Upload this file to the sub template and save it as common components bi publisher assigns the object the. Xml control file template for use with the pmrep objectimport command 18247 sample control file that imports powercenter repository objects 312 how to. Adding softcoding for import sub templates in bi publisher i wanted to import sub templates based on dyanmic path or path can be given at runtime using processing option or it can come from xml tag. Using the web datawindow in powerbuilder if you are both an infomaker user and a powerbuilder enterprise user. I was told that sub templates import statements are hardcoded we cant soft code the path. Today, i want to talk about how to run a bi publisher report with the web service within a. Part of the assessment is the importing of xml data, and applying tags link content to xml attributes. Adding softcoding for import sub templates in bi publisher. Fusion middleware report designers guide for oracle business intelligence. Sub templates are secondary rtf or xsl templates that are imported by primary rtf.
Hello, i am working with xml publisher within ebs r12. Creating reports in oracle ebusiness suite using xml. Register the rdf or sql or plsql report as a concurrent program and set the output to xml. We can create sub templates in the oracle apps by selecting sub template option as yes while creating template using xml publisher administrator responsibility.
The view uses a tree view to represent the template. Run the above report and get the output and save it as a xml file. Xml publisher and data template sql query to develop bi publisher reports email details category. When you import the subtemplate you need to set disable external. In the oracle document jd edwards enterpriseone tools 8. In this article we shall see how to display columns dynamically in bi publisher excel output using rtf template. First, import the subtemplate file to the main template. Second, enter a call command to render the contents of the subtemplate at the position desired.
It provides a new approach to report design and publishing by integrating familiar desktop word processing tools with existing ebusiness suite data reporting. Breaking pubsub templates into publisher and consumer apps. You define and edit templates for export and import in the exportimport template view for xml in the report painter. Xml publisher report bi publisher pradiptas oracle. We have seen how we can code and execute sql statements and stored procedures in templates. Download the xml sample data file by clicking the sample data link on the reporting tools, bi publisher, report definition page for a specified query load the sample data into the document by selecting data load xml data from the microsoft word template builder tool bar menu design your template in the rtf document. This helps to provide better security, as the code that retrieves the data is hidden from the end user. This sheet is also used to specify calculations and processing instructions to perform on fields or groups in the template. Visit the bi publisher web site at oracle and to find out more information about bi publisher and to download the latest version. Oracle xml publisher is a templatebased publishing solution delivered with the oracle ebusiness suite. Click anywhere in the result document, and you will be brought to the construct that created that output. Introduction to bixml publisher oracle bi xml publisher. We can get different kinds of reports by just changing the template, without altering the data source. Adding softcoding for import sub templates in bi publisher bi publisher.
Bip does need to know what those paragraphs need to be for each user whether thats as a set of parameter values or a data element in the incoming data set. Session button in concurrent program window is used for database seesion. Prepare xml data create an xml file with a customer and its invoice listing using notepad or an equivalent tool. While creating the main or default data template rtf file first we have to import all the sub templates that are going to be called in this as below.
Oracle business intelligence bi publishers excel template feature fit the bill. Recently i was working on bi publisher rtf template and i had several sub templates to be included into the main template. Dynamic content using sub templates oracle bi publisher blog. We did it for xslt, xquery and even converttoxml, so we just had to do it here. I am confused what import syntax to use in the rtffile of my main template. Import xml file to word document template using vbscript. However, if the report includes subtemplates, then theres a small difference in the reference to the subtemplate. When building an xml publisher report, i spend most of my time working with the word add on. However, xsl does not allow the conditional import of sub templates so you must take the single template approach. Now we will create a simple template using xml bi publisher design helper for ms word. Logos may be inserted in bi forms and reports in either the webbased layouts or the rtf layouts. Oracles xml publisher is a templatebased publishing solution delivered with the oracle ebusiness suite. Bi also provides a way to create a report in word document. The main concept behind xml publisher is that it extracts data from the data source, fills it into a template and generates reports.
Origin provides flexible ways of importing data including simply dragging and dropping data files, using the ascii import dialog to customize settings, using the import wizard for advanced customization and for extracting variables from header lines, and supporting custom file formats for many thirdparty files. Overview xml publisher stores all the meta data and physical files for templates and data definition in blob columns in its schema. In this example we will be using hr schema, locations, departments, employees tables. The xml publisher data engine enables you to rapidly generate any kind of xml data structure against any database in a scalable, efficient manner which you can easily use in your templates. Importing xml documents into publisher i am a secondary school teacher high school and i have an assessment i will be giving to my senior level students. First step is to import the sub template file into the rtf template.
Download the xml sample data file by clicking the sample data link on the reporting tools, bi publisher, report definition page for a specified query load the sample data into the document by selecting select data, then select load xml data from the microsoft word template builder tool bar menu design your template in the rtf document. Xml publisher training with example oracle apps tutorials. Download design plugins to facilitate the offline template design activity. I used to wonder how to develop xml publisher reports without using rdf or sql or plsql concurrent program. To do this, open word and load the xml data file from the previous step as shown below.
Open the concurrent program for submission and click on the option button to specify the xml publisher template defined in the previous step and output type to be used. Bi publisher provides a set of functions to provide specific report features. Using subtemplates is a very powerful way of making your life as a template developer much easier, if you have a piece of formatting functionality that you intend to use across multiple templates then break it out as a sub template you can then benefit from write once maintain in one place. This is a follow up post from the last post how to use bi publisher web service with jdeveloper 11g. Please check the below kb link for unix and windows server based exportimport method. Xml publisher report from xml data template quest4apps. It also supports data import from csv, tsv, and rss and atom xml feeds. There are two entries that you must make to call a subtemplate from a main template. Can 2 or more subtemplates be added to a main template in bi publisher. Fndload and xdoloader to manage, download and upload files. Rtf sub template a sub template is a piece of formatting functionality that can be defined once and used multiple times within a single layout templa. Importing xml documents into publisher microsoft community. Calling a subtemplate from a main template oracle docs. To use in a local system save the rtf sub template in your local drive.
This template can be called from any place on the rtf template, even inside a foreach loop. This short tutorial details how to customize an rtf report layout. To overcome this problem, i have used subtemplate concept which i am calling recursively. A subscripting welcome and sub templates oracle bi. Can we include images in reports using xml publisher. To implement the subtemplate in a main template, you must make two entries in the main template.
Xml publisher and data template sql query to develop bi. They are both rtffiles and registered in ebs xml publisher as such. Create a sub template in the catalog in the following location. Apps xml publisher developing reports printed on pre. This can be used in the word template builder or the template viewer. The import syntax tells the bi publisher engine where to find the sub template in the catalog. Home home xml publisher developing reports printed on preprinted stationary. Import repository objects using the command line 16341. There are two entries that you must make to call a subtemplate from a main. You can of course, import multiple sub templates if you have a lot of content to bring in but.
If you are using an existing subtemplate, then there is no need to create anything else, you can reference it directly. Creating reports in oracle ebusiness suite using xml publisher. If you read my articles earlier this year on xml publisher 5. Importing bi publisher subtemplate to the main template. Create a bi publisher report using rtf template template. As you can see while we are testing we can use a file uri to reference the sub template, we could equally use a full url. You can of course, import multiple sub templates if you have a lot of content to bring in but in most cases i would expect a single sub template will suffice.
Bi publisher extensibility training how to customize an rtf. Fo generator xml publisher is an xslt generator or an xsl. Steps to migrate xmlp reports, how to use xdoloader to migrate xmlp reports, xdoloader to upload rtf, xdoloader to upload xml, xdoloader to upload xls. The data templates are useful when you need to create a xml publisher report without using the rdf. In the main template, enter the following import statement in a form field or directly in the template. Create a bi publisher report using rtf template template builder in my last post, i have explained how to create a data model and a report inside the oracle bi publisher. Fndload and xdoloader to manage, download and upload files fndload and xdoloader are utilities provided in oracle apps to downloadupload aol object definition and template rtf, pdf, and xslfo, xml, and xsd files to the xml publisher database tables.
Download the starting template from here and save the rtf file in c. Powerful report generation tool creates standardized reports containing oracle and other data quickly and easily originally intended to support oracle various erp tools oracle ebusiness suite, jd edwards, peoplesoft, seibel, etc. You will follow these steps to complete the process. To import a sub template file that is stored in the content library, use this syntax. Once deployed we can then use either a full url or load the sub template to the template manager in ebs and use the xdo.
It is therefore time consuming to manually download information from a development instance to a test and then to a production environment especially if there are many templates to manage. Upload csv and xml upload is used for csv, efw2, pub1220 federal file formats and xml files. Download the delivered xml publisher template builder plugin for offline template design on the reporting tools, xml publisher, setup, design helper page to facilitate the insertion of application data tags into your rtf templates. Creating a business intelligence publisher report using an excel. One response to introducing pubsub pattern for anypoint templates. I am trying to import a subtemplate into my main template. Navigate to xml publisher responsibility templates tab and create template with details as shown below. Its in the navigation next to the report definition. In this example, weve removed the company name from the layout. Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. We have a requirement where we need to separate out addresses and personal details of a client for reuse in various templates. Hi there, i presume you are just running this from bi publisher and not running it through the oracle applications, so you dont need to upload the template in the xml publisher administrator responsibility. The subtemplates are stored separately from the reports under content library. To import a subtemplate file that is stored in the content library, use this syntax.