Oracle BI Publisher For Beginners

Oracle BI Publisher for Beginners

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION 6
2. INSTALLATION OF ORACLE BI PUBLISHER 6
3. GETTING STARTED 7
3.1. Logging In to Oracle BI Publisher 7
3.2. Creating new Folder 8
3.3. JDBC Connectivity 9
4. CREATION OF SIMPLE ORACLE BI REPORTS IN VARIOUS OUTPUT FORMATS 11
4.1. Viewing the Report in XML format 11

4.1.1 Creating new Report 11
4.1.2 Creating new Data Model 11
4.2. Viewing the Report in Different formats 13

4.2.1 Creating Default Template 13
4.2.2 Viewing the output in Default Template 14
4.3 Creation of RTF Template 15

4.3.1 Uploading the RTF Template 24
4.3.2 Viewing the output in HTML format 25
5 CREATION OF REPORT USING E-TEXT TEMPLATE 25
5.1 Creating a e-text Template 25
5.2 Uploading the eText Template 27
5.3 Viewing the Output 27
6 CREATING REPORT LAYOUTS USING BI PUBLISHER DESKTOP 28
6.1 Creating a new Report 28
6.2 Creating Query using Query Builder 28
6.3 Creating a RTF Template using Table 29

6.3.1 Publishing the template for a BI Publisher Report 31
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6.4 Creating a RTF Template for building Charts 33

6.4.1 Publishing multiple templates for a BI Publisher Report 33
6.4.2 Alternative method to upload a template 36
6.5 Creating a RTF Template for building Pivot Table 38

6.5.1 Publishing multiple templates for a BI Publisher Report 38
7. CREATION OF REPORT USING DRILLDOWN 41
7.1 Creation of Summary Report 41

7.1.1 Defining Data Model 41
7.1.2 Creating and Uploading RTF Template 42
7.2 Creation of Detail Report 45

7.2.1 Defining Data Model 46
7.2.2 Defining Parameter 47
7.2.3 Creation of RTF Template 48
7.2.4 Publishing the template for a BI Publisher Report 50
7.3 Drilldown from Summary to Detail report 53

7.3.1 Inserting Hyperlink 53
7.3.2 Defining Parameter in RTF template 54
8. CREATING REPORTS WITH GROUP BY FUNCTION 56
8.1 Creating a new Report 56

8.1.1 Creating a new Data Model 57
8.1.2 Creating Query using Query Builder57
8.1.3 Creating Report Layout using BI Publisher Desktop in MS Word 60
8.2 Creating a new Report with Grand Total 66

8.2.1 Creating a Layout 66
8.2.2 Creating a RTF Template 67
8.2.3 Uploading the RTF Template 68
8.2.4 Viewing the Output 68
9 CREATION OF REPORTS WITH PARAMETERS 70
9.1 Creating a new Report with Default Parameter 70

9.1.1 Creating a new Parameter 70
9.2 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Text 73

9.3 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Date 76

9.4 Creating a new Report with Hidden Parameter 80
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9.5 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Menu & LOV 82

9.5.1 Creating a new LOV 82
10 SCHEDULING BI PUBLISHER REPORTS 90
10.1 Configuring the BI Publisher Scheduler 90
10.2 Scheduling a Report 93
10.3 E-Mail Server Configuration 97
10.4 Scheduling Report to deliver output via Mail 98
11 BURSTING BI PUBLISHER REPORTS 101
11.1 Scheduling a report to burst to a file location 101

11.1.1 Bursting the Report to a shared Location 101
11.2 Scheduling a report to burst to a e-Mail 106

11.2.1 Creating new Report 106
11.2.2 Bursting the Report 106
11.2.3 Viewing the Report 108
12 SAMPLE TEMPLATES. 109
1. Introduction
This document describes how to generate various types of reports using Oracle BI Publisher. The
output format for the reports can be designed using Microsoft word or Adobe Acrobat tools. Oracle BI
Publisher allows creating reports from various data sources. The detailed steps for creating various reports
using Oracle BI Publisher are discussed in detail in the forthcoming sections.
2. Installation of Oracle BI Publisher
Before starting, we need to have access to or must have installed the following:
Oracle Database 10g
Oracle BI Publisher 10.1.3.3 or above
Oracle BI Publisher Desktop
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Oracle BI Publisher Desktop can be installed later by clicking the Template Builder Link in BI Publisher
after logging into BI Publisher.
After successful installation, the BI Publisher menu and BI Publisher toolbars are displayed in the MS
Word.
3. Getting Started
3.1. Logging In to Oracle BI Publisher
Logon to BI Publisher
If you have installed BI Publisher along with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition, then you can select All
Programs > Oracle Business Intelligence > BI Publisher from the Start menu
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Otherwise use the URL for BI Publisher in a browser window which is of the format
http://<hostname>:<port>/xmlpserver/
(For example, http://chnmct139034d:9704/xmlpserver/)
Logon to BI Publisher with username and password credentials.
This displays the Welcome screen for BI Publisher.
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Note: As you have logged in as the Administrator, the welcome page displays the Reports, Schedules,
and Admin tabs. For the users who do not have administrator privileges, the Admin tab will not be
displayed.
3.2. Creating new Folder
Create a new Folder with in My Folders or Shared Folders or Users as required.
3.3. JDBC Connectivity

Click the Admin tab. Click JDBC Connection found under the Data Sources section of the page.
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In the JDBC Data Sources screen that is displayed click the Add Data Source to create a new data
source.
In the Update Data Source screen, enter the following details:

Connection String: This is of the format: jdbc:oracle:thin:@<Host name>: <Port>:<SID>,
for example, a sample connection string may look like:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@myhost:1521:orcl
Username & Password: Provide the credentials
Database Driver Class: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver (This is the default.)
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After entering the above details, click Test Connection.

A confirmation message will be displayed, saying Connection established successfully, then click Apply to
save the connection details.
Click Reports tab to go back to the Reports page.
4. Creation of Simple Oracle BI Reports in various output formats
Before you create a query based on Oracle Database, you need to define the connection as explained
above.
You can also add a new data source and define the connection details.
To create a BI Publisher report based on a query directed to Oracle Database, perform the following
steps:
4.1. Viewing the Report in XML format

In this section, we can learn how to view the reports in XML format. In the forthcoming sections we can learn
how to view the reports in various formats.
4.1.1 Creating new Report
Create a new report Department_Details inside the created folder BI_Publisher_LabGuide
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Click on Edit link mentioned below to create the report
4.1.2 Creating new Data Model
Select Data model New
Enter the data model name select the type as SQL Query
Choose the data source
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Write the SQL Query

SQL query can also be generated using SQL Builder which is discussed in the next example.
Save the report
View the report
The output could be viewed only in the data format, as we have not created any template for the report.
Click the view button to view the output. The output generated will be in the form of XML.
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You can also edit the report by clicking the Edit link.
After editing, Save the report and view it as we have discussed already.
4.2. Viewing the Report in Different formats
Here we can view the above created report in various formats using Template.
4.2.1 Creating Default Template
Select the Layouts, and click the Generate button to create a new RTF template based on the default
data model.
A default template (New_Template.rtf) will be generated.
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Save the report.

Output is shown below with the generated default template.
The output could be viewed in different formats.
4.2.2 Viewing the output in Default Template
By clicking view one can see the output using default template.
Similarly we can view the report in various formats by selecting the desired output format.
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4.3 Creation of RTF Template

Open a word document and select Add-Ins->Oracle BI Publisher and log into by giving username and
password.
Select the table for which the template is going to be created.
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Select Insert->Table Wizard
Select Table and click on Next
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Select the fields to be displayed and move them to right side.
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If you dont want to display a field, move them to left and you can also sort them by clicking up or down
button.
If one needs Group by function then you can select the column to be grouped.
Click next.
If one need to sort a column then select the column to be sorted .Click next.
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If you need to change the labels of a field, it can be done here. Click Finish and save the template.
The heading for the report can be given in the Header and page number in the footer.
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Double click on the Emp No field, to change the field properties.
Double click on Ename and go to Properties tab and click on Word Properties.
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In word properties, select the text format. Also the Maximum length can be specified, if needed.
Similarly double click on date and select the date type and date format if needed.
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Select the row and right click Borders and Shading Shading.
Select the color, go to apply to column and select cell and give ok.
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The final template is shown.
4.3.1 Uploading the RTF Template
Now upload the created template by using the option Browse and upload in BI Publisher.
Save the changes.
4.3.2 Viewing the output in HTML format
The output can be seen by clicking on View.
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Similarly the report can be viewed in various other formats available in the dropdown list.
5 Creation of report using e-text Template
5.1 Creating a e-text Template
e-text Template are used to generate report output in text format

Open a sample e-text template.
Give ROWSET for the level.
Enter the column names to be displayed within quotes.
Give the format as Alpha.
Select a delimiter to separate the column.
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Give ROW for the level.

Enter the column names as it from the query.
Give the suitable format for each column.
Select a delimiter to separate the column.
5.2 Uploading the eText Template
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Now upload the created template by using the option Browse and upload in BI Publisher.
Save the changes.

5.3 Viewing the Output
Click View the see the output.
6 Creating Report Layouts using BI Publisher Desktop
6.1 Creating a new Report
Create a new report Employee_Location_Details inside the created folder BI_Publisher_LabGuide(

Refer
Section 4 for detailed steps for creating a new report)
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Click on Edit link mentioned below to modify the report.

Create a new Data model Employee_Location
Select the type as SQL Query
Choose the data sources and click the Query Builder button.
6.2 Creating Query using Query Builder

Select the table EMP and DEPT and check the required fields.
Define a join between these two tables as follows:
Click the box beside the DEPTNO column in the DEPT table. (See the following screens.)
Similarly click the box beside the DEPTNO column in the EMP table.
These boxes when marked for joins turn to light gray.
Also note that a fine line joining the tables appears in the Model canvas.
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This is the result for the generated SQL.
Save the report
6.3 Creating a RTF Template using Table

Create a new template from MS word (Refer section 4.3 for detailed steps)
From MS Word application, log in to BI Publisher.
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This displays the Open Template window. Ensure that BI Publisher is selected from the Workspace
drop-down list
Navigate and select the Employee_Location_Details report that you have created from My Folders>
BI_Publisher_LabGuide. Click Open Report.
Navigate and select the Employee_Location_Details report that you have created from My Folders>
In the Word document that loads this report, select Insert> Table Wizard on the BI Publisher
toolbar to define a
format for the table data in the query.
Create a template as given below:
Change the format for the Hire Date data field to Date type and format to d-MMM-yy
Insert header and footer for the created report.
The template designed should look like as shown below.
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6.3.1 Publishing the template for a BI Publisher Report
After making the necessary changes, upload the template by selecting Add-Ins->Oracle BI Publisher-
>Upload Template As
A dialog box opens prompting to save the template in RTF. Click OK.
Save the template in Rich Text Format
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A dialog box pops, asking for the Template name. Enter the Template name. The same name will be
displayed in the BI Publisher screen.
After successfully uploading, a dialog box pops stating that the template has been added to the
report. Click OK.
Check for the uploaded template in the BI Publisher Report.
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Save the report and view the output. You can see the template name as the name uploaded from MS
Word. View the output in different format.
6.4 Creating a RTF Template for building Charts
Here we create a new template for creating chart and upload it in the same
Employee_Location_Details report.
6.4.1 Publishing multiple templates for a BI Publisher Report
Create a new template design to view details in Pie Chart.

(If not already opened) Open the BI Publisher report or else log in to BI Publisher.
In MS Word, select the BI Publisher> Open Template option.
Open the report from the path My Folders>BI_Publisher_LabGuide.
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In the Word document that loads this report, select Insert> Chart on the BI Publisher toolbar to
define a format for the table data in the query.
Drag and drop the Ename for Values and Loc for Labels. Give an appropriate title.
There are various types of charts available like Bar graph, Pie Chart, Line Graph, Area Graph, Ring
Graph, Pareto Graph, Radar Graph etc. Select the one needed.
After choosing the type, select the style.
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See the preview by clicking the Preview button.
Include headers and footers as shown below.
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6.4.2 Alternative method to upload a template
Template can also be uploaded from the BI Publisher. Browse the RTF template that has been saved
and upload it into the BI Report by clicking the upload button as shown below.
Create a new Layout by selecting Layouts -> New
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Enter the layout name and select the template, template type and output format.
Word.
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6.5 Creating a RTF Template for building Pivot Table
Here we create a new template for building Pivot table and upload it in the same
Employee_Location_Details report.
6.5.1 Publishing multiple templates for a BI Publisher Report
Create a new template design to view details in Pie Chart.

(If not already opened) Open the BI Publisher report or else log in to BI Publisher.
In MS Word, select the BI Publisher> Open Template option.
Open the report from the path My Folders>BI_Publisher_LabGuide.
In the Word document that loads this report, select Insert> Cross Tab on the BI Publisher toolbar
to define a format for the table data in the query.
Drag and drop the Row values into the Layout region as shown below and click OK.
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The created template looks like as shown below:
Change the word properties for all fields by double clicking on the field.
Change the aggregate function in the code from sum to count.
Click on the Properties tab and change the format and click OK.
Similarly change the properties for every field.

Include headers and footers as shown below.
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After making the necessary changes, upload the template.
View the output in different formats.
7. Creation of Report using Drilldown
7.1 Creation of Summary Report
Employee Summary report will be created.
7.1.1 Defining Data Model
Create a new report. (Refer section 4 for detailed steps to create a new report)
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Click on Edit link to modify the report.

Create a new Datamodel.
Choose the data sources and write the sql query
Save the report
7.1.2 Creating and Uploading RTF Template
Start the MS Word application from the program menu. From the Oracle BI Publisher menu, select
Log On.
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In the Login screen that appears, enter Administrator as the Username and Password, and click
Login.
The first time when you connect, you may be asked for the report server URL, enter the URL which is
of the format: http://<Host>:9704/xmlpserver
drop-down list.
Navigate and select the Employee_Details report that you have created from My Folders>
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Using Insert wizard select the columns needed to be displayed in report.
The template you created looks like this:
Insert header and footer for the created template by selecting the Insert->Header and by selecting
Insert->Footer as shown below.
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Upload the template as shown in section 6.4.1.

7.2 Creation of Detail Report
Similarly create another new report.
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7.2.1 Defining Data Model
Create a new Data Model.

Enter the data model name choose the type as SQL query
Choose the data source and write the sql.
Save the report.
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7.2.2 Defining Parameter
We need to create a parameter in detail report to fetch the value from Employee Details report.
Click on Parameters New
Choose appropriate data type and parameter type based on your need.
Modify the SQL query to include the parameter.
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7.2.3 Creation of RTF Template
Create a new template design (Refer Section 4.3 for detailed steps for creating the template)
drop-down list.
Navigate and select the Employee_InDetail report that you have created from My Folders>
In the Word document that loads this report, select Insert> Table Wizard on the BI Publisher
toolbar to define a format for the table data in the query.
This displays the Table Wizard. Select Form and click Next.
In the next step, ensure that ROWSET/ROW is selected as the Grouping Field, and click Next.
In the next step, click to include all the available columns in the table. Click Next.
In the next step, select any field from the Group by drop-down list if needed else click Next.
In the next step, select any field from the Sort By drop-down list if needed.
In the next step you can edit the labels of the columns as required. Click Finish.
The template you created looks like this:
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To change the format for the HireDate data field, double click on the field and select the formatting
type as Date and format as shown below.
Insert->Footer as shown below.
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7.2.4 Publishing the template for a BI Publisher Report
>Upload Template as
Save the template in Rich Text Format.
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displayed in the BI Publisher screen.
After successfully uploading, a dialog box pops stating that the template has been added to the
report. Click OK.
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Select Layouts Browse the template which you have saved and upload it.
Save the report
Click View
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No rows will be displayed in the output because there are no values assigned for the Hidden
parameter.
Copy the path of the report as shown below:
Note: If you want to check the output, set the default value of the parameter to some existing
Empno and view the output later delete the default parameter.
7.3 Drilldown from Summary to Detail report
7.3.1 Inserting Hyperlink
Open the Employee_Details summary report template.

Choose the field(e.g. EMPNO) on which hyperlink has to be enabled right click on the chosen
field Hyperlink
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Paste the copied path of the Employee_InDetail report.
7.3.2 Defining Parameter in RTF template
Parameter has to be passed on to the detail report by appending the highlighted syntax at the end of
the detail report URL.
At the end of the detail report URL include the following syntax
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http://chnmct139034d:9704/xmlpserver/~administrator/BI_Publisher_LabGuide/
Employee_InDetail/Employee_InDetail.xdo?EMPNO= {EMPNO}
Where EMPNO (on the left hand side) is the parameter name created in the detail report and EMPNO
(on the right hand side) is the alias name for the column EMPNO in the Employee Details summary
report.
Save the template.
The template needs to be refreshed after placing the FORM field. Go to BI_Publisher_LabGuide
Employee_Details browse the template upload
Save the report View.
The output is shown below
Click on the EmployeeNo and it will drill down to detail report
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8. Creating Reports with Group by Function
8.1 Creating a new Report
Create a new report Employee_Details_Groupby inside the created folder BI_Publisher_LabGuide
Click on Edit link mentioned below to create the report
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8.1.1 Creating a new Data Model
Choose the data sources and click the Query Builder button.
8.1.2 Creating Query using Query Builder
Select the table EMP and DEPT and check the required fields.
Define a join between these two tables as follows:
Click the box beside the DEPTNO column in the DEPT table. (See the following screens.)
Similarly click the box beside the DEPTNO column in the EMP table.
These boxes when marked for joins turn to light gray.
Also note that a fine line joining the tables appears in the Model canvas.
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Click Conditions, and move the DEPTNO, to appear first in the list (as shown in the screen below).
You can use these icons beside each column to move the columns up or down.
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View the generated SQL Query and the Results.

This is the result for the generated SQL.
Save the report
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8.1.3 Creating Report Layout using BI Publisher Desktop in MS Word
Create a new template using Microsoft word. (Refer section 4.3 for detailed steps for creating the
template)
Navigate and select the Based on Oracle DB report that you have created from My Folders>
Using the table wizard create a template as shown below:
To change the format for the HireDate data field, double click on the field and select the formatting
type as Date and format. For example, d-MMM-yy and click OK.
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Similarly, to change the format for the Salary, double click on the field and select the Type as
Number and Number format to any of the format as needed. For example, $#,##0.00 to display the
salary in dollar format and click OK.
Similarly, change the format for commission field and click OK.
Left align the Salary and Commission fields.
Insert->Footer.
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>Upload Template As
Save the template in Rich Text Format.
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displayed in the BI Publisher.
After successfully upload a dialog box pops stating that the template has been added to the report.
Click OK.
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This is the report that is generated in HTML Format.
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8.2 Creating a new Report with Grand Total
Create a new report Emp_GrpBy_Function. (Refer Section 4 for detailed steps for creating the
Report)
Using Query builder generate the below query.
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Now save the work done.
8.2.1 Creating a Layout
Go to Layout and click on New for creating a Layout.
Give the name for that layout.
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8.2.2 Creating a RTF Template
Create a new template using Microsoft word (Refer section 4.3 for detailed steps for creating the
Template).
Select the table for which the template is going to created i.e. Emp_GrpBy_Function.
Using Table Wizard create a template as shown below.
After formatting the template as explained in section 4.3 , the final template will look as below.
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8.2.3 Uploading the RTF Template
Now upload the template created by using the option Browse and upload in BI Publisher.
Save the changes.
8.2.4 Viewing the Output
Click View to see the output.
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9 Creation of Reports with Parameters
9.1 Creating a new Report with Default Parameter
Click on Reports tab and create a new report Simple_Parameter .(Refer section 4 for detailed steps for
creating the report.
Using Query Builder generate the below query:.
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9.1.1 Creating a new Parameter
Click on Parameter and click New to create a new parameter.
Give the name for the parameter.
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Edit the query to give the bind variable, i.e. the name of the parameter.
Select the data type according to the parameter.
If you want to give a default value give them and select the parameter type.
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Give the display label and text field size.
Save the work done.
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The default value will appear in the text box and by clicking view the output is generated.
9.2 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Text
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Select the parameter type.
Give the display label and text field size.

Check the option Text field contains comma-separated values , so that more than one employee number can
be entered.
Save the work done.
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Enter the Employee Numbers separated by comma and Click View to see the output..
9.3 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Date
Give the name for the parameter and select the data type as Date
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Select the parameter type and give the Display Label.
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If you want give default date then enter the date in Default value column.
Give the format for date and also enter the starting and ending Date.
Save the work done.
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If a default date is given in default value column, then the date will appear in the prompt box.
If default date is not given then click View and enter the date in the prompt box.
Once the date is entered, click view to see the output.
9.4 Creating a new Report with Hidden Parameter
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Now enter the hidden parameter value in the default value box.
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Save the work done.
By clicking View the output is generated for the hidden parameter value.
9.5 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Menu & LOV
9.5.1 Creating a new LOV
Click on List Of Values and click New to create a new List of Values.
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Give a name to the List of Vales created.
Now select the type i.e. SQL query or Fixed Data.

Fixed Data is selected to give the values manually.
By clicking on Add one can enter the value and its label name to be displayed.
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SQL query is selected to generate query from query builder automatically.

Connect to the Data Source and click on Query builder to fetch the query.
Save the work done.
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Give the display label and Select the LOV created.
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To select more than one value from the List of Values, check the option Multiple Selection.
To select All values from the LOV, then check the option can select all.
To pass null values check that field or to pass all values check that field.
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If more than one parameter is created and if one depends on the other then use the last option to refresh the
parameters.
Save the work done.
If the option Multiple Selection in Menu Setting of parameter is selected.
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Select the values and click on View
If the option can select all in Menu Setting of parameter is selected.
Select the value and click on View
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10 Scheduling BI Publisher Reports
Scheduling is a very important feature for any reporting system, which enables you to schedule
long-running reports, to be run at a specified time and date. This enables you to select a time and
date at which the load on the system is low, to run your daily/weekly and/or monthly reports. In this
topic, you configure the BI Publisher scheduler to schedule the reports and view the report history
and saved output.
10.1 Configuring the BI Publisher Scheduler
Click Admin to go to the Admin tabbed page.
On the Admin tabbed page, click the Scheduler Configuration link in the
System Maintenance section.
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On the Scheduler Configuration page: Select Oracle 10g from the Database
Type drop-down list. Enter Connection String in the format:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@<Host name>: <Port>:<SID>

for example, a sample connection string may look like:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@myhost:1521:orcl
Enter the Username and Password credentials (this is the scheduler user
that you must have created as per step 4 of the prerequisites).
Ensure that oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver is selected as Database Driver
Class.
Click Test Connection.
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Click Install Schema to install the required scheduler schema tables.
After the tables are installed in the database, the below message is displayed:
Restart BI Publisher Server or the OC4J service after this configuration.
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10.2 Scheduling a Report
Logon to BI Publisher (if not logged) and open the Report tab.
Select the Schedule link displayed below the report which you need to schedule.
On the schedule report page, select the template type and the format for the report.
Enter Employee_Location_Details-Scheduled as the Job Name, and select appropriate language and
time options as per your requirements. Also, ensure that the Save Data for Republish and Save Output
options are selected.
In the Time section of the scheduled report page, select any one of the four option to run the
scheduled report as shown below:
Run Immediately Runs the scheduled report immediately after scheduling the report.
Run Once Runs the scheduled report once at the selected date and time after scheduling the report.
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Run Daily/Weekly Runs the scheduled report weekly once or daily once at the selected day of
week and time. Also select the Active Start Date and End Date.
Run Monthly Runs the scheduled report monthly once at the selected month, day and time. Also
select the Active Start Date and End Date.
After selecting the option click submit which is found on the top and bottom right corner of the
scheduled report page.
After submitting the scheduling process, a confirmation message can be seen along with the Report
Schedules.
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To view the history of the scheduled reports, go to the Schedules tab.
Click the History tab to view the report history. Note that the Data XML and Document columns are
shown in the history table.
Here you can see the status of the report as Running. Once the report has run the status
automatically changes to Success(Keep refreshing the page)
Click the icon in the Document column to see the saved report.
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10.3 E-Mail Server Configuration
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To Configure Email Settings go Admin -> Delivery Configuration-> E-mail

Click on Add Server.
Now give the Server name and Host
After giving Apply you will able to see the following .

We can give more than one server by clicking Add server and if we need to delete click on delete.
10.4 Scheduling Report to deliver output via Mail
Logon to BI Publisher (if not logged) and open the Report tab.
Select the Schedule link displayed below the report which you need to schedule.
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On the schedule report page, select the template type and the format for the report.
Select appropriate language and time options as per your requirements. Also, ensure that the Save Data for
Republish and Save Output options are selected.
In the Time section of the scheduled report page, select any one of the four option to run the scheduled
report as shown below:
Run Immediately Runs the scheduled report immediately after scheduling the report.
Now click the radio button for scheduling the reports to Email.
Enter the Mail Id, Subject and Mail body details.
If you need to send to more than one person then click on Add Destination.
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After selecting the option click submit which is found on the top and bottom right corner of the scheduled
report page.
After submitting the scheduling process, a confirmation message can be seen along with the Report
Schedules.
To view the history of the scheduled reports, go to the Schedules tab.
Click the History tab to view the report history. Note that the Data XML and Document columns are shown
in the history table.
Here you can see the status of the report as Running. Once the report has run the status automatically
changes to Success(Keep refreshing the page)
Click the icon in the Document column to see the saved report.
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11 Bursting BI Publisher Reports
Bursting is an important and useful feature of BI Publisher, which enables you to split a single report
based on a key .You, can apply a different template, output format, delivery method, and locale to
each split segment of your report.
Following are some example scenarios where bursting can be implemented: Generation of pay slips to
all employees based on one extract and delivered via e-mail
11.1 Scheduling a report to burst to a file location
Click on Edit link mentioned below to go the report
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11.1.1Bursting the Report to a shared Location
On the Report Properties screen, click the Bursting node in the Report section on the left, to define
bursting properties for the report.
This displays the Bursting Properties screen on the right.

In the General Properties section, select the Enable Bursting option, and then select
ROWSET/ROW/DNAME from the Split By drop-down list and ROWSET/ROW/DNAME from the Deliver
By drop-down list.
In the Delivery Data Source section, select BIP as the Data Source, and add the query in the SQL
Query section:
Bursting_Query
Before doing the bursting process, create a folder for e.g. D:\Salary.
Mention the path of the created share folder in the Bursting query as shown below:
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Click Save to save the changes you made to the report.
Ensure that you saved the report after defining the Bursting Properties, and click Schedule to
schedule this report to burst to the file location defined.
This takes you to the Schedule page. Click Schedule a New Job to define the scheduling job.
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On the Schedule Report page that appears, define the following:

In the Job Properties section, select the Burst Report option
Scroll down to define the other options.

Select the Run immediately option in the Time section and click Submit
This displays the message saying the job is successfully created.
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Click the Schedules tab and then click History to see whether the schedule was run successfully.
(Click the refresh icon )
Now go to the D:\Salary folder (the delivery destination folder you provided in the query). You can
see that the PDF files, which have <DName>. PDF as the titles, are bursted to this file location.
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Open one of the files to see the report.

For example, Accounting. PDF report file looks like this:
11.2 Scheduling a report to burst to a e-Mail
11.2.1Creating new Report
Click on Edit link mentioned below to edit the report
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11.2.2Bursting the Report
Now select the dummy column in the split by and deliver by column, so that the file will save as a single
file.
Now select the data source

Write the sql query for bursting the report.
In the Query the key should match the split by column.
Give the template name in Template and format of template in Template Format.
Give the output format and delivery channel type in the next two lines.
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Parameter 1 will be the receiving person and parameter 3 will be the sender.
If u wants to copy someone then give their id at Parameter 2.
The subject for the mail will be given in Parameter 4 and body of the mail in Parameter 5.
Parameter 6 is set true to deliver the output in the required format.
Check the Enable Bursting option.
11.2.3Viewing the Report
The mail has been delivered to the recipient.
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Now the open the Excel sheet to see the output.
12 Sample Templates.
Simple_Parameter.rtf Emp_GrpBy_Function Employee_Details.rtf Employee_etext_tem

.rtf p.rtf
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2. INSTALLATION OF ORACLE BI PUBLISHER 6

3.1. Logging In to Oracle BI Publisher 7

3.2. Creating new Folder 8

3.3. JDBC Connectivity 9

4. CREATION OF SIMPLE ORACLE BI REPORTS IN VARIOUS OUTPUT FORMATS 11

4.1. Viewing the Report in XML format 11

4.2. Viewing the Report in Different formats 13

4.3 Creation of RTF Template 15

5 CREATION OF REPORT USING E-TEXT TEMPLATE 25

5.1 Creating a e-text Template 25

5.2 Uploading the eText Template 27

5.3 Viewing the Output 27

6 CREATING REPORT LAYOUTS USING BI PUBLISHER DESKTOP 28

6.1 Creating a new Report 28

6.2 Creating Query using Query Builder 28

6.3 Creating a RTF Template using Table 29

6.4 Creating a RTF Template for building Charts 33

6.5 Creating a RTF Template for building Pivot Table 38

7. CREATION OF REPORT USING DRILLDOWN 41

7.1 Creation of Summary Report 41

7.2 Creation of Detail Report 45

7.3 Drilldown from Summary to Detail report 53

8. CREATING REPORTS WITH GROUP BY FUNCTION 56

8.1 Creating a new Report 56

8.2 Creating a new Report with Grand Total 66

9 CREATION OF REPORTS WITH PARAMETERS 70

9.1 Creating a new Report with Default Parameter 70

9.2 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Text 73

9.3 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Date 76

9.4 Creating a new Report with Hidden Parameter 80

9.4.1 Creating a new Parameter 80

9.5 Creating a new Report with Parameter type-Menu & LOV 82

10 SCHEDULING BI PUBLISHER REPORTS 90

10.1 Configuring the BI Publisher Scheduler 90

10.2 Scheduling a Report 93

10.3 E-Mail Server Configuration 97

10.4 Scheduling Report to deliver output via Mail 98

11 BURSTING BI PUBLISHER REPORTS 101

11.1 Scheduling a report to burst to a file location 101

11.2 Scheduling a report to burst to a e-Mail 106

12 SAMPLE TEMPLATES. 109

2. Installation of Oracle BI Publisher

3.1. Logging In to Oracle BI Publisher

This displays the Welcome screen for BI Publisher.

Create a new Folder with in My Folders or Shared Folders or Users as required.

3.3. JDBC Connectivity

In the Update Data Source screen, enter the following details:

After entering the above details, click Test Connection.

Click Reports tab to go back to the Reports page.

4. Creation of Simple Oracle BI Reports in various output formats

4.1. Viewing the Report in XML format

4.1.1 Creating new Report

Create a new report Department_Details inside the created folder BI_Publisher_LabGuide

Click on Edit link mentioned below to create the report

4.1.2 Creating new Data Model

Select Data model New

Write the SQL Query

Save the report

View the report

4.2.1 Creating Default Template

Save the report.