Oracle Reports Services:
Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Internet Application Server
Version 1.0

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Symbols

<!-- -->, 8-31
<![CDATA[]]>, 8-32
<condition>, 8-33
<customize>, 8-35
<data>, 8-37
<dataSource>, 8-38
<exception>, 8-40
<field>, 8-42
<formLike>, 8-47
<formula>, 8-48
<function>, 8-50
<group>, 8-52
<groupAbove>, 8-54
<groupLeft>, 8-55
<labelAttribute>, 8-56
<layout>, 8-59
<link>, 8-62
<matrix>, 8-64
<matrixCell>, 8-67
<matrixCol>, 8-68
<matrixRow>, 8-69
<object>, 8-70
<programUnits>, 8-72
<properties>, 8-74
<property>, 8-75
<report>, 8-78
<section>, 8-80
<select>, 8-82
<summary>, 8-84
<tabular>, 8-88

A

access control
availability calendars, 6-11
batch registering reports, 6-3
debugging, 6-23
example, 6-5
installing security packages in WebDB, 6-4
Oracle Reports system administrator, 6-10
overview, 6-2
printers, 6-16
report definition files, 6-18
setting default parameters, 6-26
accessing
database, 6-6
demo tables, 6-6
ActiveX request method, 5-2
Apache server See Oracle HTTP Server
architecture
Oracle Reports Services, 2-3
Oracle Reports Services tier, 2-3
thin client, 2-3
Web server, 2-3
Oracle Reports services tier
database, 2-3
Web
server configurations, 2-4
authentication cookie
expiring, A-29
setting domain, 6-5
availability calendars, 6-11

B

batch
registering, 6-3
reporting
from a WebDB site, 6-30
Reports Queue Manager, 5-8
batch modifications to reports, 8-26
batch reporting
from a WebDB site, 5-8

C

cache size, B-1
clustering
configuration, 7-3
resubmitting, 7-7
running reports, 7-7
command line arguments, A-1
commands
AUTHID line argument, A-29
CUSTOMIZE line argument, 8-4, 8-20, 8-21, 8-26
DESFORMAT line argument, 5-3, 6-16
DESNAME line argument, 6-16
DESTYPE line argument, 5-3, A-4
line, 2-6
mapping URL parameter to line argument, 5-4
READONLY, A-9, A-12, A-13
REPORT line argument, 5-3, 8-4, 8-20
Reports Runtime, 5-2
RWCLI60, 5-1, 5-2
rwcli60, 8-21, 8-25
RWCLI60 line argument, A-1
RWRUN60, A-2, A-16
rwrun60, 8-11, 8-22, 8-26
SCHEDULE, A-22
SCHEDULE line argument, 7-7
SERVER line argument, 4-8, 5-8, 7-7, A-22, C-2
SHOWAUTH, A-2, A-29
sqlplus, 6-4
SRW.RUN.REPORT, 5-2
TOLERANCE line argument, 5-3
USERID line argument, 5-3, A-2, D-1
concepts, 2-1
configuring the Reports CGI, 4-6
Configuring the Reports Servlet, 4-2
configuring the Reports Servlet
with JSDK, 4-3
with JServ, 4-4
customization
overview, 8-2
XML report definition, 8-5

D

database tier, Oracle Reports Services, 2-3
debugging
restricted reports, 6-23
tracing options, 8-27
XML report definitions, 8-27
default printer
set access, 4-2
demo table, accessing, 6-6
duplicate job detection
multiple output destinations, 5-3
Oracle Reports Services handling, 5-2, A-23

E

environment variables
configuration, 4-7
REPORTS_PATH, 4-7
TNS_ADMIN, 4-7
examples
<!-- -->, 8-32
<![CDATA[]]>, 8-32
<condition>, 8-35
<customize>, 8-36
<data>, 8-37
<dataSource>, 8-39
<exception>, 8-42
<field>, 8-46
<formLike>, 8-49
<formula>, 8-48
<function>, 8-51
<group>, 8-53
<groupAbove>, 8-54
<groupLeft>, 8-55
<labelAttribute>, 8-58
<layout>, 8-59
<link>, 8-64
<matrix>, 8-65
<matrixCell>, 8-68
<matrixCol>, 8-69
<matrixRow>, 8-70
<object>, 8-71
<programUnits>, 8-73
<properties>, 8-74
<property>, 8-77
<report>, 8-79
<section>, 8-82
<select>, 8-82
<summary>, 8-87
<tabular>, 8-89
access control, 6-5
cluster configuration, 7-3
full URL syntax, 5-7
key mapping, 5-4, 5-5
RWCLI60 command line request, 5-1
simplified URL syntax, 5-7
XML report definitions
additional objects, 8-13
formatting, 8-8
formatting exception, 8-10
full, 8-14
hyperlink, 8-11
PL/SQL, 8-11

I

iAS See Oracle Internet Application Server
installation, 3-1
Oracle Reports Services Security, 6-3
starting Oracle Reports Services on UNIX, 4-2
invalid package procedure, 6-22

K

key mapping
cgicmd.dat (Web CGI), 5-5
enabling, 5-5
example, 5-4, 5-5
mapping entries, 5-5
when to use, 5-4

L

load balancing
configuration, 7-3
resubmitting jobs, 7-7
running reports, 7-7

O

Oracle HTTP Server, 3-2
Oracle Internet Application Server, 1-1
Oracle Reports Services
architecture, 2-3
configuration parameters, B-1
configuring for clustering, 7-3
duplicate job detection, 5-2
installing security in WebDB, 6-3
installing security packages in WebDB, 6-4
introduction, 1-1
tier, 2-3
view job status on UNIX, 4-2
Oracle Universal Installer, 3-1

P

parameters
Oracle Reports Services configuration, B-1
RWCLI60 command line arguments, A-1
processing
Web reports, 2-5

R

registry entries, C-1
report request methods
ActiveX, 5-2
RWCLI60 command line, 5-1
SRW.RUN_REPORT, 5-2
URL syntax, 5-2
WebDB component, 5-2
report requests
building reports, 5-6
duplicate job detection, 5-2
from Manage Component page, 6-23
in WebDB site, 6-27
running from a browser, 5-7
scheduling, 5-8
scheduling in WebDB, 6-30
specifying request, 5-6
when servers are clustered, 7-7
Reports Queue Manager
scheduling jobs to run, 5-8
REPORTS_PATH configuration environment variable, 4-7
running reports automatically, 5-8
runtime customization
overview, 8-2
XML report definition, 8-5
RWCLI60
command line arguments, A-1
command line request, 5-1

S

scheduling reports, 5-8, 6-30
security
implementation, 6-2
Oracle Reports system administrator, 6-10
Servlet, 2-6
SRW.RUN_REPORT request method, 5-2
starting Oracle Reports Services, 4-2
stopping Oracle Reports Services, 4-7

T

tags, XML for report definitions, 8-31
text conventions, xiii
thin client tier, Reports Services, 2-3
TNS_ADMIN configuration environment variable, 4-7
tolerance, A-23

U

URL syntax
adding as a hyperlink, 5-8
full syntax example, 5-7
hiding command line arguments, 5-4
report request method, 5-2
running from a browser, 5-7
simplified syntax example, 5-7
simplifying requests, 5-4

W

Web
CGI, 2-6
Web CGI
key map file, 5-5
Web server tier, Oracle Reports Services, 2-3
WebDB
component request method, 5-2
scheduling reports, 6-30

X

XML report definitions
additional objects, 8-13
applying, 8-21
applying via PL/SQL, 8-22
batch modifications, 8-26
debugging, 8-27
formatting example, 8-8
formatting exception example, 8-10
full, 8-14
hyperlink example, 8-11
overview, 8-2
parser, 8-27
partial, 8-6
PL/SQL example, 8-11
required tags, 8-5
running, 8-25
running to Report Builder, 8-30
tags, 8-31
writing to files, 8-30

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