Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Online Help

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 10.1.3.4 of the Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Online Help.

This guide is intended for users who will use Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Enterprise to perform one or all of the following:

View and Schedule reports
Design report layouts
Develop report queries and data models
Translate reports
Perform administrative tasks including: setting up users, setting up data sources, and configuring runtime behaviors

For users who will be developing report queries and data models, knowledge of SQL or your data source is assumed.

For users who will be designing report layouts, some experience with Microsoft Word is assumed. If you are designing advanced report layouts, you may benefit by using an XSL reference.

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Structure

1 Logging In
2 Setting Preferences
3 Navigating the Reports Repository and Viewing a Report
4 Viewing a Report Through the Report Viewer
5 Scheduling a Report
6 Managing Your Scheduled Reports
7 Viewing Report History and Saved Output
8 Creating a New Report
9 Defining the Data Model for Your Report
10 Building a Data Template
11 Creating an RTF Template
12 Extended Function Support in RTF Templates
13 Translating Reports
14 Creating a PDF Template
15 Creating Flash Templates
16 Creating an eText Template
17 Defining a Security Model
18 Using the Admin Functions
19 Setting Up Data Sources
20 Setting Up Integrations
21 Setting System Maintenance Options
22 Setting Up Delivery Options
23 Setting Runtime Properties
24 Setting Up Print Servers
25 Using the BI Publisher APIs
26 Using the Delivery Manager APIs
27 Setting Up an After Report Trigger
A Supported XSL-FO Elements
B Configuration File Reference
C Upgrading from XML Publisher Enterprise 5.6.2 to BI Publisher 10.1.3.2 or 10.1.3.3

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