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What’s New in BI Publisher 11gMike DonohueMike DonohueDirector, BI Product Management

The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver anycontract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.The development release and timing of anyThe development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

Agenda

<Insert Picture Here>• Introduction• Layout Editor• Data Model Editor• Scheduler Enhancements• More Features

Q & A• Q & A

Oracle BI Publisher

• All your Reports and Documents

• Easier

• FasterFaster

• Better ManagedBetter Managed

All your Reports and Documents

Purchase Orders

Government Forms

Labels / Bar Codes

Collateral

Invoices

Operational Reports

CorrespondenceFinancial Statements

Checks

MasterCard Worldwide

EasierEasier

Challenge• 90 days and 3 people

(incl. 3rd party vendor) to implement POs

Result• 3 days and 1 person to

p• 50 Operating Units

3 days and 1 person to implement POs

• 12x faster w/ 1 person

DELL Inc.

FasterFaster

Requirements• Multiple Data Sources• Translate to 20+ LanguagesTranslate to 20+ Languages• Keep database load to a minimum

Result• High Volume ~20,000 docs/hrHigh Volume 20,000 docs/hr

(60,000 to 80,000 pages/hr)• Database Load < +5%

Gallup

Better ManagedBetter Managed

Challenge• 200+ Crystal Reports• Duplicate reports

Results30 P bli h t

p p• Hard to use, hard to

manage

• 30 Publisher reports (85% reduction)

• 3 months w/ one f/t report developer

Oracle BI Publisher

Integration with over 30 Oracle ApplicationsIntegration with over 30 Oracle Applications and Products

Over 35,000 customers

Fully integrated with Business Intelligence Enterprise Editionte p se d t o

Oracle BI Publisher 11g

• 150,000+ Person Hours150,000 Person Hours• Innovation• IntegrationIntegration • Performance & Scalability

• BI Publisher Layout EditorWeb based WYSIWYG layout

• Tighter integration with OBIEEWeb catalog integration– Web-based WYSIWYG layout

design editor– Interactive HTML output format

• Data Model EditorC bi d t f lti l

– Web catalog integration– Home page integration– Security integration

• Sub Templates & Style T l t– Combine data from multiple

data sources– Filter & structure data– New data sources: Excel,

LDAP VO

Templates• PDF Optimization• JDeveloper & ADF integration• Redesigned Web interfaceLDAP, VO

• Scheduling & Bursting Enhancements– Dedicated servers in clustered

• Redesigned Web interface

environment– Recurrence Patterns– Multiple named outputs to

multiple destinations

• Focus on 3 featuresFocus on 3 features• Layout Editor• Data Model EditorData Model Editor• Scheduler

Agenda

Q & A• Q & A

Layout EditorWYSIWIG Layout DesignerWYSIWIG Layout Designer

Ribbon Style Menu

Data Source bringsall the fields definedin the data model

Layout EditorWYSIWIG Layout Designer

Properties forAdvanced user Context Sensitive

Ribbon Style Menu

WYSIWIG Layout Designer

Layout EditorHigh fidelity pixel perfect report outputHigh fidelity pixel perfect report output

Layout EditorInteractive outputInteractive output

D E M O N S T R A T I O ND E M O N S T R A T I O N

Agenda

<Insert Picture Here>• Introduction• Layout Editor• Data Model Editor• Scheduler Enhancements • More Features

Q & A• Q & A

Data Model Editor

• Combine data from different data sources

• Structure data to optimize pdocument generation

Data Model Editor

• Support for new data sources• Excel

LDAP• LDAP• ADF View Object

Data Model Editor

• Create business friendly views by defining aliases for y y gXML element names

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Q & A• Q & A

Scheduler Enhancements

• Recurrence patterns• Hourlyy• Annually• Specific Dates

• Multiple outputsp p• Job & History

Management• Send from HistorySend from History• Dedicated Schedule &

Delivery Servers

Management• Send from HistorySend from History• Dedicated Schedule &

Delivery Servers

Management• Send from HistorySend from History• Dedicated

Schedule & Delivery ServersServers

• Multiple outputsTrack delivery status of multiple outputSend output after delivery

p p• Job & History

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Q & A• Q & A

BI Publisher InnovationStyle TemplateStyle Template

• Style Template defines styles of layout objects for RTF template

• Apply Style TemplateApply Style Template styles to RTF template at runtime

• Supported styles• Table• ParagraphParagraph• Header/Footer

BI Publisher InnovationSub TemplateSub Template

• Sub Template defines shared functions for RTF templatesp

• XSL or RTF• Examples:

• Rich text• Custom formatting• Custom CalculationCustom Calculation

BI Publisher InnovationTemplate Builder & RTF Template EnhancementsTemplate Builder & RTF Template Enhancements

• Ribbon Toolbar• Ribbon Toolbar• Gauges• Dual Y Charts• Running Totals• Form fields up to 40k• Group Left Enhancementsp• Style Templates• Sample Data• Business View support• Business View support• Non Admin User install

BI Publisher InnovationPDF OptimizationPDF Optimization

• Link to repeating gstatic pages

• Reduce size of PDF outputPDF output

BI Publisher InnovationHandle Ultra-large PDF filesHandle Ultra-large PDF files

• Split into smaller size files

• Provide index html to findindex.html to find needed documents

BI Publisher IntegrationTighter BIEE Suite Plus IntegrationTighter BIEE Suite Plus Integration

• Integrated gHome Page

• Shared RepositoryRepository

• Integrated Oracle FMW Security

BI Publisher IntegrationEnhanced Infrastructure – Lower TCOEnhanced Infrastructure – Lower TCO

Fusion Middleware integration• Oracle Fusion

Middleware Security • Performance

Monitoring• Logging and Error• Logging and Error

Registry• Audit Trail• Process Control

Agenda

<Insert Picture Here>• Introduction• Layout Editor• Data Model Editor• More Features• Q & A

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W t th l i t d t t liWe encourage you to use the newly minted corporate tagline“Software. Hardware. Complete.” at the end of all your presentations.This message should replace any reference to our previous corporate tagline “Oracle Is the Information Company.”

The preceding is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver anycontract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.The development release and timing of anyThe development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.