Oracle Reports 10g (9.0.

4)
New Features
An Oracle White Paper
September 2003
 Oracle Reports 10g (9.0.4) New Features

INTRODUCTION
Oracle Reports is a powerful, high quality reporting tool that is used for dynamic,
enterprise level reporting. It enables businesses to develop and deploy information
to all levels within and outside of the organization. It imposes no limits on the
developer and offers many advantages to the user. This includes OracleAS Reports
Server, which offers a scaleable, robust, and highly optimized reporting architecture
to address the deployment needs of large organizations.
One of the major new features for Oracle Reports is the incorporation of
JavaServer Pages (JSP) into our existing technology stack. Through the use of JSP
technology, Oracle Reports embeds report data directly into Web pages.
Packaging for Oracle Reports has changed. Oracle Reports Builder, which is our
Integrated Development Environment is now a component of the Oracle
Developer Suite. In addition to the Oracle Reports Builder, the Oracle Developer
Suite contains all of the other Oracle development tools. Oracle Developer Suite is
the industry's most complete and integrated development suite covers the full
development life cycle of J2EE database applications and Web services. The suite
supports multiple development approaches and languages - all in one product - to
optimize productivity and to take advantage of developers' skills.
Deployment is handled by OracleAS Reports Services which is a component of
Oracle Application Server. This comprehensive and integration application server is
a powerful, highly scalable platform for deploying e-business Web sites and
Internet applications. Oracle Application Server addresses all of the challenges you
face when building and running successful e-business Web sites Oracle Application
Server allows you to integrate applications and data sources into one common e-
business infrastructure.
This white paper is split into two section covering development and deployment. In
each section, we will discuss the many new and exciting features in Oracle Reports.

ORACLE REPORTS DEVELOPER (ORACLE DEVELOPER SUITE)

In order to increase productivity and reduce costs, developers need to be efficient
when developing any software, including reports. Oracle Reports has always
provided a very powerful integrated development environment allowing developers
to create complex reports in a relatively short amount of time. With Oracle Reports

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Builder, you can develop a complex data model that can be shared between the
existing high quality paper layout as well as an improved high quality Web layout
using JSP technology.

What are JavaServer Pages?

JavaServer Pages or JSP’s are a special form of a Servlet. They provide a way to
display dynamic content within a static HTML page. Today, most production JSP’s
are incorporated in HTML; however, JSP’s are not limited to just HTML. They
can also be incorporated into XML, WML or other mark up languages. This
quickly expands the usage of JSP’s for more than populating HTML web pages, it
opens up the possibilities of publishing to other devices such as digital assistants or
wireless phones.
For our purposes, we will be using JSP’s to embed data into a Web page to create a
functional and good looking JSP Web report. To create a JSP report, a Web
developer can use his favorite Web authoring tool to design a Web page.

JavaServer Pages™ and XML report definition

Oracle Reports allows you to create JSP based Web reports by utilizing custom JSP
tags. This technology enables you to open and save HTML, JSP, and XML files in
Oracle Reports. When a report is saved as a JSP file, the data model is embedded
using XML tags. The entire report can now be defined using XML tags and saved
as an XML file.
Oracle Reports allows you to embed data retrieved using the data model into an
existing Web page. This provides tremendous flexibility in creating reports that
meet business demands by completely integrating multiple sources of information
(even other Oracle Reports) within a single Web page. If you choose to create a JSP
from scratch, Oracle Reports supplies templates that can be used to build your
report.
As with our paper layout, the JSP layout is wizard enabled to allow you to create
your JSP report by embedding the data using the custom JSP tags. These custom
JSP tags may also be added to the report manually. Here is a list of the Reports JSP
custom tags and a brief description of the functionality (see Reports
Documentation for more information):
JSP Tag Usage
rw:field Takes a single data object value from the data model and provides
formatting.
rw:foreach Provides a looping mechanism for a group data model object.
rw:getValue Assigns the value from an object into a new Java variable.
rw:graph Defines a graph. Created using the insert graph menu item or can
be entered manually. Allows control of all elements of the graph

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JSP Tag Usage
via the tags including hyperlinks.
rw:id Used for Section 508 compliance, this tag generates unique HTML
ids for row/column headers.
rw:headers Used for Section 508 compliance, this tag generates a unique header
tag for a table cell.
rw:include Allows for the format of any top-level layout object into simple
HTML output. Used to include a paper based layout into a JSP for
example.
rw:objects Contains the data model in XML format.
rw:report Delimits a report object within a JSP.
rw:seq Defines a sequence of values.
rw:seqval Operates on the sequence of values. For example, you can get
current value (currval) or the next value (nextval) within the
sequence.

The following graphic shows an example of a JSP report viewed through the Web
source within the Oracle Reports Builder and the output displayed in a Web
browser. The entire report was generated by the web source wizard with no hand
coding involved.

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New Data Sources
Out-of-the-box, Oracle Reports contains native connectivity to the Oracle RDBMS
(excluding multiple connections) and connectivity to external data sources such as
Oracle Express, XML, JDBC and text files. Access to external data sources is
provided by a Pluggable Data Source (PDS), which is a set of Java APIs that
provides openness to Oracle Reports by enabling data input from any source.
PDS’s are discussed in more detail later in this paper.
For example, in a business intelligence scenario, you can combine and publish data
that exists in a relational database along with multi-dimensional (OLAP) data,
allowing the comparison of trends and performance. In a business-to-business
scenario, one business could supply the other business with an XML feed of data to
be brought into Oracle Reports and combined with other data to create meaningful
information for both businesses to consume. The JDBC drivers in Oracle Reports
have replaced the ODBC drivers.
The XML datasource allows you to read XML as a data source. You need a
descriptor and the data file. If you have both a DTD and a data file for the XML,
you can use this for the report. The DTD can be contained in a separate file or
inline along with the XML data file. You can also supply a URL to provide a
datastream of XML data. The PDS also supports XML Schema. The advantage of
using XML schema is that it supports multiple datatypes whereas XML DTD
support only character type data. A stylesheet (XSL) can also be used to convert
any XML data into the format required by the XML PDS.

Pluggable Data Sources (PDS)

A Pluggable Data Source (PDS) is a set of Java APIs that provides openness to
Oracle Reports by enabling data input from any source. PDSs allow Oracle Reports
to combine data from various data sources including multiple Oracle database
connections – each with potentially a different connection.

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Additionally, you can use the PDS API to write your own PDS and incorporate it
into the Oracle Reports Builder to access your own unique data sources. Data from
different sources can be linked within the data model, allowing seamless integration
of your diverse data sources.
Additional PDSs can be incorporated into the Oracle Reports Builder as they
become available and published and the architecture in Oracle Reports is integrated
with the Single Sign-On feature available in Oracle Application Server.

Enhancing Portal Reports

OracleAS Portal allows you to build quick and simple HTML reports. However,
developers may find they need a PDF version of that report, or want to enhance it
(e.g., add more queries, make the layout more complex). Oracle Reports makes this
task easy. Developers can connect to an instance of the database which contains
OracleAS Portal. Then, choose the File>Import Portal Component menu option.
A dialog box will appear with a list of all the OracleAS Portal reports available.
Simply select the report to be modified and the report is converted on-the-fly to
Oracle Report, allowing for modifications just as if the report had been created in
to Oracle Report Builder. Now, developers have the wealth of features and wizards
in Oracle Reports at their disposal. Modifications can be made to the report,
including adding additional data using a PDS, changing the format and style of the
report. This report can be deployed back within the OracleAS Portal as any other
report.

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Graphing

Graphs provide a visual image to help you disseminate information quickly. The
new Oracle Reports Graph wizard can generate more complex graphs with a larger
variety of graph types (over 50), including true 3D graphs. The multiple properties
for controlling the look, feel, and formatting of your graph are accessed through
the Graph Wizard in the Oracle Reports Builder.
Hyperlinks can be included in Graphs by setting the Graph hyperlink property
from within the Oracle Reports Builder. Graphs are incorporated into the JSP
source using the rw:graph tag. This can be added using the Graph wizard or by
manually inserting the rw:graph tag.
Reports built with previous versions of Oracle Reports containing Oracle Graphics
charts will continue to run if the Oracle Graphics 6i Runtime is installed on the
same machine in a separate Oracle Home.

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Java Importer

PL/SQL is the procedural language used within Oracle Reports. The PL/SQL to
Java bridge allows developers to visually select Java classes by choosing Import Java
Classes menu option. This will generate a PL/SQL package to interface with that
class. Since PL/SQL can be called from any report object, Java can now be called
from any report object. This opens up reports development to Java programmers
interested in quickly developing high quality output while encouraging use of open
coding standards.

As an example, you could use a third party JavaBean that generates a barcode-
image to generate barcodes for you. This allows you to incorporate Java
components into your reports allowing for maximum use of modular coding.
This also allows you to share logic between the paper and Web layouts.
Modification to the JavaBean would result in the changes showing up in both the
paper and Web layout thereby minimizing maintenance costs. . We provide an

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example of using a bar code Java bean and using the Java Importer in the reports
case book.

Oracle JDeveloper integration

Oracle Reports has been integrated within Oracle JDeveloper to allow Java
developers to leverage the powerful publishing capabilities of Oracle Reports
within their Java applications.
Developers can create a new JSP based Web report or a Pluggable Destination
from within Oracle JDeveloper. The Reports JSP objects appear in the object
gallery within Oracle JDeveloper. Oracle Reports can be coded by hand, or the
Oracle Reports Builder can be launched from within Oracle JDeveloper. Once the
report is created and the Oracle Reports Builder exited, control is returned back to
Oracle JDeveloper.
Another integration feature is the running and debugging of Oracle Reports JSP’s
from within Oracle JDeveloper. This allows the developer to set breakpoints, trace
variable values and determine logic flow for the JSP. Oracle Reports’ custom JSP
tags appear within Oracle JDeveloper’s JSP tag palette to facilitate easy report
editing.

Oracle Software Configuration Manager

Oracle Software Configuration Manager is a single central location where all
application components including business logic can be stored. This gives you
complete control over your application development environment. The Oracle
Software Configuration Manager includes features such as version control, impact
analysis, check-in/check-out of all the related application components. Oracle
Reports is integrated with the Oracle Software Configuration Manager which allows
you to easily control your reports in a seamless integrated environment.

ORACLE APPLICATION SERVER - REPORTS SERVICES

Oracle Application Server Reports Services has been redesigned specifically for the
support of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition architecture (J2EE). Oracle
Reports Services integrates seamlessly with servlets, JSPs, and other middle-tier
application components and services.

Server Enhancements
There are many new features and customization options for OracleAS Reports
Services. The caching service is now persistent, so that cached output remains
available even after the OracleAS Reports Services is restarted. Out-of-the-box
destinations, such as cache, e-mail, and printer are coded using the standard API.
You can define additional output destinations, such as FAX and FTP services.
Using the provided Java APIs, you can customize or extend the other built-in
services, such as security, caching, and logging.

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Oracle Reports Services status information is available in XML or HTML format,
for easy electronic processing, customizing the UI, or providing information to
other services.

Headless Server Support

In UNIX environments, OracleAS Reports Services can run on server

environments with and without Motif environments present. This allows you to
leverage any kind of server hardware (e.g. blade-style servers) that usually don’t
have a Motif environment.

Deployment Architecture
Oracle Reports has embraced JSP and servlet technologies to bring to life to a static
HTML Web page by adding dynamic content to it using Oracle Reports. Oracle
Reports has also enhanced its use of servlet technology. Servlets provide a Java
based alternative to CGI programs. Servlets provide a platform-independent
method for building Web-based applications, without the performance limitations
of CGI programs.

JSP based Web reports are deployed using a Web browser following standard URL
syntax:

http://<yourweblistner>/examples/abc.jsp?<args>
where <args> contains parameters such as reports server name and userid
Note: that this is different from executing the CGI and Servlet executables in the
fact that the JSP itself is actually executed.
JSP’s allow developers to embed data into a Web page to create a functional and
good looking JSP Web reports. Web Pages are the primary output for Oracle
Reports, but JSPs can also be incorporated into XML, WML or other mark up
languages. This quickly expands the usage of JSP’s for more than populating
HTML web pages, it opens up the possibilities of publishing to other devices such
as digital assistants or wireless phones.
Reports deployed as a Servlet require a Web browser with the following URL
syntax:

http:// <yourweblistner>/servlet/rwservlet?<args>

where <args> contains parameters such as report name, reports server name,
userid, desformat and destype
The servlet is used to deploy paper reports which provides all of the advanced
features such as distribution and PDF enhancements.

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PDF Enhancements
Adobe’s PDF has long served as the output medium of choice for ‘Board Room’
quality reports, so we have upgraded our driver to version 1.4 of the standard. This
upgrade brings the following benefits:

Compression

Oracle Reports takes advantage of PDF’s enhanced data compression. This means
smaller PDF files making viewing and downloading quicker. The amount of space
saved using compression varies based on the contents of the report for items such
as the number of images versus the amount of text.
By default, PDF output from Oracle Reports will be compressed. Compressed files
are about one fifth the size of the original file. Compression is automatically turned
on when running a report, but can be switched off or varied with command line
options.
There are many factors that contribute to the compression rate. Items like images
are typically already compressed, so reports containing a large number of images
will not see as much compression as those without images. Large amounts of data
and multiple fonts, styles and templates can achieve higher compression rates
although actual compression rates will vary.

Multi-byte Character Support

Oracle Reports has long supported displaying of multi-byte characters in Postscript

and HTML. And now this has been extended to PDF. You can produce reports
that display text in Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, and Korean.
The Adobe Asian font packs must be installed on your system to produce this
output. These font packs can be downloaded from Adobe’s Web site.

Font Embedding & Subsetting

Oracle Reports can embed fonts into the report itself. It reduces the reliance of
having the font installed on every machine where the report may be run. This
establishes and maintains a standard look and feel for the report no matter where it
is distributed. Note: embedding is only supported for type1 single byte fonts only.

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 TrueType, Multi-byte and Unicode fonts cannot be
embedded. Both the Multi-byte and Unicode fonts are
very large in size, it would make the report size
unreasonable.
Subsetting is similar to embedding in that the fonts are
actually included in the report itself. Subsetting includes
only those characters used in the report. Basically, you
have a custom font set created and stored in the report
consisting of those characters in the report. To see what
fonts make up your document, you can view the fonts
contained in your PDF file when using the Adobe Acrobat
reader by choosing File>Document info>Fonts. This will
display a dialog box with all font which are contained
within the open document.

Accessibility and Enterprise Reporting

The American’s with Disabilities Act requires that output is

accessible to users utilizing screen readers. Adobe has
added features in PDF 1.4 to permit screen readers to “read” PDF documents with
Adobe acrobat reader 5.0 and an accessibility plug-in. Oracle Reports has added
properties to allow developers to specify the tags to use when producing PDF
output.

Portal integration
Oracle Reports includes tight integration with OracleAS Portal, a Web-based
application development environment for building and deploying e-business
portals. OracleAS Portal is shipped as a component of Oracle Application Server.
Oracle Reports makes it easy to deploy a report to an OracleAS Portal page. The
report can be displayed as a hyperlink in a content page or as a static HTML page.
When the hyperlink is clicked, the results of the report are displayed. You can set
up the report to display a static report output page or have it actually run the report
each time the hyperlink is clicked. By setting up a schedule, you can run the report
automatically to provide the latest data available for the report. Push functionality
can create a new hyperlink for each time the report is run or it can overwrite the
existing hyperlink. Either way, it ensures that your customers are getting the latest
information available.
Oracle Reports also allows you to deploy a report as a portlet or modular
component of a Web page. This feature enables you to have multiple reports
and/or other information displayed in a single OracleAS Portal page.

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Portlet Support
A Portlet is a reusable component, the basic building block of a portal page.
Portlets produce part of a Web page in either HTML or XML/XSL. Oracle
Reports leverages the existing OracleAS Portal infrastructure to include Portlets
created with Oracle Reports into the Portal page. Oracle Reports is a portlet
provider within OracleAS Portal. This means that Oracle Reports can publish to a
content page. Pages within OracleAS Portal allow users a personalized entry point
within the Portal framework. Pages are dynamically assembled and formatted
according to the portlets and layout chosen for that page. Because of the Portal
page layouts, Portlets are typically JSP based Web reports and can conform easily to
the modular space allocated.
A portlet is HTML or XML/XSL that presents information in a standardized,
consistent, and secure manner. Oracle Reports ability to produce JSPs makes it an
ideal portlet provider and is an out-of-the-box solution to easily enable your portal
page with current and useful information. Multiple portlets can be deployed to a
single page, aggregating information retrieved from many sources of data.

Oracle Single Sign-On Integration

With the increasing use of Web-based e-business applications companies are
deploying for employees, customers, and partners, businesses are considering a
Single Sign-On functionality. With single sign-on, each user maintains only one
identity and password for all applications they access under single sign-on.

With respect to the Single Sign-On functionality for Oracle Reports, a distinction
must be made between the authentication to the Reports Server and the
authentication to subsequently accessed data sources.
This two-level authentication is necessary, because the access to a report does not
necessarily mean, that this user has access to the required data even if it is retrieved
using a pluggable data source.
External data sources typically use different authentication mechanisms. An XML
datastream from one system most likely will have a different access requirement
than access to a JDBC data source.

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The report authentication itself is tied into the Login-Server/OID mechanism of
OracleAS. For the data source authentication, Oracle Reports leverages OID
Extended Preferences Functionality.
For the first execution of a report, the user is prompted to authenticate themselves.
Once this succeeds, the report will run. If data source connect information is
needed (if an administrator has not pre-seeded the Extended Preferences), the user
will be prompted for it. The supplied connect information is then saved in the
secure password store of OID under the single-signon-user-schema. Whenever the
user executes the report, the data source connection information is retrieved from
the Extended Preferences area of the Single-Sign-On user running the report. In
case the authentication fails, the user can use OID’s self service user interface
(DAS) to change the connection information.

Event-based Publishing
It is often desirable to run a report that is triggered by some event that has
happened in your database. With Oracle Reports, you can execute a report utilizing
a set of supplied PL/SQL stored procedures that can be called from a database
trigger to run the report when the data is inserted. The trigger invokes the
OracleAS Reports Services and the job is submitted to the server.
For example, when an employee submits an expense report, new data is being
inserted into the database. This insert event can cause a database trigger or an
Advanced Queuing (AQ) message or both to occur, which sends a report to the
employee’s manager on a portal page or in an e-mail message asking for approval
on this expense report.
The API provides you with easy-to-use methods to create a parameter-list and send
a job to the reports-server.

Web Service
In addition to the PL/SQL based approach OracleAS Reports Services also
provides a Web Service Interface that allows you to submit Jobs via a SOAP based
message.
You can use this interface to leverage OracleAS Reports Services from your Java
application.

Bursting and Distribution

With Oracle Reports, bursting and distribution have been further extended. You
now have the ability to burst on repeating data within a report. For example, based
on the department, a report can be distributed to employees within that
department. This ensures that each user only receives information that is relevant
and appropriate for them. For example, the manager of Department 10 will get an
e-mail with the salary information for employees in Department 10; the manager of
Department 20 will only be e-mailed the salary information for employees in

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Department 20, while a summary contains all departments information may be
printed out for the CEO of the company.
More importantly, the report is actually run only once, and the output is sent to the
different sets of users according to the requirements. You only have the overhead
of a single data fetch and format in order to distribute the report.
Oracle Reports enhanced bursting and distribution allows you to distribute a report
to different media, such as paper, e-mail, HTML, or even delimited output (Excel).
This can be accomplished using an XML defined distribution file or by setting the
distribution property for the report. Clicking on the distribution property displays
the Distribution dialog box.
For more complex distributions, you can create an XML file which follows the
distribution DTD file format. Please refer to the OracleAS Publishing Reports
manual for a complete sample configuration file and syntax.

E-mail
Report e-mail distribution has been enhanced in the new OracleAS Reports
Services. E-mail distribution is now based on the Internet e-mail standard SMTP
protocol.
Further enhancements allow you to enter a descriptive “Subject”, and include the
report in the body of the e-mail or as an attachment. Oracle Reports now supports
all the attributes available in the SMTP e-mail header (such as TO, FROM, CC,
BCC, ReplyTo, etc.) and these can be static or dynamic values from the report
itself.
Oracle Reports Builder now includes an e-mail dialog box. When e-mailing a
report you can use this dialog box to set the From, To, CC, BCC, ReplyTo,
Subject, and the format of the report.
These same options are also available as command line options. For example, set
the destype=mail and the desname=someone@biz.com subject=”your report
attached <report_name> ”. Note that the To equates to the desname, all other
parameters take on the appropriate associated name (e.g., subject, bcc, cc, from,
etc.).

Open Environment – Plug ins

Openness is another key feature of Oracle Reports. APIs allow you to add your
own implementation for access to data sources, engines, security, notification,
distribution and cache.
You can write your own data access methods for data that is specific to your
business. When written to the PDS API, you can specify the icons to be displayed
in the data model and report wizard of Oracle Reports.

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OracleAS Reports Services allows you to utilize its functionality with your own
engine or job type. The Reports engine is the default implementation that we
provide. However, you can take advantage of the security, notification, distribution
and cache features of Oracle Reports Services utilizing your own engine code. An
example of an engine could be a Java class that utilizes an operating system call to
package up a series of reports into a zip file and then distributes that file using e-
mail to a defined set of users.
You can create your own security mechanisms for controlling access to reports,
printers and OracleAS Reports Servers can be configured to submit notifications
upon success or failure of a job. Besides using the default implementation, sending
an email, you can now implement your own notification mechanisms.
Oracle Reports offers distribution to various destinations out-of-the-box to cache,
e-mail and printers. You can add your own destinations such as fax and FTP using
the pluggable destination API.
If you already have a caching mechanism in place, you can replace the default
caching with your own caching mechanism for the output of the OracleAS Reports
Services using pluggable caching API.
Included in Oracle Reports is an example implementation of a pluggable engine
called the URL Engine. Its purpose is to be able to run any URL through Oracle
Reports Services submitted to it. A new command line parameter called jobType
lets the server know to use the URL Engine. Another command line parameter
called urlParameter identifies the URL whose contents will be processed. The URL.
Engine will execute the URL and cache the results returned by the URL into the
OracleAS Reports Services cache. These results can then be distributed by the
OracleAS Reports Services distribution mechanism.

Integration with Oracle Workflow

Oracle Reports is now available as an activity in Oracle Workflows Workflow
Builder. You can add a report job (e.g. Print an Invoice) into your overall workflow.

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Oracle Enterprise Manager Integration
Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) is Oracle’s single, integrated solution for
administering and monitoring global enterprises.
OracleAS Reports Services is completely integrated with OEM enabling you to
monitor and control your servers. Starting and stopping of individual Reports
Servers, monitoring the reports in the queues, viewing the amount of computer
resources used are some of the features which are available through OEM. In the
following graphic, OracleAS Reports Services show up as components of the
Oracle Application Server.

By clicking on the OracleAS Reports Services, addition information is displayed

about the specific OracleAS Reports Services such as performance, status and
configuration information. You can also view the job queue information and
configuration, trace and log files. The OracleAS Reports Services section contains
general, performance and administration information.
You can quickly see if the OracleAS Reports Services is a part of a cluster and how
many resources it is consuming. You can also edit the OracleAS Reports Services
configuration file including checking for proper syntax. Once these changes are
saved, the individual OracleAS Reports Services must be restarted to incorporate
the changes made. This can all be accomplished through OEM.

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CONCLUSION
Oracle Reports can create reports using Any Data to produce output in Any
Format and deliver the boardroom quality reports Anywhere.

ANY DATA
Pluggable data sources allow access to any defined datasource. Several PDSs are
included out-of-the-box and an open API gives you unlimited access to any
datasource your company needs. Unlimited queries, multiple concurrent
connections and the ability to join data from different sources provides unrivaled
flexibility. Parameters and lexical variables provide support for customization and
refining the data retrieved for the report. Single Sign-On support makes seamless
integrated deployment easy.

ANY FORMAT
Oracle Reports Builder allows for complex, frame-based layouts giving you
complete control over the placement of objects within the report. Easy to use
wizards give you the ability to quickly create and modify your report definitions.
Conditional formatting and drill-down reports via text and graph hyperlinks can
easily be incorporated into your report. Multi-byte support including UNICODE,
format in PDF 1.4, Postscript, PCL, Word (RTF), Excel (CSV), XML, Text,
HTML, and HTMLCSS allow you to disseminate information to the widest
possible audience or use JSP’s to produce output in other formats.

ANYWHERE
With pluggable destinations, you can add additional destinations to those included
out-of-the-box, such as Printer, e-mail, and Portal. Enhanced bursting based on
repeating data gives you more finite control over content management.
Administration of the OracleAS Reports Services is now integrated with OEM and
peer-to-peer clustering improves scalability. Reports triggered by a database event
or scheduled reports can help automate information dissemination or decision
making for your business.

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Oracle Reports New Features
September 2003
Author: Philipp Weckerle, JimSafcik

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