Report packages are made up of subcomponents called doclets and supplemental doclets. A report package owner assigns authors and approvers for each doclet and supplemental doclet. The authors and approvers provide and approve content for the doclets and Word- or PowerPoint-based supplemental doclets.
The author phase follows this process:
The report package owner initiates the author phase in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud Service web interface.
Notification messages are sent to authors to begin their work.
In Smart View, authors open and then check out doclets and Word- or PowerPoint-based supplemental doclets, provide content, and then check doclets back in.
Authors open Excel-based supplemental doclets.
Authors download supplemental doclets of non-Office type to use in their work.
See About Doclets and Supplemental Doclets for more information.
When authors have finished their work, they submit the doclets and Office-based supplemental doclets for approval, if required.
If doclet or supplemental doclet approval is specified, notification messages are sent to approvers to review and either approve or reject doclets and supplemental doclets.
The report package owner marks the author phase complete.
As an author, in Smart View or in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Reporting Cloud Service web interface, you can work with:
Doclets in Word or PowerPoint
Office-based supplemental doclets with the appropriate Office application
Non-Office-based supplemental doclets, such as PDF or TXT files, which you download and open with the appropriate application
The topics in this section discuss authoring and working with doclets and supplemental doclets in Smart View.