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Oracle BI Publisher is a new Java-based product that is available with both Oracle BI Server and
the technology stack of Oracle E-Business Suite. It is an easy-to-use, template-based publishing
solution that enables customers to rapidly develop and maintain report formats. It is built on
standard, well-known technologies such as XML and enables customers to take advantage of
familiar tools such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.
Oracle BI Publisher consists of:
• A library of APIs
• An integrated architecture with Oracle E-Business Suite
• A reporting tool providing “rich” output options
• A friendly solution that provides control of the report design layout to the customer to
decrease the overall costs associated with customization and maintenance
What Can Oracle BI Publisher Do?
- Financial reports
- Business reports
- Invoices
- Purchase orders
- Sales orders
- Contracts
- Government forms
- Tax forms
- Marketing materials
- XML
- EFT and EDI (eText documents)
Disadvantage Of Classic Reporting Tool Issues
- High development cost
- High customization cost
- Difficult upgrade
Classic Reporting Tool Disadvantages:
One Input, One output
Classic reporting approaches combine the data definition, the layout format, and the translation
in a single source. This leads to large numbers of report files; a single data definition (query) can
support several layouts. But, due to the nature of the Report Definition File, the user must create
and maintain a separate report for each combination. Now add the required translation, and the
number of report definitions becomes extremely large.
The tools used to create these reports are typically powerful but complex and require a high level
of technical training to be used effectively.
If a company takes a development-delivered report and must customize it, the only option is to
take a copy of that report definition, make the required changes, and then use it. If development
upgrades the base report, any changes must be propagated through to the customized report.
These three factors lead to an increase in maintenance and customization costs and an extremely
difficult and complex upgrade.
In Oracle E-Business Suite prior to Oracle BI Publisher, reporting was accomplished using
Oracle Reports. The definitions used by Oracle Reports are kept in Report Definition Files
(RDFs).
Oracle BI Publisher: Advantages
BI Publisher breaks the three components apart and treats them separately at design time. At run
time, the three are brought back together by BI Publisher to generate the final formatted,
translated output. There is an immediate gain because this model is far more flexible; that is,
a single data definition can support multiple layouts, and multiple translations can be applied at
run time to generate translated output. This leads to a reduction in maintenance costs for all
concerned.
Oracle BI Publisher Advantages:
One Template, Multiple Sources
Oracle BI Publisher
Meeting Business Requirements
BI Publisher meets your business needs directly out of the box. You can rapidly deploy it into
your own environments.
BI Publisher reduces your total cost of ownership and increases the return on your investment
BI Publisher meets your business needs directly out of the box. You can rapidly deploy it into
your own environments.
BI Publisher reduces your total cost of ownership and increases the return on your investment
Why Use Oracle BI Publisher?
• Reduces complexity
• Reduces time to develop, test, and deploy
• Reduces total cost, including maintenance
• Increases developer productivity
• Enables flexible customization
• Follows Oracle development standards
• Enables ease of use
E-Business Suite Uses Oracle BI Publisher
• HRMS
• DBI/PMV
• Purchasing
• Contracts
• Sourcing
• Quoting
• FSG
• eRecords
• Loans
• Financial
Consolidation Hub
• AP/AR/FA
• Order Management
• iStore
• Project Contracts
• Marketing
• Student Services
• Discrete Mfg
• Process Mfg
• Bill Presentment
• Internal Controls Mgr
• Global Financials
• SCM
• Projects, and others
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