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Oracle E-Business Suite

Release 11i
Discoverer & BI Publisher
Full Spectrum Reporting

Tim Sharpe

Release 11i Workshops


Dallas, TX • Santa Clara, CA
Cincinnati, OH • Denver, CO • Atlanta, GA
Detroit, MI • Las Vegas, NV
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Agenda

u Typical Reporting Needs


l Dynamic
l Static
u Overview
l Discoverer
l BI Publisher
u Compare/Contrast
u Summary, Additional Resources
u Questions and Answers

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Dynamic Reporting

u Ad Hoc Queries (on the fly)


u Analytics
l Dimensionality
l Time Series Analysis
l Data Slicing
l Hierarchical Drilling
u Business Intelligence
u Data Mining
u Layout Flexibility
u Spreadsheet Functionality

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Static Reporting

u Richly Formatted Reports


u Executive Reports
u Financial Statements
u Government Forms
u Marketing Materials
u Contracts
u Checks
u Labels
u EDI Files

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Dynamic Reporting

Discoverer 10g

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Discoverer Overview
Component Puzzle

u Administrator
u EUL & Catalog
u End User Tools
l Desktop, Plus & Viewer
u Portlets & Portlet Provider
l Oracle Application Server

u Oracle Database at center


l Internal Data
l External Data
u DB links, Gateways

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Discoverer Overview
Administrator

Provides Management of Infrastructure


u EULs
l Container
u Business Areas
l Access Control Structures
u Individual Components
l Folders
l Conditions
l Joins
l Etc.
u Security & Privileges
l Users & Responsibilities

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Discoverer Overview
Administrator (cont.)

u Business Area Components


l Folders - represent tables, views, queries
l Items – fields
l Conditions – where clause
l Hierarchies - drilling
l Item Lists – LOVs
l Calculations – custom fields
l Joins – between folders
l Summaries – pre-aggregations

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Discoverer Overview
End User Tools

u Desktop
§ Self contained
§ Client/Server design
§ OS Dependent
§ Full Functionality
u Plus
§ Java Powered
§ Web Based, OS Independent
§ Most Functionality
u Viewer
§ Web Based, OS Independent
l Minimal Functionality

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Discoverer Overview
Desktop, Plus

u Create/Save Workbooks, Multiple Worksheets


l Tabular, Crosstab
u Select Items from Folders
l Top, Side or Page
u Apply Conditions, Parameters
u Create Calculations
u Colors, Formats, Graphs
u Share Workbooks
u Schedule Runtimes
u Export Results to Excel, HTML, Text, CSV, XML,
PDF

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Discoverer Overview
Viewer

u Minimal Functionality
l View Existing Workbooks
l Re-arrange Fields
l Change Parameter Values

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Discoverer Overview
Portlets and Portlet Provider

u Single Point of Entry


u Java BI Beans
u Components of Oracle
Application Server

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Discoverer Overview
Portlet & Portlet Provider

u Fully Web Enabled


u Multiple Reports in Single
View
u Personalizable
u Dashboards
u Combine Multiple Sources

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Static Reporting

BI Publisher
Formerly XML Publisher

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BI Publisher Overview
Components

u BI Publisher Engine
u Report Templates
u EDI Templates
u Template Builder Report XSL

Templates
u XML Data from
Anywhere
u Formatted Output in
HTML, RTF, Excel,
PDF, EDI, etc. XML EFT

u Deliver via Email, Fax, Report Output

Printer, Web Portal, etc.


XML Data

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BI Publisher Overview
BI Publisher Engine

u Merges XML Data with


Report Template
u Provides Java- based
Delivery Mechanism
u Stand-Alone
u 11i Version
§ Concurrent Process
§ Template Manager
§ Reports
§ Data

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BI Publisher Overview
Report Templates

Create with MS Word or


Adobe Acrobat

u MS Word
§ Field Codes
§ Template Markup Syntax

u Acrobat
l Typically Modify Existing
Doc
l Template Markup Syntax

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BI Publisher Overview
EDI Templates

u MS Word
u Special RTF Tables
u Produces Flat Files for
EDI

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BI Publisher Overview
Template Builder

u MS Word Plug-in
u Wizards, Drag-and-Drop
u Report Preview
u Simplifies Template
Creation

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BI Publisher Overview
XML Data

u Any Valid Source


u Produced from
§ Oracle Reports
§ Discoverer
§ PL/SQL
§ Scripting
§ Etc.
u Multiple Uses
§ More than one template
§ Data subsets
§ Variable outputs

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output

u Rich Text Formatting


u Precision & Control
u Interactivity
§ Conditions &
Parameters
§ Sort
§ Hide Columns
u Conditional Formatting
u Formulas, Functions
u Advanced Charting

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks
ü Invoices

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks
ü Invoices
ü Purchase Orders

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks
ü Invoices
ü Purchase Orders
ü Government Forms

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks
ü Invoices
ü Purchase Orders
ü Government Forms
ü Tax Documents

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks
ü Invoices
ü Purchase Orders
ü Government Forms
ü Tax Documents
ü Financial Reports

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BI Publisher Overview
Formatted Output - Examples

ü Checks
ü Invoices
ü Purchase Orders
ü Government Forms
ü Tax Documents
ü Financial Reports
ü Dashboards

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BI Publisher Overview
Report Delivery
Data Source Layout Output Delivery

PDF Email
Oracle DB,
MS SQL Server
RTF

Printer
HTML
Oracle 11i,
PeopleSoft,
SAP, Siebel Excel Fax
BI Publisher
XSL XML
WebDAV
Oracle Reports, Templates EDI
PL/SQL, Java,
Perl, etc
EFT
WWW

Web Services

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Discoverer vs BI Publisher
Compare/Contrast

Discoverer BI Publisher
Web Enabled a a
Data Security a a
11i Integration a a
Scheduling a a
Advanced Analytics a
User Driven a
Advanced Formatting a
Report Delivery a

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Discoverer & BI Publisher
Summary & Additional Resources

Discoverer BI Publisher
u Dynamic u Static
u Analytics u Formatting
u User Driven u Delivery

Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Administration Guide


Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop User's Guide
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/discoverer.html
Introduction to BI Publisher
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/index.html
BI Publisher Users Guide & Developers Guide
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher/xmlpdocs.html

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Questions and Answers

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