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Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
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Oracle BI Publisher
Reporting Challenges Requirements are Diverse
• High Fidelity Reports• Partner Reports• Financial Statements• Government forms• Marketing materials• Contracts• Checks, Labels• XML• EFT / EDI• Multiple destinations
Reports
Checks
Labels
Invoices
XML / EFT / EDIDestinations
Reporting Challenges Complex Infrastructure
Check PrintServer
PaymentServer
InvoiceServer
ReportFormatter
Reports
LabelManager
Labels
DeliveryServer
Checks
XML / EFT / EDI
• Multiple reporting solutions• Highly-skilled engineers
required to maintain servers and report formats
CostlyTime consumingComplex systemsExpensive maintenanceLabor intensive
Invoices
Destinations
Reporting Challenges Slow Development
Iterate on Report Requirements
Must be same geometry, font, margin size, etc.
Report Requirements
Report files Report Output
Reporting Challenges Difficult to Maintain
Data logic Layout
Translation
• 1 Query• 10 Layouts• 10 Translations= 100 report files
High development costHigh customization costDifficult upgrade
Combined query, layout, and translation
1 Query 10 Layouts
10 Translations
Reporting Challenges Other Issues
• Production Issues• Huge load on the transactional Data Base, shuts down the
operation• Output file size, time to produce the reports …• High maintenance, proprietary report programming languages
require expensive specialists and consultants
• Global Deployment Issues• Multiple Instances required for different character sets• Insufficient support for Bi-Directional Languages• Dependence on Printer Character sets require language
specific printers
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BI Publisher Benefits Simplified Report MaintenanceSeparate query, layout, and translation
Report output
FlexibilityReduced maintenance
Data Logic
Layout
TranslationBI Publisher
Report Outputs
XML
Report Templates
Multiple Data Sources
Oracle BI Publisher Benefits Faster Development
• Business users create layouts with familiar desktop tools
• IT builds data model
Rapid Development
BI Publisher Benefits One Environment …
XML / EFT / EDI
Reports
Checks
Labels
Destinations
Invoices
Oracle BI Publisher• Author• Manage• Deliver
ALL Your Business DocumentsMeet Business RequirementsRemove ComplexityReduce Maintenance CostReduce Total Cost
Layout Templates
XML
EDI
EFT
Output Formats Destinations
BI Publisher
HTML
Excel
PowerPoint
CSV
Flash
RTF
Printer
Fax
e-Commerce
Repository
Data Sources
• Word• Acrobat• JDev
Layout Tools
• Excel• Flex• Others
Oracle BI Publisher Benefits … From Data to Destination …
Web Services
Oracle 10g, Oracle BI EE,
Oracle BI Apps SQL Server
E-Business Suite,
PeopleSoft,JDE
OLAP
XSL
Government Forms
Order Forms
Invoices
Operational Reports
Correspondence
Financial Statements
Checks
Purchase Orders
Labels / Bar Codes
Collateral
eText
Oracle BI Publisher Benefits … For All your Business Documents
Payment Data
Controller
CEO
Banking
XML
EFT
B2B
XML
Government
EFT
Excel
HTML
BI Publisher
Different TemplatesFor different Output Formats
BI Publisher Benefits Extract Data Once, Publish Many Docs
XSL
BI Publisher Benefits Global Consolidation
• Create ONE template for any of 185 languages and 244 territories• Single Global Instance – Translated User Interface• BI Publisher ships with full set of Unicode Fonts • No need for expensive language-specific printers• BI Publisher is alone in supporting
• Chinese, Japanese, Korean
• Bidirectional Languages
• Unicode• Multiple Language
Support
BI Publisher Benefits Hot-Pluggable
• Pure Java application - any J2EE application server• Rich set of Java APIs for custom application development• Web Services for SOA development• Any data source: JDBC and Web services XML data sources• Standard W3C XSL-FO stylesheets• Output formats in PDF, PS, RTF, HTML…• Delivery Support for
• Internet Printing Protocol, CUPS• Internet Fax Protocol • SMTP email protocol• WebDAV, FTP, SFTP
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Oracle’s Enterprise Performance Management System
BI Applications
EPM Workspace
OLTP & ODSSystems
Data WarehouseData Mart
SAP, Oracle, Siebel,PeopleSoft, Custom
ExcelXML
BusinessProcess
OLAP
Fusion Middleware
Business Intelligence Foundation
BI ApplicationsPerformance ManagementApplications
BI Publisher is part of the BI Foundation layer in Oracle’s EPM system
• Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise• BI Publisher is Advanced Reporting in BI EE Plus
• BI Server semantic layer as a data source• BI Answers request as a data source• BI Publisher report in a Dashboard w/ prompts • Security
• Integration with Oracle Application Express (APEX)• Integration with Oracle Discoverer • Many others …
BI Publisher Availability & Integration
• Oracle E-Business Suite• 500 templates in 11i 900 templates in R12• Project to convert all remaining Oracle Reports reports• Conversion utility from Oracle Reports
• PeopleSoft• Integrated into 8.48• Products shipping content in R9
• Financials HCM SCM• Grants CRM Student Admin
• J.D. Edwards• Integrated into 8.96• Allow customers to develop their own templates• Subsequent releases will add Apps content
• Hyperion Planning and Financial Management• More coming …
BI Publisher in Oracle Applications Limited Use License
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Some of our Customers • Avago / Agilent / HP• Bank of Egypt• The Boeing Company• City of West Palm Beach• Dell• Dubai e-Government• European Parliament• Fidelity Investments• German Ministry of Finance• Metro Group• NCR• Pfizer• Toyota Europe• Qualcomm• URS Corporation
DELL Inc.
Business Requirements• Generate Customer Facing Output• Multiple Data Sources• Translation support• Multiple Delivery Channels• High Volume ~20000 docs/hr• Keep database load to a minimum
Implementation• RTF Templates• Delivery Manager• Watermarking support• BI Publisher on separate server
NCR
Business Requirements• Generate Bill of Lading• Barcode support• Multiple Delivery Channels• Supplemental Pages
Implementation• RTF Templates• Conditional Formatting • External Font Mapping• Delivery Manager
Qualcomm
Business Requirements
• 60 Reports• 30 Invoice variants• Barcodes• Graphics• Electronic banking
Implementation• Implemented in
3 Month• Business Analysts
create Templates• RTF Templates• eText Templates
Bank of Egypt
Business Requirements
• Report from transaction database
• High Volume Reporting• Minimize Load on
Database• Bursting• Bidirectional language
support: Arabic
Implementation• iFLEX Customer• Migrating 400 reports
from BO to BI Publisher• Bidirectional RTF
Templates• Bursting
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orhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher
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