This chapter contains the following topics:
Section 1.1, "BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Overview"
Section 1.2, "BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Implementation"
This guide describes the tools and procedures for using Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Publisher and common desktop tools to create customized reports for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Users create report templates with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe Acrobat that enable application data to be reused and reformatted into various layouts and output types. Depending on the template type, the available output types are PDF, Rich Text Format (RTF), Excel, XML, HTML, and eText.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne provides two BI Publisher reporting options:
Embedded BI Publisher reporting.
Embedded BI Publisher reports are created, managed, and processed using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne toolset. Embedded BI Publisher reports use data that is generated by JD Edwards EnterpriseOne batch applications.
Interactive BI Publisher reporting.
Interactive BI Publisher reports are created, managed, and processed using the Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise toolset. Interactive reports access JD Edwards EnterpriseOne data using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Data Access Driver.
Chapters 3 through 7 in this guide describe how to use the embedded BI Publisher to create objects and generate data to produce and manage customized JD Edwards EnterpriseOne reports.
Chapter 8 describes the steps to configure JD Edwards EnterpriseOne for interactive reporting with Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise.
This section provides an overview of the steps that are required to implement BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
In the planning phase of the implementation, take advantage of all JD Edwards sources of information, including the installation guides and troubleshooting information.
Follow these steps to implement the embedded BI Publisher for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:
Install JD Edwards EnterpriseOne.
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Server Manager Guide and JD Edwards Reference Guide.
Install one or more JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications.
See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne installation documentation for your applications.
Install Oracle's BI Publisher Desktop Components.