Financials 11i: XML Publisher Fundamentals (NAMER)

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Course Overview

Starting with the basic concepts, architecture, and underlying standards of Oracle XML Publisher, this course will lead a student through a progress of exercises building their expertise. By the end of the course, the student should be able to create Oracle XML Publisher templates in RTF and PDF formats. They should also be able to deploy those templates to an Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise server and an eBusiness Suite instance.

Learn To:

• Understand the basic concepts and uses of Oracle XML Publisher
• Understand the underlying X standards
• Create and use an RTF template
• Create and use a PDF template
• Set-up, configure, and use Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise server
• Deploy, create, and modify templates on an eBusiness Suite instance

Audience

• Application Developers
• Business Analysts
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Developer
• End Users
• Functional Implementer
• Reports Developer
• Technical Consultant

Skills Gained

Delegates will learn to:

• Explain the basic concepts and uses of Oracle XML Publisher
• Describe the underlying X standards
• Create and use an rich text format (RTF) template
• Create and use a portable document format (PDF) template
• Set up, configure, and use the Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise server
• Deploy, create, and modify templates on an eBusiness Suite instance

Prerequisites

• 11i eBusiness Suite Essentials for Implementers
• Oracle 10 g : XML Fundamentals

Course Outline

Introduction

• Understand course agenda
• Understand the basics of Oracle BI Publisher

Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Oracle BI Publisher Architecture

• Describe the components of Oracle BI Publisher
• Describe the architecture of Oracle BI Publisher
• Describe the technology of Oracle BI Publisher

Introduction to the Standards

• Describe the X Standards
• Understand XML, XML Schema, DTDs, and XSL

Installing Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise

RTF Templates

• Explain the capabilities of RTF templates
• Describe the methods for RTF template creation
• Create an RTF template

Advanced RTF Template Techniques

• Describe advanced RTF template capabilities
• Complete a lab using some of those advanced capabilities

Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise Administration

Using Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise

• Access the Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise Server
• View, schedule, and create reports

PDF Templates

• Describe the capabilities of PDF templates
• Describe other template formats

Translations

• Describe the options for translating reports
• Perform the maintenance processes for translations

Integration with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition

• Publish a BI Publisher report created from an Answers request
• Publish a BI Publisher report created from a BI Server repository

The eBusiness Suite Development Process

• Create and deploy an XML Publisher report
• Understand the eBusiness Suite development process

Modifying an Existing Report

Building a Data Template

• Understand data templates
• Create and associate a data template

Advanced eBusiness Suite Concepts

• Discuss GL reports in XML Publisher
• Discuss XML Publisher specialized font usage
• Discuss XML Publisher bursting
• Discuss migrating reports from Oracle Reports to XML Publisher
• Discuss moving templates and data definitions between eBusiness Suite instances

Administration in 11i eBusiness Suite

eBusiness Suite Development Standards

• XML Publisher development standards
• General eBusiness Suite development standards

Financials 11i: XML Publisher Fundamentals (NAMER) / D51925GC10