Oracle Reports uses XML (Extensible Markup Language) in the following ways:
XML tags are used to define Web-based reports.
XML is used to define tag-delimited, structured information.
XML is a supported pluggable data source (PDS). For more information, see
the XML PDS section of this online Help, and the chapter "Building
a Report with an XML Pluggable Data Source" in the Oracle Reports
Building Reports manual, available on the Oracle
Technology Network Oracle Reports Documentation page (http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/reports.html
).
XML is a form of encoding text formats that can be read by many different applications. The XML tags can be used to output information or as a basis for building a pluggable data source to exchange electronic data with a third-party application (EDI).
You may change the XML properties that control XML output for your report at three levels: report, group, and column. Note that in any Reports Builder-generated XML file, your output mimics the data model, structured by groups and columns. For information on how to view your changes in XML output, see Generating XML output.
For detailed information about using XML for report distribution and customizing
reports through XML, see the chapters "Creating Advanced Distributions"
and "Customizing Reports with XML" in the Oracle Application Server
Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web manual, available on the
Oracle Technology Network
Oracle Reports Documentation page (http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/reports.html
).
XML output format has the following limitations:
REP-34310: Reference parameter not allowed in distribution list for
XML destination files
You cannot use reference parameters when distributing to XML output format.
If reference parameters are used, the following error messages display:
REP-34308: Invalid reference parameter param in distribution list
REP-34304: Distribution failed to complete; review the distribution lists
You can distribute to XML format without reference parameters.
The XML PDS section of this online Help
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