Oracle BI Publisher for E-Business Suite

    

Summary:
Oracle BI Publisher is a template-based publishing solution available within the Oracle Business Suite, within PeopleSoft, and also in a standalone version. Students familiar with desktop tools such as Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word will learn to create and maintain their own reports via the BI Publisher architecture. Attendees will learn how to deploy and maintain a BI Publisher report in an E-Business Suite instance, either 11i or R12. This class will cover the different options available within the BI Publisher Enterprise reporting portal and how to create a BI Publisher Enterprise online reporting application from scratch.

Duration:
4 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience:
-Business Users-Report Writers-Oracle Database Administrators

Topics:

• Introduction to BI Publisher
• Creating BI Publisher Data Models
• Creating RTF Layout Templates Using Microsoft Word
• Creating PDF templates using Adobe Acrobat
• Disconnected Report Development
• Custom Calculations
• Report Formatting
• Crosstabs (Pivot Tables)
• Charts
• Developing Layouts with Form Fields
• Parameters and Lists of Values
• Hyperlinks
• Advanced Layout Options
• Report Distribution (Bursting and Scheduling)
• Using BI Publisher Reports in BIEE Dashboards
• Page level Calculations and Context Specific Content
• BI Publisher Analysis Tools
• Introduction to XML Reporting and Data Sets
• Oracle BI Publisher Administration
• Creating Layouts for Check Printing
• Advanced Layout Exercises
• Creating and Deploying a BI Publisher Report in E-Business Suite
• Modifying an Existing Report in E-Business Suite
• Building and Using a Data Template in E-Business Suite
• Advanced E-Business Suite Concepts

Prerequisites:
It is suggested that students have experience with the following:-XML-Oracle SQL- SQL*Plus

Last Update: May 23, 2012