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What's New in Siebel Reports Guide, Siebel 2018

No new features have been added to this guide for this release. This guide has been updated to reflect only product name changes.

NOTE:  Siebel 2018 is a continuation of the Siebel 8.1/8.2 release.

What's New in Siebel Reports Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017, Rev.A

Table 1 lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 1. Updates to the Siebel Reports guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017, Rev.A
Topic
Description

Configuring Siebel CRM for Integration with Oracle BI Publisher with Web Single Sign-On

Enabling Reports Scheduling with Web Single Sign-On

The ASDI security adapter references and the related parameters have been removed.

Additional Changes

The guide is updated to correct or remove obsolete product and component terms.

What's New in Siebel Reports Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017

Table 2 lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 2. New Product Features in Siebel Reports Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2017
Topic
Description

Configuring Siebel Reports in a Web Single Sign-On Environment

Modified topic. It includes information about configuring Siebel CRM and Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (Oracle BI Publisher) in a Web Single Sign-On environment.

Administering Signatures in Reports

New topic. It includes information about administering reports that contain signatures.

Preloading the Siebel Repository File

Removed topic. This procedure is no longer required in Innovation Pack 2017.

Deploying Integration Objects to the Production Environment

Modified topic. A reference to Siebel Database Upgrade Guide for more information about Siebel Migration and the Migration Application Incremental Runtime Repository Data Service has replaced this procedure.

What's New in Siebel Reports Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2016, Rev.A

Table 3 lists the changes in this revision of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 3. New Product Features in Siebel Reports Guide, Siebel Innovation Pack 2016, Rev. A
Topic
Description

Where to Find More Information About Siebel Reports

Modified topic. A reference to My Oracle Support for more information on system requirements and supported platform certifications for previous product releases has been added.

Running Reports

Modified topic. Information on how to set search and sort order on an integration object, and information on how to sort report columns on date fields using the canonical function has been added.

Integrating Oracle BI Publisher with Siebel CRM for Siebel Innovation Pack 2017

New chapter. Information on how to integrate Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (Oracle BI Publisher) 11g with Siebel CRM for report generation for Siebel Innovation Pack 2016 has been added. This information was originally available in 1501378.1 (Article ID) on My Oracle Support.

Making Sure Fonts Are Available for Reports

Modified topic. Information on example file directories for fonts in different UNIX operating systems has been provided.

Managing Report Notifications

Modified topic. Information on disabling report notifications has been added.

Modifying the HTTP Sleep Time

Modified topic. Information on default and maximum values for the ReportHttpSleep parameter has been added.

"Preloading the Siebel Repository File" on page 63

New topic. It describes how to improve performance by preloading the Siebel Repository File.

Creating Multilingual Reports

Modified topic. Information on supporting languages other than English in multilingual reports has been added.

Creating Report Templates

Modified topic. Information on saving report templates in RTF format has been added.

Registering Report Templates

Modified topic. Information on uploading files when registering templates has been added.

How Siebel CRM Uploads Report Templates

Modified topic. Information on how to locate and on how to upload RTF and XLIFF files when uploading report templates has been added.

Associating Report Templates with Views

Modified topic. Information on how view association is restricted to the primary business object has been added.

Specifying the Siebel CRM Data That Report Templates Use

Modified topic. Information on how to use multiple repositories when specifying integration objects in report templates has been added.

Reducing the Amount of Data That Integration Objects Transfer

Modified topic. Information on optimizing performance during integration object transfer has been added.

Setting the Log Level for the XMLP Report Server Component

Modified topic. Information on how logging levels in the XMLP Report server affect performance has been added.

Additional Changes

This book also contains the following changes:

  • Content in this guide was removed and updated to reflect the following:
    • High interactivity (HI) is no longer available in Siebel Reports.
    • WebLogic replaces Oracle Application Server Containers for Java Platform (OC4J), Enterprise Edition.

Book titles have been updated to reflect current versions of technical publications.

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