Report Layout Types

Use these guidelines when designing BI Publisher report layouts.

• Listing Report

  This is the most common type of report. These reports are intended to present information that is useful for performing a specific business function. Developers creating this kind of report should comply with the standards listed in this document.

• Letter

  This format is used to communicate information in a more personal letter format. Standards described in this document shall be used as guidelines for this kind of report

• Fixed Form Reports

  These reports include both pre-printed and application-printed forms, such as pre-printed forms for government and business forms such as1099s,W-2s, and mailing labels. These reports have their own formatting standard as defined by the requirements of the form.

• Batch Update UBEs

  BI Publisher is not intended for simple error reports or UBEs that do not produce any output.

• Customer Facing Documents

  These are documents that are highly customized and might include barcodes, repeating headers, page totals, and so forth. Purchase orders and invoices are examples of this type of report. Standards described in this document should be used as guidelines for this type of report.