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Configuring Fields for Hospitality Reports

Administrators can modify field formats and modify field mapping for Hospitality reports. When users generate a report using the modified fields, the new formats appear in the report. For information about preconfigured fields, see the information about report fields in the topics under Hospitality Reports Reference.

This task is a step in Roadmap for Administering Hospitality Reports.

This topic includes the following topics:

• Modifying Formats and Mappings for Hospitality Report Fields
• Mapping New Fields for Hospitality Reports

Modifying Formats and Mappings for Hospitality Report Fields

Administrators can modify formats for any report field. This topic describes how to modify field mappings and how to format fields for Hospitality reports.

To modify formats and mappings for Hospitality report fields

1. Modify the report RTF file by completing the following steps.
   1. Navigate to the file in the following directory:

      $SiebelRoot$\XMLP\Templates

   2. Select and open the RTF file for the report whose field mappings to modify.
   3. Make the necessary field mapping and formatting modifications to the file.
   4. Save the file.
2. Generate a report XLF file from the report RTF file by completing the following steps.
   1. Open the report RTF file.
   2. Navigate to Oracle BI Publisher, Translate Template, and then Extract Text.

      NOTE:  You can access Oracle BI Publisher only if you install Business Intelligence Desktop, a Business Intelligence Add-in for Microsoft Word.

   3. Save the report RTF file as a XLF file in the following directory:

      $SiebelRoot$\XMLP\XLIFF\Language.

      For more information about modifying reports templates and Oracle BI Publisher Add-in for Microsoft Word, see Siebel Reports Guide.

3. In Siebel Hospitality, navigate to the Administration - BIP Reports screen, then the Report Template Registration view.
4. In the Report Template Registration list, complete the following steps.
   1. Query for and select the report with the Report Name field value of the report title.
   2. In the Template field, click the select button, navigate to the report RTF file and click Add.
   3. In the XLIFF field, click the select button, navigate to the report XLF file and click Add.
   4. Click Upload Files.

Mapping New Fields for Hospitality Reports

Administrators can add new fields to Hospitality reports. This topics describes how to add and synchronize fields to Hospitality reports.

To map new fields for a Hospitality report

1. In Oracle's Siebel Tools, add the fields in the required business component.
2. Synchronize the report integration object.

   For more information about synchronizing integration objects, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

3. Configure the field formats.

   For more information about configuring the field formats, see Modifying Formats and Mappings for Hospitality Report Fields.