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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Related Documentation and Other Resources
Conventions
New Features for Oracle BI Publisher Users
New Features and Changes for Release 12c (12.2.1.1.0)
1
Introduction to Using Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
Overview of Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
Tasks for Report Consumers
System Requirements and Certification
2
Getting Started
Accessing Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
Logging in with Credentials
Logging in as Guest
Setting My Account Preferences and Viewing My Groups
Editing Account Preferences
Setting General Preferences
Report Locale
UI Language
Time Zone
Accessibility Mode
Changing Your Password
Viewing Your User Groups
About the Home Page
Create
Jobs or Browse/Manage
Download BI Publisher Desktop Tools
Recent
Favorites
About the Catalog
Browsing the Catalog
About the Global Header
Searching the Catalog
3
Viewing a Report
Viewing a Report
Using the Report Viewer Options
Parameters
The Parameter Search Dialog
Flexfield Parameter Dialog
Layouts
View Report and Choose Other Output Types
Actions
4
Creating Report Jobs
Navigating to the Schedule Report Job Page
Setting General Options
Setting Output Options
Adding Outputs
Adding Destination Types to Report Output
Report Output Destination Types
Content Server Destination Type Properties
Defining the Schedule for a Job
Defining a Recurrence Pattern
Once
Hourly/Minute
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Annually
Specific Dates
Enabling a Schedule Trigger
Configuring Notifications
Adding Notifications
Enabling Email Notifications
HTTP
Submitting and Monitoring a Job
Creating a Job from an Existing Job
Creating a Bursting Job
Advanced Topics
Incrementing Date Parameters
Defining a Destination File Name Dynamically Using a Date Expression
Examples
Running Diagnostics for a Report
5
Viewing and Managing Report Jobs
About the Manage Report Jobs Page
Viewing Jobs for a Specific Report
Searching for Report Jobs
Setting the Time Zone for Viewing Jobs
Viewing Job Details
Pausing Jobs
Resuming Jobs
Deleting Jobs
Editing Jobs
Refreshing the Manage Report Jobs Page
6
Viewing and Managing Report History
Viewing Report Job History and Saved Output
Viewing Job History for a Specific Report
Searching for Report Job History
Viewing Details of a Job History
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Downloading Data from a Report Job
Republishing a Report from History
Sending an Output to a New Destination
Monitoring Running Jobs
Canceling a Running Job
Getting Error and Warning Information for Reports
Deleting a Job History
Refreshing the Report Job History Page
7
Managing Reports
Overview of the BI Publisher Folders
Reporting Components Stored in the Catalog
Creating a Folder or Subfolder
Performing Tasks on Catalog Objects
Downloading and Uploading Catalog Objects
Understanding the Impact of Taking Actions on Objects Referenced by Reports
Exporting and Importing Catalog Translation Files
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Accessibility Features
What are Accessibility Features?
Changing to Accessibility Mode
Accessibility Support in the BI Publisher User Interface
Signing In Using Keystrokes
Navigating the Home Page
Navigating Multiple Rows in Tables
Accessibility Support in BI Publisher Report Output
Keyboard Shortcuts
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