Agenda

Objectives

Case Study Company Background

Reporting background

Report Manager features

What Report Manager does not do

Setup Considerations

Quick Tutorial

Security in Oracle Report Manager

Using Report Manager Tips

Using Report Manager Tricks

Traps

Provide useful information for R12 implementation teams for implementation of Oracle General

Ledger, Financial Statement Generator and Report Manager

Inform users about new R12 Report Manager features

Help avoid potential pitfalls using actual experience from implementing Report Manager

Reporting Background

Complex reporting requirements

400+ legacy financial reports using dedicated reporting tool

Typical Trial Balance took over 15 minutes to generate

Legacy Reports in Excel, and included publishing features such as fonts, bold and underlining

Lack of security Users were able to access all reports across legal entities

Setup Considerations

Patchset level Metalink 726958.1 (15 Jan 2014)

Check for latest before implementation

Release 12.2 (R12.FRM.C patches)

Release 12.1.3 (R12.FRM.B patches)

Release 12.0 (R12.FRM.A)

Release 11i (FRM.H)

Note 1077728.1 : Report Manager users must use Internet Explorer for full functionality

Report Manager uses Self Service Workflow Applications

Report Manager requires the BNE platform used by Web ADI

Functional Dependencies

FSGs should have been defined in GL

Standard reports should be assigned to Request Group assigned to the Report Manager

Custom menu and responsibility for Report Manager

Browser and Excel settings

Seeded template vs Custom templates

Custom menu and responsibility

To enable Drilldown you must also assign the following functions to the custom menu

Account Analysis and Drilldown (Search Page)

Account Analysis and Drilldown (Product Branding)

FSG Drilldown: Launch Page

FSG Drilldown: Select Content Set Rows

FSG Drilldown: Effective Range Selection Page

FSG Drilldown: Balance Inquiry Page

For each of them choose the Function Name value without "_G"

Create custom menu for Report Manager

System Administrator > Application > Menu

Add this menu as a sub-menu to the GL_SUPERUSER responsibility or a custom responsibility

Browser and Excel Settings

Works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape

See Metalink 389422.1 for latest browser requirements

Internet Explorer Settings

Navigate to Tools -> Internet Options and choose the Security tab

Select Local Intranet and choose the Custom Level button.

Set the following option to Prompt.

Initialize and script Active X controls not marked as safe

Excel Settings

Open Excel, Go to Tools -> Macro -> Security -> Trusted Sources

Check the "Trust access to Visual Basic Project

Incorrect settings will lead to error

Create a Custom Template

Select Financial Report Template Editor

Select a Report, Select Excel Template Editor, Click on Create

Create a Template

Confirm ActiveX control interaction by clicking on Yes, if prompted

Create a Template

Name the template, select Drill option, Upload.