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 standardsCreate and use an RTF template
Create and use a PDF template
Set up, configure, and use Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise server
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