Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher

Course Outline

Getting Started with BI Publisher

• Logging in to Oracle BI Publisher and Navigating the Home Page
• Browsing the Catalog and Viewing the Reports
• Setting Preferences
• Configuring the Data Sources
• Types of Supported Data Sources
• Defining a JDBC Connection
• Configuring File Data Location
• Defining a JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) Connection

Creating a Data Model

• Defining Default Data Source, and Output Options
• Creating a SQL Query Data Set
• Viewing the XML Output and Saving the Sample Data
• Creating a Report

Building a Layout Using Layout Editor

• Launching the Layout Editor and Adding a Grid Layout
• Working with Charts
• Adding a Data Table to the Layout
• Formatting the Data, and Working with the Page Layout Features

Scheduling a Report

• Confirming that the Scheduler is Configured
• Defining Delivery Destinations
• Creating Scheduled Report Jobs
• Managing Job History and Jobs