How to upload images and access via URL from BI Report

Oracle supports uploading of images on a server directory and accessing those images via URL in BIP Reports. The images can be uploaded by the customers on a Universal Content Management (UCM) server. After uploading the image, server provides URL for accessing the image. The URL can be referenced in a BIP report and can be accessed.

The steps can be broadly divided under the following heads –

A. Creating a new folder in UCM for uploading the imagesB. Uploading of images on UCM serverC. Modifying a BIP template to include image URL.

A. Creating a new folder in UCM for uploading the images

The images that need to be accessed via BIP report should be uploaded on a UCM server. It is recommended to create a new folder for uploading the images.

Please follow the below mentioned steps for uploading the image on UCM server folder –

A.1) Select the UCM URL.

A.2) Select Login and sign in to UCM. Make sure that the user has IT Security Manager and Administrators role is attached.

A.3) Expand ‘Browse Content’

A.4) Select ‘Webcenter’

A.5) Select ‘New Item’ on the top right corner

A.6) Select ‘New Folder’ option

A.7) Enter the details as followsVirtual Folder Name - BASignatures (Or any other name of your own)Enter Title – for example, same as Folder NameEnter Type – Digital Media – Audio, video and imagesSecurity Group – PublicLeave all other fields to its default value and click on Save

A.7) Click on ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the page

B. Uploading the images on UCM server

The images that need to be accessed via BIP report should be uploaded on a UCM server.

Please follow the below mentioned steps for uploading the image on UCM server folder –

B.1) Select the UCM URL.

B.2) Sign in to UCM. Make sure that the user has IT Security Manager and Administrators role is attached.

B.3) Expand ‘Browse Content’ provided on the top left corner.

B.4) Select ‘Webcenter’

B.5) Note that the folder created with name ‘BASignature’ (in the previous step) is available. Select the folder.

B.6) Select ‘New Item’ and

B.7) Select ‘New Content’ from the list

Enter the following values in the fields

Type – Accept the default value, Digital Media – Audio, Video, and images

Title – User entry field. You can enter any name of your choice. Suggested to enter the bank account name or Business unit name.

Author – Accept system defaulted value

Security Group – Accept the default value, Public

Account – Leave blank. If any value is defaulted, please remove.

Primary File – Browse and select the image that needs to be uploaded.

Content Id – Please note that this should be saved with the bank account number.

Leave the other fields and select the ‘Check In’ button.

B.8) Select ‘Check In’ at the end of page

B.9) The following page would be displayed.

B.10) Select the ‘Content Info’ link

B.11) Note down the Web location URL at the bottom of the page. This URL needs to be provided in the BIP report. The URL generated is - http://efops-rel92-patchtest-internal-fs.us.oracle.com:80/cs/ groups/public/documents/digitalmedia/ndg2/mtcz/~edisp/ 5486173210.gif

The system generated URL has to be modified as –

http://efops-rel92-patchtest-internal-fs.us.oracle.com:80/cs/ idcplg? IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&dDocName=5486173210

that is ‘groups/public/documents/digitalmedia/ndg2/mtcz/~edisp/5486173210.gif’ should be replaced with ‘idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&dDocName=5486173210’

This would work for a particular bank account. In order to make for any bank account, we should make it as a dynamic URL. To achieve this, we have to modify the URL as below.

url:{concat( 'http://efops-rel92-patchtest-internal-fs.us.oracle.com:80/cs/idcplg? IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&dDocName= ',BankAccount/ BankAccountNumber)}

That is, it should be prefixed with url:{concat(‘ and suffixed with “’, BankAccount/BankAccountNumber)}”

C. Modifying a BIP template to include image URL

The URL provided by the UCM server needs to be referenced in any BIP report. The BIP template needs to be customized in order to reference the URL.

Please follow the below mentioned steps for customizing the BIP template to include the URL –

C.1) I have taken a check template for our documentation purposes.

C.2) Open the BIP template where you need to refer the image.

C.3) Keep a dummy image on the template. Position it exactly where the actual image needs to be displayed.

C.4) After keeping the dummy image, you need to provide the reference of the actual image. Double click the image

C.5) Expand the option provided to the Size on the MS word tool bar. A Pop up window will be displayed.

C.6) Navigate to the ‘Alt Tex’ tab

C.7)Under the Alternative text: area, provide the URL that was created in the previous setup.

url:{concat( 'http://efops-rel92-patchtest-internal-fs.us.oracle.com:80/cs/idcplg? IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=Latest&dDocName= ',BankAccount/ BankAccountNumber)}

C.8) Save the template and upload it in BIP

If you now run the BIP report, the dummy image will be replaced with the image that you have uploaded in the UCM server. Dynamically it would get the signature of the bank account based on the bank account number.