1 View Reports

This chapter explains the steps to view reports from the Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS) application.

Navigate: From the main menu, select Action -> View Reports. The Report Request window opens.

Figure 1-1 Report Request Window

Report Request Window

To view the Report Request window, perform the following steps:

1. In the Module field, click the List of Values (LOV) button and select the module. You can also enter a module name in the Module field. The List of Modules window opens.

   Figure 1-2 List of Modules Window

   
   

2. Select the module from the list.

3. Click OK.

4. In the Report field, click the LOV button and select the report. You can also enter a report name. The List of Reports window opens.

   Figure 1-3 List of Reports Window

   
   

5. Select the report from the list.

6. Click OK in the List of Reports window.

7. Click OK in the Report Request window.

   Oracle Business Intelligence opens in your Web browser.

8. Figure 1-4 Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise Window

   
   

9. Depending on the report, you can use prompts to select report Parameters.

   • Some prompts allow you to filter the report contents and limit the information in the report. For example, you can filter on Dept or Item to filter the content of the Pick List report.

   • Some reports require a parameter, such as a letter of credit ID.

   • Some reports require no parameters, and no prompts are displayed.

   1. Select values as needed from the list for the prompts displayed.

10. Select the report output you may want to view.

    • HTML (default, Web page format)

    • PDF (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format)

    • RTF (Rich Text Format, used by Microsoft Word and other programs)

    • Excel (Microsoft Excel format)

    • PowerPoint (Microsoft PowerPoint format)

    • CSV (comma-separated values file)

    • Data (XML)

    
    

    Note: Not all output formats may be available.

    
    

11. Click View. The report is displayed in Oracle BI Publisher.

    (If you select another output format, you have the option to save the report to disk. You can also open the report with another program, such as Microsoft Excel).

    Figure 1-5 Letter of Credit Amendments Report

    
    

12. Close the browser window when you are finish viewing, printing, or saving the report.

13. In the Report Request window:

    • If you want to view another report, repeat steps 4 through 10.

    • If you finish viewing the reports, click Cancel to close the Report Request window.