Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documentation and Other Resources
• Conventions

New Features for Oracle BI Publisher Users

• New Features and Changes for Release 12c

1 Introduction to Pixel-Perfect Publishing

• Overview
• Tasks for Report Consumers
• System Requirements and Certification

2 Getting Started

• Accessing Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
  • Logging in with Credentials
  • Logging in as Guest
• My Account Preferences and Groups
  • General Preferences
  • Changing Your Password
• About the Home Page
  • Create
  • Jobs or Browse/Manage
  • Recent
  • Favorites
• About the Catalog
  • Browse the Catalog
  • Search the Catalog
• Download Desktop Tools

3 View Pixel-Perfect Reports

• View a Report
• Configure Pixel-Perfect Reports Using Report Viewer
  • Specify Parameters
    • Search for a Parameter Value
    • Flexfield Parameter Dialog
  • Select a Layout
  • Select an Output Type
    • Output Types
  • Perform Actions
    • Actions

4 Create Pixel-Perfect Report Jobs

• Navigate to the Schedule Report Job Page
• Set General Options
• Set Output Options
  • Add Destination Types to Report Output
    • Report Output Destination Types
    • Content Server Destination Type Properties
  • Add Outputs
• Define the Schedule for a Job
  • Define a Recurrence Pattern
  • Use Schedule Triggers
    • Enable a Schedule Trigger
• Configure Notifications
• Submit and Monitor a Job
• Create a Job from an Existing Job
• Create a Bursting Job
• Advanced Topics
  • Increment Date Parameters
  • Define a Destination File Name Dynamically with a Date Expression
    • Examples

5 View and Manage Pixel-Perfect Report Jobs

• About the Manage Report Jobs Page
  • Access the Manage Report Jobs Page
• View Jobs for a Specific Report
• Search for Report Jobs
• Set the Time Zone for Viewing Jobs
• View Job Details
• Pause Jobs
• Resume Jobs
• Delete Jobs
• Edit Jobs

6 View and Manage Pixel-Perfect Report History

• View Report Job History and Saved Output
• View Job History for a Specific Report
• Search for Report Job History
• View Details of a Job History
• Download Data from a Report Job
• Republish from History in Report Viewer
• Republish a Report from History
• Send an Output to a New Destination
• Monitor Running Jobs
  • Process Stages of Jobs
• Cancel a Running Job
• Get Error and Warning Information for Reports
• Delete a Job History

7 Manage Pixel-Perfect Reports

• Overview of Folders
• Reporting Components Stored in the Catalog
• Create a Folder or Subfolder
• Perform Tasks on Catalog Objects
• Download and Upload Catalog Objects
• Understand the Impact of Taking Actions on Objects Referenced by Reports
• Export and Import Catalog Translation Files

A Accessibility Features

• What are Accessibility Features?
• Change to Accessibility Mode
• Accessibility Support in the BI Publisher User Interface
  • Sign In Using Keystrokes
  • Navigate to the Home Page
  • Navigate Multiple Rows in Tables
• Accessibility Support in BI Publisher Report Output
• Keyboard Shortcuts