What is RTF template in BI Publisher?

Rich Text Format (RTF) is a specification used by common word processing applications, such as Microsoft Word. When you save a document, RTF is a file type option that you select. BI Publisher’s RTF Template Parser converts documents saved as the RTF file type to XSL-FO.

What is layout template in XML Publisher?

Layout template defines how the user views the output, basically it can be developed using Microsoft word document in rft (rich text format) or Adobe pdf format. The data output in xml format (from Data template) will be loaded in layout template at run time and the required final output file is generated.

How do I create a BI Publisher report?

To define a new report:

  1. While logged into Oracle BI Publisher as Administrator, click the Reports tab.
  2. Click Home, then click the My Folders link.
  3. Click Create a new report in the Folders and Report Tasks menu.
  4. Enter Invoices as the report name, then click Create.
  5. Click Edit under the newly created report.
  6. Click Report.

How do I create a BI Publisher PDF template?

  1. 7.1 Overview. To create a PDF template, take any existing PDF document and apply the BI Publisher markup.
  2. 7.2 Requirements.
  3. 7.3 Designing the Template.
  4. 7.4 Adding Markup to the Template.
  5. 7.5 Creating a Placeholder.
  6. 7.6 Defining Groups of Repeating Fields.
  7. 7.7 Adding Page Numbers and Breaks.
  8. 7.8 Performing Calculations.

What is an RTF file?

RTF stands for Rich Text Format and is a universal document file format and is easily read by many of the word-processing packages. It is particularly useful to those using a different word-processing package from those used on campus.

Where do you register data and layout templates?

And register the template using the data definition created. Go to XML Publisher Administrator->Data Definitions->Create Data definition. At the runtime the concurrent managers request interface will present the list of available templates with respect to the data definition registered.

How do I create a data template in XML Publisher?

XML Publisher Report from XML Data Template

  1. Create a RDF or SQL or PL/SQL procedure.
  2. Register the RDF or SQL or PL/SQL report as a concurrent program and set the output to XML.
  3. Run the above report and get the output and save it as a XML file.
  4. Use the XML data in building the Template using Microsoft Word.

What is Obi reporting tool?

Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) is a Business Intelligence (BI) tool by Oracle Corporation. Its proven architecture and common infrastructure producing and delivering enterprise reports, scorecards, dashboards, ad-hoc analysis, and OLAP analysis provides a rich end-user experience.

What are BIP reports?

BIP :- BIP is the customize reporting tool. Oracle Fusion has provided BIP to create custom reports or to meet the need of the business which is not achievable through OTBI reporting tool. BIP is most similar like Oracle RDF report in which we creates Data Models , Different -2 groups then Link groups with Data Links.

How do I show parameter value in RTF template?

Display Parameter Values in RTF Template

  1. We can build XML report by using RDF (By using report builder) and Data templates.
  2. Here we are going learn in both ways how show Parameter values.
  3. Take formula column at report level write the following coding in PLSQL block.
  4. Refer the XML tag into the RTF.