Oracle BI Publisher 10g: Fundamentals

What you will learn

Build your expertise with Oracle BI Publisher 10g by gaining a foundation in its basic concepts, architecture, and underlying standards. By the end of the course, you will be able to create Oracle BI Publisher templates in RTF and PDF formats. You also learn how to deploy those templates to an Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise server that you can administer. Finally, you learn how to integrate Oracle BI Publisher with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition. Hands-on exercises reinforce concepts taught in class.

Learn To:
  • Understand the basic concepts and uses of Oracle BI 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
Audience
 Application Developers
Business Analysts
Business Intelligence Developer
Developer
End Users
Functional Implementer
Reports Developer
Technical Consultant

Prerequisites
 Oracle 10g: XML Fundamentals

Course Objectives
 Explain the basic concepts and uses of Oracle BI Publisher
Describe the underlying X standards
Create and use a 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
Describe the integration capabilities of Oracle BI Publisher and Oracle BI Enterprise Edition

Course Topics
Introduction to BI Publisher
 Understand course agenda
Understand the basics of Oracle BI Publisher

Feature and Architecture Overview
 Describe the components of Oracle BI Publisher
Describe the architecture of Oracle BI Publisher
Describe the technology of Oracle BI Publisher

Introduction to XML Standards
 Describe the X Standards
Understand XML, XML Schema, DTDs, and XSL

Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop
Introduction to Oracle BI Publisher Desktop
Creating RTF Templates
 Explain the capabilities of RTF templates
Describe the methods for RTF template creation
Create an RTF template

Using Advanced RTF Template Techniques
 Describe advanced RTF template capabilities
Complete a lab using some of those advanced capabilities

Using Other Templates
 Describe the basic and advanced capabilities of PDF templates
Describe the basic capabilities of eText templates

Installing Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise
Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise Administration
 Set up data sources, users and roles, delivery options, and the server configuration file
Refresh the metadata

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

Translating Reports
 Describe the options for translating reports
Create translation files by using BI Publisher Desktop and BI Publisher Enterprise

Building a Data Template
 Understand the XML Publisher data template
Create a data template and associate that template with a report

Integration with Oracle BI Enterprise Edition
 Publish a BI Publisher report created from a BI Answers request
Publish a BI Publisher report created from a BI Server repository

Related Courses
 Oracle BI Publisher 10g: Fundamentals Self-Study CD Course