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Agenda
• XML/BI Publisher Introduction
• Needed patches for FSG
• Setups
• FSG Template Common Issues
• FSG Process Flows
• FSG Seeded Templates
– Differences, Advantages, Opportunities
– Sample Formatting
• Report Manager
• More Information/References
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BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher)
• XML Publisher
– Included free as part of E–Business Suite (as long
as only used against EBS tables)
– Current version 5.6.3
• 11i – 500 templates
• R12.1 – all reports are BI Publisher
– 2724 templates
• XML Publisher Administrator Responsibility
– Templates
– Data Definitions
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Needed FSG Patches
• Apply Latest FSG Patch - How to Find It And
Verify It's Been Applied [ID 189282.1]
– Identifies latest patches by release
– Shows unix commands to verify what has been
applied
• How To Determine Which FSG Patches Have
Been Applied In Release 11i, 12.0 and 12.1
[ID 549289.1]
• FSG Functional FAQ [ID 108236.1]
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Needed FSG Patches
• As of 3rd February, 2010 the latest FSG patches
are:
– 11.5
• 8640288 (with XML)
• 9013928 (without XML)
– 12.0
• 9182320:R12.RG.A
• 9276305:R12.GL.A for FSG drilldown
– 12.1.1 and 12.1.2
• 9182320:R12.RG.B
• 9276305:R12.GL.B for FSG drilldown
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Other Specific Patches for FSG
• 5887917 - Desktop Add–in for Word
– ORACLE XML PUBLISHER DESKTOP PATCH 5.6.3
– BI Publisher Desktop 10.1.3.2 contains the XML Publisher
5.6.3 core libraries and is intended to develop templates for
XML Publisher 5.6.3
• Server Side, XML Publisher
– XML Publisher part of ATG patches as of 11.5.10.2 RUP5
– Application Short Name is XDO
• Server Side, XBRL Publisher – 5745329 (Optional)
– Marries XML Publisher with XBRL taxonomies to produce
XBRL reports as required by outside agencies
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Setups
• Profile Options
– Concurrent: Report Access Level
• Cannot be NULL at Site level
• Set to U (User) or R (Responsibility)
• FSG XML Publisher FAQ [ID 370358.1]
– FSG: Create Numbers in XML
• Set to 'N' to block creation of attribute RealNum
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Setups
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Application Developer Æ Profile
• Create the profile option as shown below
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Application Developer Æ Profile
• Create profile option as shown below
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Setups
• Temporary File
Directory
– This is where the
report is generated
– Responsibility 'XML
Publisher
Administrator'
• Home | Administration
• Open 'General'
– Apps user must have
read/write privileges
• Cloning trouble spot!
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FSG Template Common Issues
• FSG Publishing with Report Manager using
Content Sets and Parallel Type Processing
causes Error [ID 552592.1]
– Cannot use parallel processing with content sets
• RGFSGXML One Step Program - Publish
FSG Report Throws ORA-06550 PLS-00306
[ID 787396.1]
– Issue with mismatch on number of parameters
– Check your patch levels
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FSG Template Common Issues
• Request 'Xml Report Publisher' Erroring With
XDOException When Published In PDF Format [ID
417810.1]
– Sequence/Position of columns must be in ascending order -
otherwise column width values become negative causing a
java error
• Xml Publisher Drops Two Columns And Changes
Template Alignment [ID 464418.1]
– Don't overlap columns and position in ascending order
• Signal 11 Error – A memory error which can have
several causes
– The latest patchset addresses current bug
– FSG definitions also can cause this error
– Note: Large FSG reports sometimes cause this error
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FSG process flows
• Two step process
– Request FSG Report using XML as the output option, either
from the Submit Financial Report window or from the Submit
Request window (Program - Run Financial Statement
Generator)
– From the concurrent manager, run the 'XML Report
Publisher' process, applying the relevant template
• One step process - run the Program - Publish FSG
Report from the Submit Request window
• Financial Report Submission from Report Manager
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Seeded Templates
• Generic FSG Template
(GENERICFSG_en.xsl)
• FSG: Basic Template (RGFSGXPB.rtf)
• FSG: Fixed Number of Columns
(FSGTEMP.rtf)
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Generic FSG Template
(GENERICFSG_en.xsl)
• Seeded template for Report Manager
• Should never be modified per How To Modify
The Generic FSG Template in Report
Manager [ID 388130.1]
• If using XML Publisher to create a custom
template for use in Report Manager and want
to use this as the basis, upload as a new
name
– Note: same My Oracle Support ID states that
Report Manager does not provide method of
creating generic template
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Creating Template in Report
Manager
• Navigate to Financial Report Template Editor
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FSG: Basic Template
(RGFSGXPB.rtf)
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FSG: Basic Template
(RGFSGXPB.rtf)
• FSG text output designed for four widths
– 80, 132, 180, 255
– Anything > 255 required export to spreadsheet
• XML subtracts margins from these totals using
10 CPI plus cell margin, for example
– 8 ½ X 11 paper, landscape
– Template has 1/2 inch margins, cell has .08 margin
• 132 minus 10 (margins) minus 2 (cell margin) minus 1
(currency format) = 119 maximum
– Must allow 1 extra space for any negatives if 'Currency:
Negative Format' not set to: –XXX
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FSG: Basic Template
(RGFSGXPB.rtf)
• Use 'Build Column Set' to verify ending
position of last column
• If exceeds "allowable end column", report
wraps to next page
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FSG: Basic Template
(RGFSGXPB.rtf)
• Font size of 'Report Data' element does not
shift horizontal placement
– If get too big, wraps within the column
• Proportional fonts still align numbers
• Negative Currency Format can cause number
to shift
– Text version properly aligns numbers
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FSG: Fixed Number of Columns
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Both Templates
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Same Parameters
as Standard FSG
Submission
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Template
with FSG
Template
editor
Security is
Available
Availability
Reviewers
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Repository Management
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Create Menu
Items for Reports
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More information
• Publisher Home Page
– http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-
publisher/index.html
• Publisher Demo Catalog
– http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-
publisher/demoshelf/Shelf.html
• Publisher Blog
– http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/
• Publisher Forum
– http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=2
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