Oracle BI Publisher 12c R1: Fundamentals

Audience

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

Course Topics

1. Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher 12c

• Course Agenda
• Functions of Reporting Systems including Challenges
• Salient Features of BI Publisher
• BI Publisher as a Strategic Reporting Solution for All Applicationss
• Overview of Oracle BI Foundation Suite
• Introducing BI Publisher Paradigm
• Overview of Oracle BI EE
• Overview of Oracle Fusion Middleware

2. BI Publisher Technology and Architecture

• Multitier Architecture
• Internationalization and Language Support
• Supported Data Sources
• Layout Templates
• Document Generation Process and Output Formats
• Bursting Overview
• Functional Components
• Enterprise Server Architecture and Performance and Scalability

3. Getting Started with BI Publisher

• Managing Repository Objects
• Viewing Reports
• Configuring Report Properties
• Using Create Report wizard to Create Reports
• Selecting Data: Data Model, Spreadsheet, and BI Subject Area
• Logging In, the Home Page, and Global Header, and Setting Account Preferences
• Managing Favorites

4. Using the Data Model Editor

• Viewing Data and Saving Sample Data Sets
• Configuring Parameter Settings and Viewing Reports with Parameters
• Adding Parameters and LOVs to the Query
• Creating a Simple Data Model based on a SQL Query Data Set
• Exploring the Data Model Editor UI and the Supported Data Sources
• Exploring the Schemas Used in the Course
• Creating a Private Data Source
• Using Query Builder to Build a Query

5. Working with Layout Editor

• Creating Boilerplates
• Working with Lists, Gauges and Pivot Tables
• Creating a Layout by Using a Basic Template
• Inserting a Layout Grid
• Adding a Table, Formatting Columns, Defining Sorts and Groups, and Applying Conditional Formats
• Adding Repeating Sections, Text Items, and Images
• Opening the Layout Editor and Navigating the Layout Editor UI
• Inserting and Editing Charts, and Converting Charts to a Pivot Tables

6. Using Template Builder to Create RTF Templates

• Exploring the Basic and Form Field Methods
• Creating an RTF Template from a Sample, Changing Field Properties, and Previewing Table Data
• Designing an RTF Template for a BI Publisher Report
• Adding a Chart to an RTF Template
• Creating a BI Publisher Report by Using Template Builder in Online Mode
• Using the BI Publisher Menu Bar
• Exploring Advanced RTF Template Techniques Including Conditional Formats, Watermarks, Page-Level Calculations, Running Totals, Grouping, and Sorting

7. BI Publisher Server: Administration and Security

• Describing Groups, Users, Roles, and Permissions
• Integrating with Oracle BI Presentation Services and Oracle Endeca Server
• Describing Delivery Options Including Print, Fax, Email, WebDav, HTTP Server, FTP, and CUPS
• Describing the Security Model for BI Publisher and Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Creating the JDBC Connections
• Setting, Viewing, and Updating Data Sources
• Describing and Configuring BI Publisher Scheduler
• Describing the Administration Page

8. Scheduling and Bursting Reports

• Adding a Bursting Definition to a Data Model
• Managing and Viewing a Report Job
• Scheduling a Bursting Job
• Viewing Report Job History
• Scheduling a Report with Trigger
• Describing Bursting
• Scheduling and Describing a Report Job and Related Options

9. Integrating BI Publisher with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition

• Configuring Presentation Services Integration
• Creating a Data Model and Report based on a BI Server SQL Query
• Navigating Oracle BI EE
• Adding a BI Publisher Report to an Oracle BI EE Dashboard
• Creating a Data Model and Report based on an Oracle BI Analysis
• Creating a Report based on OBI EE Subject Area

10. Creating Data Models and BI Publisher Reports Based on Other Data Sources

• Explaining Proxy Setting for Web Services and HTTP Data Sources
• Creating a BI Publisher Report based on an External Web Service
• Creating a BI Publisher Report Based on CSV Data source
• Describing the Web Services Data Source
• Configuring Presentation Services Integration
• Creating a BI Publisher Report based on an HTTP Data Set
• Describing the HTTP (XML/RSS Feed) Data Source
• Creating a BI Publisher Report Based on XML File

11. Performing Translations

• Exporting and Importing the XLIFF for a Catalog Folder
• Managing XLIFF Translations on BI Publisher Server
• Describing the Overall Translation Process
• Translating by Using the XLIFF Option
• Translating by Using the Localized Template Option
• Describing Catalog Translation
• Describing Translation Types