BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Rel 8.98 Update 1 - Self-Study Course

This course describes the tools and procedures for using Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher and common desktop tools to create customized reports for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Students learn how to create BI Publisher templates and report definitions, submit report definitions to BI Publisher, and view report definition output. This course provides information on setting up security for report definition jobs and output, purging report definition output, archiving report definition output, and configuring Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise for interactive reporting.

Learn To:

• Create BI Publisher objects in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
• Create BI Publisher report definitions
• Process BI Publisher report definitions
• Deliver BI Publisher output
• Manage BI Publisher output
• Configure Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise for interactive reporting

Audience

• Business Analysts
• Reports Developer
• Technical Consultant

Course Topics Understanding BI Publisher

• Describing BI Publisher
• Describing Embedded BI Publisher reports
• Describing Interactive BI Publisher reports

Designing BI Publisher Templates

• Describing BI Publisher templates
• Designing templates with BI Publisher Template Builder
• Describing translations, localized templates, and transformations

Creating BI Publisher Objects

• Uploading templates to create BI Publisher objects
• Adding translations and localizations
• Modifying template objects

Creating Report Definitions

• Creating report definition objects
• Defining output types and languages
• Defining bursting and delivery methods
• Modifying report definitions
• Describing BI Publisher and Object Management Workbench integration

Submitting Report Definitions

• Submitting report definitions from the Report Definitions application

Associating Report Definitions with Batch Versions

• Associating a report definition with a batch version

Submitting Report Definitions from the Batch Versions Application

• Submitting report definitions from Batch Versions

Monitoring Report Definition Processing

• Describing the Report Definitions Job Control Search form
• Accessing report definition jobs from View Submitted Jobs

Utilizing Report Definition Output

• Viewing report definition source
• Describing the Report Definition Output Repository (P95630)
• Viewing report definition output
• Viewing report definition output delivery details
• Republishing report definition output

Managing Report Definition Output

• Setting up security for report definition jobs and output
• Deleting UBE and report definition output
• Archiving BI Publisher report definition output

Generating an XML Data File

• Describing the template creation process
• Creating and uploading a blank RTF template
• Creating a report definition
• Generating an XML data file
• Downloading XML data
• Designing the RTF template
• Uploading the final RTF template

Configuring Oracle BI Publisher for Interactive Reporting

• Describing Interactive BI Publisher reports
• Configuring Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise to access JD Edwards EnterpriseOne data

Converting 8.96 XML Publisher Templates

• Describing XML output after Release 8.96
• Converting 8.96 templates to the 8.98 BI Publisher format

Course Objectives

• Create customized reports using BI Publisher
• Produce different types of output from one report
• Manage BI Publisher output
• Configure BI Publisher for interactive reporting