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Use Quick Parts for Workflow Notifications

Use the Quick Parts feature in Microsoft Word to insert reusable pieces of formatted content. When you edit copies of predefined report layout templates for workflow notifications in Word, you can add predefined Quick Parts content to your .rtf file.

Quick Parts are helpful when you do more advanced work on layout templates. For example, from the Quick Parts gallery, you can select and add a table in a format that's consistent with predefined tables already on your notifications. The predefined Quick Parts content is available in a style template .dotx file on My Oracle Support.

Note:

The exact steps can vary depending on your version of Microsoft Word.

Prerequisites

To get the predefined Quick Parts content into your Quick Parts gallery:

  1. Open Quick Parts for Configurable Workflow Notifications (2215570.1) on My Oracle Support at https://support.oracle.com.

  2. Download the .dotx file and save it to your Microsoft Word template folder, for example C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates. You need to save the .dotx file where the Normal.dotm Microsoft Word template is stored.

Also, to preview your layout template changes before uploading the .rtf file back to the BI catalog:

  • Generate sample report data from the data model for the report that you're editing.

  • Download a local copy of the subtemplate that applies to the layout template.

Adding Quick Parts Content to Workflow Notifications

To insert content from the Quick Parts gallery into a layout template:

  1. In the BI catalog, find the predefined report with the layout template that you want to modify.

  2. For the report, click More and select Customize.

    If you're not using the Customize option:

    1. Copy the predefined report and paste it in an appropriate subfolder within the Custom folder.

    2. Click the Edit link for the copied report.

  3. Click Edit for the layout template to insert Quick Parts content into, and save the .rtf file to your computer with a new file name.

  4. Open the .rtf file with Microsoft Word.

  5. Put your cursor where you want to insert new content.

  6. From the Insert tab on the ribbon, click Quick Parts within the Text group, and select the component to insert.

  7. Edit the inserted component as needed and add any other components.

  8. Save your changes in Word.

Previewing the Layout Template Changes

To preview your edits before uploading your layout template to the BI catalog:

  1. On the ribbon, open the Analytics Publisher tab and click Sample XML within the Load Data group to import sample data from the data model. Skip this step if you already loaded sample data.

  2. At the beginning of the document, replace the path with the location of the downloaded subtemplate file on your computer. For example, change <?import:xdoxsl:///Common Content/Templates/Workflow Notification Subtemplate.xsb?> to <?import:file:///C:/Template_Directory/FinFunWorkflowNotificationSub.rtf?>.

  3. From the Analytics Publisher tab on the ribbon, click HTML in the Preview group.

  4. If the preview reflects your changes as expected, then change the path back to the original location.

  5. Save your changes in Word.

Uploading the Modified Layout Template

To upload your layout template to the BI catalog after previewing the changes:

  1. Back in the catalog, click Edit for the report within the Custom folder, if that page isn't still open.

  2. Click the View a list link.

  3. Click the Create icon on the table toolbar.

  4. In the Upload or Generate Layout section, click Upload.

  5. Upload your edited .rtf file with a unique layout name.

  6. Back on the page for editing the report, click Delete for the layout template that you downloaded earlier.

  7. Click the Save Report icon.

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