oracle report manager tips tricks traps
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Oracle Report ManagerOracle Report Manager
Tips, Tricks and TrapsTips, Tricks and Traps
Prithis DasPrithis Das
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AgendaAgenda Objectives
Case Study Company Background
Reporting background
Report Manager features
What Report Manager does not do
Setup Considerations
Quick Tutorial
Using Report ManagerTips
Using Report ManagerTricks
Traps Lessons learned
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ObjectivesObjectives Provide useful information for R12 implementation teams for
implementation of Oracle General Ledger, Financial
Statement Generator and Report Manager Indirectly educate users about new R12 Report Manager
features
Help avoid potential pitfalls using actual experience fromimplementing Report Manager
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Case Study Company BackgroundCase Study Company Background
Auto Salvage Company
New implementation of R12
Started April 2007 with very early releases of R12
General Ledger, Payables, Assets, Cash Management,Advanced Global Intercompany System
120+ Legal Entities
Six regional accounting centers
Complex reporting requirements
400+ legacy reports using best-of-breed reporting tool
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Reporting BackgroundReporting Background
Complex reporting requirements
400+ legacy financial reports using dedicatedreporting tool
Typical Trial Balance took over 15 minutes to
generate Legacy Reports in Excel, and included publishing
features such as fonts, bold and underlining
Lack of security Users were able to access allreports across legal entities
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What Report Manager does not doWhat Report Manager does not do You cannot create FSG components (Row Sets, Column Sets
etc) in Report Manager. These will need to be created
through standard FSG Excel outputs from Report Manager will not incorporate
Excel formulas
Excel templates do not save all formatting options Works well with FSG reports. However Standard reports in
Oracle will have formatting issues
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Setup ConsiderationsSetup Considerations Patchset level Metalink 820653.1 (9 Jul 2009)
Check for latest before implementation For 11.5.10.2 apply FRM.H over and above FRM.G
For R12 Report Manager is Auto-installed. Apply FRM.A Report Manager uses Self Service Workflow
Applications
Report Manager requires the BNE platform used by Web
ADI Functional Dependancies
FSGs should have been defined in GL For standard reports, they should be assigned to Request Group
assigned to the Report Manager
Custom menu and responsibility for Report Manager
Browser and Excel settings
Seeded template vs Custom templates
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Custom menu and responsibilityCustom menu and responsibility Pre-defined menus for Report Manager are not complete
FRM_SECURITY_MENU menu is pre-defined but not adequate
Need to define/assign additional functions to custom menu: Financial Report Template Editor
Financial Report Submission
Standard Report Submission
Repository Management Alternatively, you may add these functions to the
GL_SUPERUSER menu
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Custom menu and responsibilityCustom menu and responsibility Create custom menu for Report Manager
System Administrator > Application > Menu
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Custom menu and responsibilityCustom menu and responsibility Create custom Responsibility for Report Manager
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Browser and Excel SettingsBrowser and Excel Settings Works with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape
See Metalink 389422.1 (5-Aug-09) for latest browser requirements
Internet Explorer Settings Navigate to Tools -> Internet Options and choose the Security tab
Select Local Intranet and choose the Custom Level button.
Set the following option to Prompt.
Initialize and script Active X controls not marked as safe Excel Settings
Open Excel, Go to Tools -> Macro -> Security -> Trusted Sources
Check the "Trust access to Visual Basic Project
Incorrect settings will lead to error Microsoft VBScriptruntime error: 429 - ActiveX component can't create objector similar error.
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Create a Template
Submit a single FSG report
Monitor Request and View Output
Submit a Request Set
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Create a Template
Select Financial Report Template Editor
Select a Report, Select Excel Template Editor, Click on Create
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Create a Template
Confirm ActiveX control interaction by clicking on Yes, if prompted
Excel template
gets createdwith FSGcomponents
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Create a Template
Personalize template with fonts, graphics etc, then upload to Oracle
Use Oraclemenu to upload
modifiedtemplate to
Oracle
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Create a Template
Name the template, select Drill option, Upload.
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Create a Template
Name the template, select Drill option, Upload.
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Run a Report
Select Financial Report Submission
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial Run a Report
Select the new template, add parameters, Submit.
Select your
template
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial
Run a Report Monitor Requests, View Output
View Output
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Quick TutorialQuick Tutorial
Run a Report Publish Report in Excel
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Using Report ManagerUsing Report Manager
TipsTips
Create and Test your financial report on standard FSG, andthen publish the report using Report Manager Do not waste time over column heading formatting in Apps
Use the Generic FSG template wherever possible. If you usecustom templates, each template is associated with a singlereport
Report Set considerations Report Sets can only be submitted through standard FSG submission
Responsibility submitting Report Set must be the same that ispublishing it
Use Repository Maintenance to avoid tablespace issues Apply Patch first (Metalink 803014.1)
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Using Report ManagerUsing Report Manager
TricksTricks
Use Report Manager templates directly from FSG submission Users are familiar with the Request submission functionality
Schedule your month-end reports to publish automatically Use standard scheduling functionality
Store Excel settings on custom Excel templates Cell background color
Cell / Text font Cell alignment
Cell Border
Cell Merge
Underline Page Settings:
a. Orientation (Portrait / Landscape)
b. Paper Size
c. Width of Page
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Using Report ManagerUsing Report Manager Tricks (contd.)Tricks (contd.)
Display the Description column in the middle of the report
Description
column in themiddle of a
wide report
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Using Report ManagerUsing Report Manager Tricks (contd.)Tricks (contd.)
Display the Description column in the middle of the report Create a Custom Template Use the Menu (Oracle > FSG Template > Move Line Items Right)
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Using Report ManagerUsing Report Manager Tricks (contd.)Tricks (contd.)
Use Report Manager templates directly from FSG submission
Before submission,select a template, andset Format = EXCEL.
View Output will openthe output in Excel,
using the template
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Using Report ManagerUsing Report Manager Tricks (contd.)Tricks (contd.)
Use Report Manager templates directly from FSG submission Use XML Publisher Responsibility
Copy the Generic FSG Template, update the Data Definition to
FSGXML program. Attach custom template file if required.
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TrapsTraps
Repository Maintenance could lead to disappearing menus Patch 6884665 if on R 11i Patch 6884280 if on R 12 (Metalink 803014.1)
Can submit Report Set only from Java form Need to update Output Option to XML for each report
Mixup of Request Set submission vs Report Set submissionmenu items Report Set on Java form, but Request Set in Report Manager
Printing XML file if Profile Option Number of Copies is set to 1 Metalink 748037.1 workaround is to attach dummy printer to RGRARG
Significant impact on Database size due to XML outputs Does not use Definition Access Sets functionality
Report Manager output ignores Display Sets
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TrapsTraps
User to Value Security mandates use of Content Sets Alternately, place specific reports on end-user menus
Images (such as logos) can be used on templates from 12.0.6 Profile Option for AutoArchive does not archive. Need to
archive manually.
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Traps (contd.)Traps (contd.)
Repository Maintenance could lead to disappearing menus Patch 6884665 if on R 11i
Patch 6884280 if on R 12
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Traps (contd.)Traps (contd.)
Can submit Report Set only from Java form You cannot submit a Report Set directly from Report Manager
Also, need to update Output Option to XML for each report
You can, however, publish a Report Set from Report Manager
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Traps (contd.)Traps (contd.)
Mixup of Request Set submission vs Report Set submissionmenu items The menu labeled Request Set Publish publishes Report Sets
The menu labeled Report Set Publish publishes Request Sets
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Traps (contd.)Traps (contd.)
Printing XML file if Profile Option Number of Copies is set to 1 Metalink 748037.1 workaround is to attach dummy printer to RGRARG
However, workaround will lead to using Reprint for regular reports
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Lessons learnedLessons learned
Need to be on at least 12.0.4 or later for minimal issues
Web interface can have a learning curve
Use Report Manager selectively for upper managementreports. Operational reports are efficiently done throughstandard FSG submission with text output
Use Repository Maintenance frequently move criticalreports to network drives
Longer than usual turnaround time on SRs
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Presenter InformationPresenter Information
Prithis Das
Rolta TUSC