Oracle XML Publisher
Enterprise Reporting and Delivery
Salim Odero
Principal Sales Consultant, E-Business Suite Technology
Oracle Corporation
Which Report Would You
Rather Have?
…Or this one?
XML Publisher Report Output
This one?
Oracle Confidential
XML Publisher Reduces
Costs
Document Management Requirements
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Rich Formatted Reports
Partner Reports
Financial Statements
Government forms
Marketing materials
Contracts
Checks, Labels
XML
EFT / EDI
Multiple destinations
Checks
Invoices
Labels
Destinations
Reports
XML / EFT / EDI
High Maintenance Costs
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3rd party software and custom
solutions are required to satisfy
business requirements
Checks
Invoices
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Invoice
Server
Highly-skilled engineers required
to maintain the 3rd party software
servers
Costly
Labels
Time consuming
Complex systems
Expensive maintenance
Labor intensive
Label
Manager
Destinations
Check Print
Server
Report
Formatter
Reports
Delivery
Server
Payment
Server
XML / EFT / EDI
XML Publisher: Reduce Complexity & Costs
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Oracle XML Publisher
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Authoring
Managing
Delivering
Checks
Invoices
Your Business Documents
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Meet Business Requirements
Labels
Remove Complexity
Reduce Maintenance Cost
Reduce Total Cost
Destinations
Reports
XML / EFT / EDI
A New Look For Your Business
Customer Productivity
Flexible Customization
Using Classic Reporting Tools
Add
another
field
Requirements Updates…
Font size
change
Reflect
all
changes
Margin
chang
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Report files
Maintenance forever…
Report Output
Classic Reporting Tools Issues
Data logic
Layout
Report file
Translation
High development cost
High customization cost
Difficult upgrade
XML Publisher Advantage
Separate data / layout / UI translation
Data Logic
Layout
XML Publisher
Translation
Flexibility
Reduced maintenance
Report
output
XML Publisher Development
 Business consultants use familiar
desktop tools for layout customization
 Support for Multiple Data Sources
XSL
Report Templates
XSL-FO
XML
Formatting Engine
Multiple
Data Sources
Rapid Deployment
Report Output
From Data to Destination
PDF
Oracle,
SQL Server
RTF
HTML
Oracle PeopleSoft,
Siebel
XML Publisher
XSL
Java, C++,
Pearl, etc
Web Services
Data Source
Email
Templates
•Word
•XML Spy
•Excel
•JDeveloper
•Acrobat •Scriptura
Layout Tools
Printer
Excel
Fax
XML
EDI
WebDAV
EFT
e-Commerce
Output
Destinations
Inbound Document Capture
EFT
Banking
EFT
Excel
Controller
MSWord
XML Publisher
Supplier
PDF
Application Data
XML
Government
Inbound documents converted to
XML and fed back to database
XML
B2B
Set Up
 Create MS Word or Adobe Acrobat Template
 Register Template with XML Publisher
 Run Concurrent Request Output with XML
Publisher template as output option
Deli vered Report Output
Screenshot
Concurrent Program Definition
XML Output File
XML Publisher Template
Manager Screenshot
Oracle Applications
Standardizing on
XML Publisher
Apps Products Utilizing
XML Publisher
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HRMS/HCM
DBI/PMV
Purchasing
Contracts
Sourcing
Quoting
FSG
eRecords
Loans
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Financials
Consolidation Hub
AP / AR / FA
EPB
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Order Management
iStore
Project Contracts
Marketing
Student Services
Discrete Manufacturing
Process Manufacturing
Bill Presentment
Internal Controls Manager
Global Financials
Sub Ledger Accounting
SCM
Projects
Human Resources
Oracle Human Resources
Business Requirements
 Generate Employee tax
forms
 Support multiple states
and continuation pages
 Single and Batch
processing
 Access from Self Service
Implementation
 PDF Form Templates
 XMLP Common Regions
 XML APIs (Batch)
Payments
Oracle Payments
Business Requirements
 Generate Electronic
Funds Transfer files
 Support 160 formats
 Very large data input
support
 Deliver via FTP, HTTP
Implementation
 eText Templates
 Delivery Manager
Sourcing
Oracle Sourcing
Business Requirements
 Generate integrated
output with Contract info
 Advanced formatting
 Self service interaction
Implementation
 RTF/XSLFO Templates
 Multiple data sources
/templates
 Integrated into self service
application
Financials
Oracle Financials
Business Requirements
 Generate High Fidelity
Output
 Allow end user
customization
 10000+ page output
 No change for report
consumers
Implementation
 RTF Templates
 Scalable transformation
 Concurrent Manager
Integration
DBI
Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence
Business Requirements
 Generate High Fidelity
Output from HTML
 User level customization
 Support Images/ Charts
 Support dynamic links
Implementation
 RTF Templates
 Charting support
 Advanced layout features
Customer
Implementations
Customers
Qualcomm Inc
Business Requirements
 Generate Customer Facing Output
 18 Invoice formats
 Multiple output formats
 EFT Output
 Empower functional users to build
layouts
Implementation
 RTF Templates
 eText Templates
 Template Builder
Dell Inc
Business Requirements
 Generate Customer Facing Output
 Multiple Data Sources
 Translation support
 Multiple Delivery Channels
 High Volume ~10000 docs/hr
 Keep database load to a minimum
Implementation
 RTF Templates
 Delivery Manager
 Watermarking support
 Install XMLP on separate
server
Patches and Papers
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XML Publisher 4.5 - 3554613
XML Publisher 5.0 – 3822219
XML Publisher 5.0.1 - 4236958 (Core bug fixes)
Template Builder Plugin - 4239263 incl user guide, demos, etc
Conc Manager Integration – 3435480
Please check the associated About Documents for these patches prior to
application
 Check Printing Paper – Note:312353.1
 Single Step Reporting Paper - Note:295409.1
 Public Site
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/applications/publishing/index.html
Oracle XML Publisher
Thank You for Your Interest