Powerful report generation tool creates standardized reports containing oracle and other data quickly and easily originally intended to support oracle various erp tools oracle ebusiness suite, jd edwards, peoplesoft, seibel, etc. Xml publisher report bi publisher pradiptas oracle. There are two entries that you must make to call a subtemplate from a main template. Download the xml sample data file by clicking the sample data link on the reporting tools, bi publisher, report definition page for a specified query load the sample data into the document by selecting data load xml data from the microsoft word template builder tool bar menu design your template in the rtf document. Can we include images in reports using xml publisher. Steps to migrate xmlp reports, how to use xdoloader to migrate xmlp reports, xdoloader to upload rtf, xdoloader to upload xml, xdoloader to upload xls. Sub templates are secondary rtf or xsl templates that are imported by primary rtf. Second, enter a call command to render the contents of the subtemplate at the position desired.
Now we will create a simple template using xml bi publisher design helper for ms word. Fo generator xml publisher is an xslt generator or an xsl. Fndload and xdoloader to manage, download and upload files fndload and xdoloader are utilities provided in oracle apps to downloadupload aol object definition and template rtf, pdf, and xslfo, xml, and xsd files to the xml publisher database tables. Import xml file to word document template using vbscript. Please check the below kb link for unix and windows server based exportimport method. Upload csv and xml upload is used for csv, efw2, pub1220 federal file formats and xml files. While creating the main or default data template rtf file first we have to import all the sub templates that are going to be called in this as below. Home home xml publisher developing reports printed on preprinted stationary. Xml publisher and data template sql query to develop bi. Visit the bi publisher web site at oracle and to find out more information about bi publisher and to download the latest version.
I used to wonder how to develop xml publisher reports without using rdf or sql or plsql concurrent program. This can be used in the word template builder or the template viewer. You can of course, import multiple sub templates if you have a lot of content to bring in but in most cases i would expect a single sub template will suffice. In this article we shall see how to display columns dynamically in bi publisher excel output using rtf template. In this example we will be using hr schema, locations, departments, employees tables. Once deployed we can then use either a full url or load the sub template to the template manager in ebs and use the xdo. Create a sub template in the catalog in the following location. Before we start using the design helper, we need to have our sample xml data loaded into the tool. If you are using an existing subtemplate, then there is no need to create anything else, you can reference it directly. However, xsl does not allow the conditional import of sub templates so you must take the single template approach.
In the main template, enter the following import statement in a form field or directly in the template. Importing xml documents into publisher microsoft community. Import repository objects using the command line 16341. First step is to import the sub template file into the rtf template. Introduction to bixml publisher oracle bi xml publisher. Fndload and xdoloader to manage, download and upload files. We can create sub templates in the oracle apps by selecting sub template option as yes while creating template using xml publisher administrator responsibility. It also supports data import from csv, tsv, and rss and atom xml feeds. The import syntax tells the bi publisher engine where to find the sub template in the catalog. Rtf sub template a sub template is a piece of formatting functionality that can be defined once and used multiple times within a single layout templa. I am confused what import syntax to use in the rtffile of my main template. To use in a local system save the rtf sub template in your local drive.
Oracle xml publisher is a templatebased publishing solution delivered with the oracle ebusiness suite. To overcome this problem, i have used subtemplate concept which i am calling recursively. When building an xml publisher report, i spend most of my time working with the word add on. Today, i want to talk about how to run a bi publisher report with the web service within a. Prepare xml data create an xml file with a customer and its invoice listing using notepad or an equivalent tool. Click anywhere in the result document, and you will be brought to the construct that created that output. Using the web datawindow in powerbuilder if you are both an infomaker user and a powerbuilder enterprise user. Calling a subtemplate from a main template oracle docs. This template can be called from any place on the rtf template, even inside a foreach loop.
This is a follow up post from the last post how to use bi publisher web service with jdeveloper 11g. Creating reports in oracle ebusiness suite using xml publisher. The subtemplates are stored separately from the reports under content library. Xml publisher report from xml data template quest4apps. You define and edit templates for export and import in the exportimport template view for xml in the report painter.
A subscripting welcome and sub templates oracle bi. Using subtemplates is a very powerful way of making your life as a template developer much easier, if you have a piece of formatting functionality that you intend to use across multiple templates then break it out as a sub template you can then benefit from write once maintain in one place. This sheet is also used to specify calculations and processing instructions to perform on fields or groups in the template. The view uses a tree view to represent the template. Importing xml documents into publisher i am a secondary school teacher high school and i have an assessment i will be giving to my senior level students.
Apps xml publisher developing reports printed on pre. When you import the subtemplate you need to set disable external. Adding softcoding for import sub templates in bi publisher. Upload this file to the sub template and save it as common components bi publisher assigns the object the. Xml publisher and data template sql query to develop bi publisher reports email details category. Importing bi publisher subtemplate to the main template. Create a bi publisher report using rtf template template. Bi also provides a way to create a report in word document. Bi publisher extensibility training how to customize an rtf.
Logos may be inserted in bi forms and reports in either the webbased layouts or the rtf layouts. I am trying to import a subtemplate into my main template. Navigate to xml publisher responsibility templates tab and create template with details as shown below. To implement the subtemplate in a main template, you must make two entries in the main template. Register the rdf or sql or plsql report as a concurrent program and set the output to xml. You can of course, import multiple sub templates if you have a lot of content to bring in but. Download design plugins to facilitate the offline template design activity.
Fusion middleware report designers guide for oracle business intelligence. Oracles xml publisher is a templatebased publishing solution delivered with the oracle ebusiness suite. To import a subtemplate file that is stored in the content library, use this syntax. Hello, i am working with xml publisher within ebs r12. Adding softcoding for import sub templates in bi publisher i wanted to import sub templates based on dyanmic path or path can be given at runtime using processing option or it can come from xml tag. Hi there, i presume you are just running this from bi publisher and not running it through the oracle applications, so you dont need to upload the template in the xml publisher administrator responsibility. We did it for xslt, xquery and even converttoxml, so we just had to do it here.
You will follow these steps to complete the process. To do this, open word and load the xml data file from the previous step as shown below. However, if the report includes subtemplates, then theres a small difference in the reference to the subtemplate. As you can see while we are testing we can use a file uri to reference the sub template, we could equally use a full url.
Adding softcoding for import sub templates in bi publisher bi publisher. They are both rtffiles and registered in ebs xml publisher as such. First, import the subtemplate file to the main template. Oracle business intelligence bi publishers excel template feature fit the bill. In the oracle document jd edwards enterpriseone tools 8.
The data templates are useful when you need to create a xml publisher report without using the rdf. Dynamic content using sub templates oracle bi publisher blog. Its in the navigation next to the report definition. It provides a new approach to report design and publishing by integrating familiar desktop word processing tools with existing ebusiness suite data reporting. Xml publisher training with example oracle apps tutorials.
One response to introducing pubsub pattern for anypoint templates. This short tutorial details how to customize an rtf report layout. Part of the assessment is the importing of xml data, and applying tags link content to xml attributes. It is therefore time consuming to manually download information from a development instance to a test and then to a production environment especially if there are many templates to manage. Download the starting template from here and save the rtf file in c. Download the delivered xml publisher template builder plugin for offline template design on the reporting tools, xml publisher, setup, design helper page to facilitate the insertion of application data tags into your rtf templates. The xml publisher data engine enables you to rapidly generate any kind of xml data structure against any database in a scalable, efficient manner which you can easily use in your templates. We can get different kinds of reports by just changing the template, without altering the data source. Create a bi publisher report using rtf template template builder in my last post, i have explained how to create a data model and a report inside the oracle bi publisher.
The main concept behind xml publisher is that it extracts data from the data source, fills it into a template and generates reports. We have seen how we can code and execute sql statements and stored procedures in templates. This helps to provide better security, as the code that retrieves the data is hidden from the end user. Bip does need to know what those paragraphs need to be for each user whether thats as a set of parameter values or a data element in the incoming data set. Recently i was working on bi publisher rtf template and i had several sub templates to be included into the main template.
Can 2 or more subtemplates be added to a main template in bi publisher. Bi publisher provides a set of functions to provide specific report features. In this example, weve removed the company name from the layout. Origin provides flexible ways of importing data including simply dragging and dropping data files, using the ascii import dialog to customize settings, using the import wizard for advanced customization and for extracting variables from header lines, and supporting custom file formats for many thirdparty files. Overview xml publisher stores all the meta data and physical files for templates and data definition in blob columns in its schema. To import a sub template file that is stored in the content library, use this syntax. I have seen a few questions around sub templates on the forum recently. We have a requirement where we need to separate out addresses and personal details of a client for reuse in various templates. Download the xml sample data file by clicking the sample data link on the reporting tools, bi publisher, report definition page for a specified query load the sample data into the document by selecting select data, then select load xml data from the microsoft word template builder tool bar menu design your template in the rtf document. There are two entries that you must make to call a subtemplate from a main. Session button in concurrent program window is used for database seesion. Creating a business intelligence publisher report using an excel. Importing sub templates to import a sub template file that is stored in the content library.
I was told that sub templates import statements are hardcoded we cant soft code the path. Breaking pubsub templates into publisher and consumer apps. Xml publisher template types peoplesoft interview questions. Recently i was working on bi publisher rtf template and i had several subtemplates to be included into the main template. Run the above report and get the output and save it as a xml file. The import syntax tells the bi publisher engine where to find the sub template in the. If you read my articles earlier this year on xml publisher 5.
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