BI Publisher and World

Andrews Consulting Group 25+ years in business Headquarters – Cheshire, CT 80+ Employees Oracle Certified Partner Oracle Certified Consultants

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Jeff Kloss – Sr. Manager

Over 14 Years World and E1 Development ExperienceSME: JDE Tools, OMW, EDI, C, C++, BIP, RPG, CLIndustry Experience: CPG, Services, Entertainment, Industrial MFG, High Tech, PharmaAdditional: Project Management, Change Management

Mark Andrzejewski-Sr. ConsultantGSI, Inc.

Over 20 years of WorldSoftware ExperienceSME: Financials, CNC, JDE Tools, C++, BIP, RPG, CLIndustry Experience: Public Sector, lndustrial Manufacturing, Retail, PharaAdditional: Certified specialist JDE World, CNC, Oracle DBA

Information from:

• JD Edwards World Business Intelligence Publisher for JD Edwards World Guide

• http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24096_01/eabp.pdf

Why use BI Publisher with World

BI Publisher and JD Edwards World• BI Publisher integrates with JD Edwards World to enhance reporting capabilities.

• Save Money by eliminating the need for a 3rd party printing solution.

• Use desktop tools you already know, reducing time and costs to develop and maintain reports.

• Ad hoc reports that can include special formatting and images .

• BI Publisher allows you various delivery options, including email, fax, and HTML.

Considerations• Must be on JD Edwards World A9.1 or Higher

• Need pc’s and the ability to run MS Office, Word.

• Ensure all of the necessary Service packs and JDBC drivers are installed

Set Up

• BI Publisher Enterprise

• BI Publisher Desktop

• JD Edwards World JDBC Driver

BI Publisher EnterpriseThis is the user interface for creating, running, and scheduling reports, and you install this on a Java based application server. You must download and install BI Publisher and an OC4J application server. If you prefer to install with a different application server, use the Manual Installation section for your application server in the Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Installation Guide, which is in the download. To improve performance over the use of work files. (see Considerations above)Access Oracle’s E-Delivery website using the following URL and follow the instructions to download and install BI Publisher: http://edelivery.oracle.com/.

BI Publisher DesktopThis contains a MS Word plug-in to create report templates and you install it on the PC of every one that develops reports.

JD Edwards World JDBC Driver The driver is a software component that allows Java applications, such as BI Publisher, to access the JD Edwards World database. It connects Enterprise to the iSeries so that report data is up-to-date. See the JD Edwards World Java DataBase Connectivity Guide for more information. To download the JD Edwards World JDBC Driver, which includes the JD Edwards World Java DataBase Connectivity Guide, access MyOracle Support, choose Patches and Updates and the choose the JD Edwards products link. On Update Center, choose JD Edwards World Downloads in the Type field, enter JDBC1.1 in the Search for field and click SEARCH. Continue by downloading the item in the Download Basket.

Creating the ReportCreating a report includes the following tasks:

• Selecting the Data

• Formatting the Report

• Adding a Template to the Report

Selecting the Data

To create a report from an SQL statement, you must choose the data that you want in the report. After you choose the data, you can then perform the following:

• View the results in the report

• Edit the data for the report

• Export the data

Formatting the Report

After you create the report, you can import the XML data into Microsoft Word and use the formatting features for Oracle BI Publisher.

Adding a Template to the Report

After you create the template in Microsoft Word, you upload the template to the report in BI Publisher. You then modify the SQL statement to select

and sort the data that displays on the report.

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Demonstration

Download Required Software from E-DeliverySeveral components are needed check Oracle Support for latest requirements

• EDDJAVA

• BI Publisher Desktop

• BI Publisher Enterprise, needed for ad-hoc reporting only.

Enable BIP Embedded within World softwareBIP is really an part of EDD for World Software.

• Enable Bursting in World Software

• Verify Iseries JAVA versions against current MTR

• Determine locations form BIP Templates, raw XML output and BIP output.

• Determine appropriate share permisions within Iseries IFS structure

Enable BIP Embedded within World softwareBIP is really an part of EDD for World Software.

• Enable Bursting in World Software

• Verify Iseries JAVA versions against current MTR

• Determine locations form BIP Templates, raw XML output and BIP output.

• Determine appropriate share permisions within Iseries IFS structure

Create a template for BIP

• Load BIP Desktop tools

• Create Sample XML output

• Copy completed template to IFS

Setup EDD/BIP Options

• Associate templates with DreamWriters

• Configure email and default bursting options

• Configure Iseries JDBC connection, mail relaying

Testing

• All components loaded

• Enabled bursting on Print Options on DreamWriter

• Check your email…..

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