13 Creating Custom Reports - BIP

In addition to the preformatted standard reports, the BI Publisher tool also enables you to create custom reports.

This chapter, which explains how to use the custom report tools, includes the following topics:

• Creating a New Report

• Editing Reports

• Changing the Report Layout

Creating a New Report

Creating a new report using the BI Publisher tool comprises two parts: Creating Reports and Creating Data Models.

For information on creating reports using the BI Publisher tool, refer to the Creating Reports and Layouts section of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Report Designer's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher.

For information on creating Data Models, refer to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Data Modeling Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher.

Editing Reports

For information on editing reports, refer to the Creating and Editing Reports section of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Report Designer's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher.

Changing the Report Layout

For information on changing the Report Layout, refer to the Creating BI Publisher Layout Templates, Creating RTF Templates, and Creating RTF Templates Using the Template Builder for Word sections of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Report Designer's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher.

In addition, you can also refer to the following sections of the Oracle Argus Insight Extensibility Guide:

• Extend Current Data Model - This section explains the steps to extend the existing report.

• Add New Data Set - This section explains the steps to add new data set in BIP data model.

• BIP Report Templates - This section explains the steps to add or modify existing layout or report templates.