3.7 Part 7: Building Reports with Pluggable Data Sources

This part of the manual explains how you can build reports using pluggable data sources.

3.7.1 Building a report with an XML pluggable data source

Reports Builder enables you to use any data source you wish. In this example, you will learn how to use the XML pluggable data source that is provided with Oracle Reports.

Figure 3-43 Final output of the XML PDS example

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For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 45, "Building a Report with an XML Pluggable Data Source".

3.7.2 Building a report with a text pluggable data source

In this example, you will learn how to use character-delimited text as a data source.

Figure 3-44 Final output for the text PDS example

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For more information on building this example, refer to Chapter 46, "Building a Report with a Text Pluggable Data Source".