Delivering Oracle Success

R12 In Depth: Focus on Report Manager

Cindy Harpring RMOUG QEW August 19, 2011

About DBAK
Oracle solution provider Co-founded in 2005 Based in Englewood, CO 2008 Emerging Business of the Year South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce More than 140 implementations, upgrades, conversions, and support projects for 90+ clients Average 15 years of Oracle expertise Oracle Gold Partner OEM Specialized

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What is Oracle Report Manager? What does Oracle Report Manager Do? Configuration for Oracle Report Manager Financial Report Template Editor Publishing an FSG Report Report Repository Security Options Things to Consider Q&A

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Oracle Report Manager Is

Online report distribution system Provides secure, centralized location Produce and manage point-in-time reports Users can be Report producers = submit, publish, and set security for reports Report consumers = view and approve reports Use templates to integrate reports displayed by Report Manager using your organization's individual style It replaces and enhances the former Desktop ADI Request Center

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Oracle Report Manager Can

Enable report producers to submit and publish to a central repository: Financial Statement Generator (FSG) reports Ad Hoc FSG reports Variable Format reports Standard reports Present reports in the repository to report consumers Accessible by users through Web browser Offers approval requirement before viewing reports Permits report availability in a future timeframe Allows viewing reports as spreadsheets, HTML or PDF files Secures reports by content security models and through repository security User to Value Custom Flexfield segment Provides archive facility to maintain reports for future reference

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Oracle Report Manager Configuration

System Administrator responsibility

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Navigate: Application-Menu Query User Menu: Report Manager Security Menu Financial Report Submission Financial Report Template Editor Repository Management Security Workbench Standard Report Submission Upload File Variable Report Submission Report Set Definition Report Set Publish Report Set Publishing Options Request Set Publish Request Set Publishing Options Ad Hoc FSG Submission Account Analysis and Drilldown Main Page FSG Drilldown: Launch Page no prompt needed FSG Drilldown: Select Content Set Rows no prompt needed FSG Drilldown: Effective Range Selection Page no prompt needed FSG Drilldown: Balance Inquiry Page no prompt needed
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Add the following prompts and functions to the menu:

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Assign GL Concurrent Program Group to the Report Manager responsibility

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Financial Report Template Editor Setup

For Microsoft Excel 2007 and newer: Choose the MS Office button Choose Excel Options In the Trust Center choose Trust Center Settings button Select macro settings category Select the Trust access to the VBA project object model Click OK button

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Financial Report Template Editor Setup

Select macro settings category Select the Trust access to the VBA project object model Click OK button

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Financial Report Template Editor Setup

For Microsoft Excel 2003 and earlier:
Click on Tools Go to Macro Go to and click on Security Select Medium in Security Level tab Click OK button

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Create Report Templates

Create templates in Excel Modify templates in Excel Upload templates to the Template Manager

At runtime when the template is selected, the report data is published in the format defined

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Create Report Templates

Navigate: Financial Report Template Editor Enter/select report name

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Create Report Templates

Choose to create a new template Select Excel Template Editor from the Editor Selection list Click Create button

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Create Report Templates

The Excel spreadsheet with default formatting is created and opened in Excel

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Create Report Templates

Accept the default layout or edit the template as desired: Change row or column size Change font, size, color and alignment Update cell formatting Format negative numbers Change page margins Select portrait or landscape orientation Insert images such as logos

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When the spreadsheet is complete select
Add Ins Oracle Upload (Excel 2007 or higher Oracle Upload (earlier versions of Excel)

Enter template name and description Check Enable Drill button to allow drilldown capability Click Upload button

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Create Report Templates

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Create Report Templates

Upload progress and confirmation is displayed

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Publishing a Report
Navigate: Financial Report Submission Enter/select report name Enter/select period Select other options as needed Click Next button

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Publishing a Report

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Publishing a Report
Select the template Select the AutoArchive option Select Security option Click Next button

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Publishing a Report

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Publishing a Report
Review/select storage location Click Next button

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Publishing a Report
Optionally select to create a menu item for the report Click Next button

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Publishing a Report
Review parameters Click Submit button

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Publishing a Report
Concurrent request ID is displayed Click Monitor Request button

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Publishing a Report
Click Refresh button to show process completed Click Output icon to view report with template Select View Report Now link Select Output Type

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Publishing a Report
Report opens with template in selected Output format

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Financial Report Drilldown

Double-click on an amount in the report to view the details of transactions totaling the amount displayed Can update some of the drilldown parameters, if desired

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Financial Report Drilldown

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Financial Report Drilldown

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Report Repository
All reports submitted through Report Manager are stored in the reports repository Allows an organization to:
Organize and view completed reports Update publishing and security options for completed reports Archive and delete reports

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Report Repository
Use the Repository Management menu item to access the workbench

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Security Options
Four Security Models: None Individual user access to reports is determined by assigned responsibility(ies) Flexfield Value Security Standard flexfield value security (GL Security Rules or Data Access Sets) is attached to a responsibility and applied to publishing and viewing financial reports User to Value Security Security can be defined in Oracle Report Manager to control access to secured financial reports PL/SQL Based Security Create and apply custom security suited to an organizations specific needs
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Security Options
Flexfield Value Security The report is a financial report (FSG) The report is submitted with a content set Exactly one segment value in the content set has a display type of PE (Page/Expand) Choose the security in the report submission parameter User to Value Security Applied to FSGs that use a content set or standard reports that contain a valid expansion value Based on segment values for reports published in the repository View reports based on a segment value and framed by a security model set for the specific user(s)

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Security Options
User to Value Security Setups
Select participating valuesets Assign user privileges to values within the valuesets

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Assign users to value or values to user

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Security Options
While submitting the report select the security type to apply

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Error message received when accessing restricted value

Check assigned security through Security Workbench

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Things to Consider
Need an Oracle log-in to access reports, but uses the Oracle Applications Self Services Web Applications Requires XML Publisher (XDO Engine) for publishing reports with logos and formatting FSGs must be defined in the General Ledger Standard reports must be assigned to the request group assigned to the Report Manager responsibility(ies) Ensure the GL: Data Access Set profile option is set correctly for the Report Manager responsibility (pointed to the correct ledger or ledger set)
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Things to Consider
Templates are report-specific
Templates need to be defined for each report published through Report Manager, including Standard reports Can use the seeded Generic FSG Template with any FSG report Cannot modify the seeded Generic FSG Template

Standard report templates must be defined from the XML Publisher responsibility Run reports with content sets only in the sequentially processing mode
XML Publisher does not support the parallel type processing with content sets
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Things to Consider
Cannot use Report Manager to define or update FSG report components at this time Helpful notes from My Oracle Support: 436502.1 Drilldown error resolution 734015.1 How to Publish FSG Reports 1113366.1 FAQs Ensure Patch 6884280 (R12) is applied for Repository Maintenance prior to running the maintenance program

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Questions

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Contact
Cindy Harpring 720.475.8600 charpring@dbaknow.com Presentation available at: www.dbaknow.com/downloads

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