the supported workstation OS and
bit-levels.
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Chapter 4 Creating Charts using BI Publisher tool

This section addresses how to create a simple BI Publisher report with a chart and table. In this
example, a new PS Query is created, also a new BI Publisher definition is created, and then the
report layout is ready to be made available for use.
Three main steps to create a BI Publisher report with chart and table:
Create the data source Using PS Query to extract the data from the PeopleSoft records;
Create the BI Publisher definition and upload the Report Layout;
Create Report Layout to present the data;
CREATE A NEW PS QUERY DEFINITON

1. Login to web application (PIA);
2. Select Reporting Tools > Query > Query Manager;
3. Create a new PS Query
(e.g. SB_BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE);
Description of Figure 4-1 The records used in the new PS Query created"
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4. Select the fields;
Description of Figure 4-2 The fields selected in the new PS Query created"
5. In order to extract the YEAR create a new expression and use it as a field;
Description of Figure 4-3 An expression in the new PS Query created"

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Description of Figure 4-4 An expression in the new PS Query created"

6. Run the query to XML;
Description of Figure 4-5 Run the new PS Query created to XML"
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7. Display the output results;
Description of Figure 4-6 PS Query output results"
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CREATE A NEW BI PUBLISHER DEFINITON

Create the data source
Use the Data Source page with PS Query data source to:
Generate the sample data file
Download the sample data file to facilitate RTF creation
2. Select Reporting Tools > BI Publisher > Data Source;
3. Add a new value:
(e.g. SB_BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE)
Data Source Type: Select Ps Query Data Source;
Data Source ID: Select the new PS Query created;
Description of Figure 4-7 Add a new data source"
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4. Generate the sample data file:

Select Generate Sample Data File;
Note: Generating Schema File is not required. The Schema file is no longer used.
PeopleSoft BI/XMLP functionality deprecated the requirement of schema file in PeopleTools 8.50.
Description of Figure 4-8 Generate the sample data file"

5. Save;
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Create the Report Definition

Use the Report Definition page with rtf template to:
Associate the data source with template files
Associate the layout formats as required
Define the report properties can be set to control formatting of the report
Define the bursting feature
2. Select Reporting Tools > BI Publisher > Report Definition;
3. Add a new value:
(e.g. SB_BIP_CHART)
Data Source Type: Select Ps Query Data Source;
Data Source ID: Select the new data source created;
Description of Figure 4-9 Add a new Report Definition"
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4. Apply the settings to Definition and Template tabs;
Description of Figure 4-10 Settings of Definition tab"
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Description of Figure 4-11 Settings of Template tab"

Notes: The RTF template will be created in Microsoft Word and saved as an RFT file. The RTF
creation will be shown step by step in the next section Create a new rtf template including table
and charts.
After uploading the RTF template change the status from In Progress to Active on both
Definition and Template pages.
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CREATE A NEW RTF TEMPLATE INCLUDING TABLE AND CHARTS

Use Oracle BI Publisher Template Builder to:
Create the RTF document

Upload the sample file
Insert the table and the Chart
The RTF document can be created in Microsoft Word and saved as an RFT file. You will use the
Template Builder option to Load XML Sample Data to associate a sample data file with this
template.
The sample data file provides the tags necessary to map fields into the document.
For PS Query data sources, the sample data file needs to be downloaded to a file that may be
accessed from Microsoft Word.
Note: The Template Builder is used with the Oracle BI Publisher stand-alone product; therefore
many of the menu options are not used with the PeopleSoft integration.
How to create the RTF template with table and charts from scratch?
According to the report design requirements the RTF template may be created by inserting the table
and charts (Insert > Table Wizard, Insert > Chart menu options from the BI Publisher toolbar) or
using the Table and Chart Wizards provided in MS Word for BI Publisher.
Test Scenario 1
Generate a chart to show the number of the hired employees by country.
1. Download the XML data file that was generated with PS Query on local machine:
1.1. Login to the web application(PIA);
1.2. Navigate to Reporting Tools > Query > Query Manager;
1.3. Click on Run to XML hyperlink;
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Description of Figure 4-12 Query Run to XML"

1.4. Save the file on local machine;
Description of Figure 4-13 Save the XML file"

2. Open the MS Word document;
3. Go to the BI Publisher menu ;
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Description of Figure 4-14 BI Publisher menu"

4. Upload the XML data file:
4.1. Click on the Sample data, then select the data file that needs to be uploaded;
4.2. Click on Open button;
Description of Figure 4-15 Open button"

5. The data was uploaded successfully;
Description of Figure 4-15 Data Loaded Successfully message"

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6. Insert the Chart:

6.1. From the BI Publisher tool bar select the Chart icon;
6.2. Drag and drop the Name field in the Values box;
6.3. Drag and drop the Descr field in the Labels box;
6.4. Then apply the Count aggregation function and Select the Group data check box in order
to count the number of employees on each country;
6.5. Set the Chart properties;
Description of Figure 4-16 Chart icon"
7. Insert the Table:

7.1. From the BI Publisher tool bar select the Table Wizard icon;
7.2. Select the Table report format;
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Description of Figure 4-17 Table Wizard"
7.3. Select the data set;
Description of Figure 4-18 Select the data set"
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7.4. Select the Fields you want to show in your report;
Description of Figure 4-19 Fields to be displayed in the report"

7.5. Group the data (in this test scenario the data was not grouped by any field);
Description of Figure 4-20 Group by"
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7.6. Sort the data (in this test scenario the data was sort by Name field);
Description of Figure 4-21 Sort by"
7.7. In this example of chart, the data was grouped by Country (DESCR field) and for each
Country a page break will be added;
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Description of Figure 4-22 Group and Page Break Formatting"
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Test Scenario 2
Generate a chart to show the trend of the hires of employees per year and their distribution
by country.
For the second scenario the same data source will be used as for the first scenario.
This means that the same sample XML data may be used to generate and test the design.
1. Open the MS Word document;
2. Go to the BI Publisher menu;
3. Upload the XML data file:

3.1. Click on the Sample data, then select the data file that needs to be uploaded;
3.2. Click on Open button;
Description of Figure 4-23 Open button"

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4. The data was uploaded successfully;
5. Insert the Chart:

5.2. Select Chart Type as Line Graph;
5.4. Drag and drop the EXPR6_6 field in the Labels box;
5.5. Apply the Count aggregation function and Select the Group data check box in order to
count the number of employees on each country;
5.6. Set the Chart properties like Data Visible, Data Position and Decimal Digit;
Description of Figure 4-24 Trending Chart"
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6. Create a Repeating Group on the Year:

6.1. From the BI Publisher tool bar select the Repeating Group icon;
6.2. Set the Group By to the expression that holds the Year;
6.3. On the Sorting tab set the ordering on the same expression;
Description of Figure 4-24 Repeating Group Options"
7. Insert a chart inside the Repeating Group:

7.2. Select Chart Type as Bar Graph Vertical;
7.4. Drag and drop the Descr field in the Labels box;
7.5. Apply the Count aggregation function and Select the Group data check box in order to
count the number of employees on each country;
7.6. Make sure to check the Chart is inside group option at the bottom of the wizard so that the
charts are generated only for the Group they are in;
7.7. Set the Chart properties like Data Visible, Data Position and Decimal Digit;
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Description of Figure 4-25 Chart inside a Repeating Group"

8. For example, if you need to display the data with no decimals you may modify the XML code
that was generated by the Chart Wizard:
8.1. Open the chart;
8.2. Go to Advanced tab and modify the decimalDigit tag to 0:
<MarkerText visible="true" markerTextPlace="MTP_OUTSIDE_MAX">
<Y1ViewFormat>
<ViewFormat decimalDigit="0" decimalDigitUsed="true" />
</Y1ViewFormat>
</MarkerText>
Description of Figure 4-26 XML code generated by Chart Wizard"

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APPENDIX A Testing Considerations

UNIT TESTS
Debugging charts
Use Oracles Template Viewer. BI Publisher provides client side tools to aid in the building and
testing of layout templates. This consists of a plugin to MS Word for the building of RTF templates
and the Template Viewer, this helps you to test and debug all BI Publisher template types.
The client tool can be found in the BI Publisher folder in your Program Files (e.g. C:\Program Files
(x86)\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\TemplateViewer)
When running the template viewer make sure to change the log (debug) level on the Settings Tab
to STATEMENT before running the template.
A good aspect is that the template viewer is capable of running in any environment that has the jre
installed.
The Ok button is grayed out

In order to make clickable the Ok button make sure to drag and drop a field into the Labels box
before the Ok button is enabled.
Project functionality
1. Open Application Designer;
2. Add both Query data source and BI Publisher Related Definitions to the new project
SB_BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE;
3. Copy the project to file;
4. Restore this project from file with a file as a data-source;
5. Using Application Designer copy the project between two databases with the same Tools
release.
Testing using attached UNIT Test project

Use the unit test project (BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE.zip) being attached to the document
This project has:
PeopleSoft project containing:
One Query (SB_BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE)
One BI Publisher Data Source (SB_BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE)
One Report Definition (SB_BIP_CHART) which contains two Templates and two File References
Related BI Publisher files:
Two RTF templates (SB_BIP_CHART_EXAMPLE.rtf, SB_BIP_HIRING_TREND.rtf)
One XML data source file
Two PDF Output files, one for each scenario created
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CHAPTER 2 OVERVIEW OF BI PUBLISHER CHARTS ------------------------ 6

CHAPTER 3 REQUIERMENTS FOR GENERATING BI PUBLISHER

CHAPTER 4 CREATING CHARTS USING BI PUBLISHER TOOL -------- 10

CREATE A NEW RTF TEMPLATE INCLUDING TABLE AND CHARTS ------------------19

APPENDIX A TESTING CONSIDERATIONS ------------------------------------ 31

Copyright 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Copyright 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Copyright 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Chapter 1 White Paper Introduction

STRUCTURE OF THIS WHITE PAPER

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Chapter 2 Overview of BI Publisher Charts

Is the Adobe SVG Viewer Technology required to be used within BI Publisher,

Copyright 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved.

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Description of Figure 2-1 Side-by-Side Vertical Bar in the Layout Editor"

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Chapter 3 Requierments for generating BI Publisher Charts

Download the BI Publisher Desktop Plugin

Description of Figure 3-1 Design Helper page"

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BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

An alternate BI Publisher download page is:

Select Reporting Tools > BI Publisher > Translations;

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BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Chapter 4 Creating Charts using BI Publisher tool

CREATE A NEW PS QUERY DEFINITON

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BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

4. Select the fields;

Description of Figure 4-3 An expression in the new PS Query created"

BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

Description of Figure 4-4 An expression in the new PS Query created"

Description of Figure 4-5 Run the new PS Query created to XML"

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BI Publisher Charts Reporting Tool

7. Display the output results;

Description of Figure 4-6 PS Query output results"

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CREATE A NEW BI PUBLISHER DEFINITON

Description of Figure 4-7 Add a new data source"

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4. Generate the sample data file:

Description of Figure 4-8 Generate the sample data file"

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Create the Report Definition

Description of Figure 4-9 Add a new Report Definition"

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4. Apply the settings to Definition and Template tabs;

Description of Figure 4-10 Settings of Definition tab"

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Description of Figure 4-11 Settings of Template tab"