Oracle XML Publisher Enterprise Reporting and Delivery Salim Odero Principal Sales Consultant, E-Business Suite Technology Oracle Corporation

Which Report Would You Rather Have? This one? … Or this one?

XML Publisher Reduces Costs

 Rich Formatted Reports  Partner Reports  Financial Statements  Government forms  Marketing materials  Contracts  Checks, Labels  XML  EFT / EDI  Multiple destinations Document Management Requirements Reports Checks Labels Destinations Invoices XML / EFT / EDI

Destinations High Maintenance Costs Check Print Server Payment Server Invoice Server Report Formatter Reports Label Manager Labels Delivery Server Checks XML / EFT / EDI  3 rd party software and custom solutions are required to satisfy business requirements  Highly-skilled engineers required to maintain the 3 rd party software servers  Costly  Time consuming  Complex systems  Expensive maintenance  Labor intensive Invoices

XML Publisher: Reduce Complexity & Costs XML / EFT / EDI Reports Checks Labels Destinations Invoices  Oracle XML Publisher – Authoring – Managing – Delivering Your Business Documents Meet Business Requirements Remove Complexity Reduce Maintenance Cost Reduce Total Cost

A New Look For Your Business

Customer Productivity Flexible Customization

Requirements Updates … Maintenance forever … Font size change Add another field Margin chang e Reflect all changes Report Output Using Classic Reporting Tools Report files

Data logicLayout Translation Report file Classic Reporting Tools Issues High development cost High customization cost Difficult upgrade

XML Publisher Advantage Separate data / layout / UI translation Report output Flexibility Reduced maintenance Data Logic Layout Translation XML Publisher

XML Publisher Development Report Templates Formatting Engine Report Output  Business consultants use familiar desktop tools for layout customization  Support for Multiple Data Sources XSL XML Rapid Deployment Multiple Data Sources XSL-FO

Web Services Templates XML EDI EFT Printer Fax WebDAV e-Commerce OutputDestinations Oracle, SQL Server Oracle PeopleSoft, Siebel Java, C++, Pearl, etc XML Publisher Data Source Word Excel Acrobat From Data to Destination XSL Layout Tools PDF RTF HTML Excel XML Spy JDeveloper Scriptura

Inbound Document Capture Application Data Controller Banking XML EFT Government EFT Excel MSWord PDF XML Publisher B2B XML Supplier Inbound documents converted to XML and fed back to database

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  HRMS/HCM  DBI/PMV  Purchasing  Contracts  Sourcing  Quoting  FSG  eRecords  Loans  Financials Consolidation Hub  AP / AR / FA  EPB  Order Management  iStore  Project Contracts  Marketing  Student Services  Discrete Manufacturing  Process Manufacturing  Bill Presentment  Internal Controls Manager  Global Financials  Sub Ledger Accounting  SCM  Projects

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) Human Resources

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 Payments

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 Sourcing

Oracle Financials Business Requirements  Generate High Fidelity Output  Allow end user customization  page output  No change for report consumers Implementation  RTF Templates  Scalable transformation  Concurrent Manager Integration Financials

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 DBI

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  XML Publisher  XML Publisher 5.0 –  XML Publisher (Core bug fixes)  Template Builder Plugin incl user guide, demos, etc  Conc Manager Integration – Please check the associated About Documents for these patches prior to application  Check Printing Paper – Note:  Single Step Reporting Paper - Note:  Public Site

Oracle XML Publisher Thank You for Your Interest