Enterprise Oracle Solutions Oracle Report Manager The New ADI and More Revised:June 20091Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 2 Who is RCM Technologies  Public Company (NASDAQ RCMT) $210M  Oracle Certified Advantage Partner  Average Oracle Staff experience of over 15 years in Oracle’s Application software  RCM has been delivering Global Solutions since 1971  Experience in System Implementations, Hosting/Remote Managed Services, Development, User Support and Training

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 3 Who is RCM Technologies  Dick Kenny  Training and implementing Oracle Applications for 8 years  Using Oracle for 12 years  20 years of Manufacturing/Financial experience  MBA (Loyola Marymount University, CA)  CPA, CA

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 4 Lesson Objectives After this session, you should be able to:  Submit and publish FSG reports  Create and modify the FSG Editor Template  Describe and update the Repository Manager  Discuss the Security Workbench and how it applies to running an FSG

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 5  Report Submission, Publishing & Presentation  FSG Template Editor  Repository Management  Security Workbench Agenda

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation - Description Allows users to:  Submit different types of Reports including:  FSG Reports  Ad Hoc FSG Reports  Standard Reports  RX-Only Reports  Publish related Reports to a single location, e.g. A Report for each Period in the current financial year  Control when and where Reports are published  Publish Reports for viewing by selected users only  Publish Report and Request Sets  Publish other files, e.g. PDF, JPG, Text Documents, etc. Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 6

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation - Benefits  Central location for published reports and files  Easy Report Formatting  Make Reports available when required  Secure a Report based on the report content  Allow users to see several versions of the same report  Publish the same report multiple times using different:  Timeframes  Expansion values  Improved Report Presentation  View Report in multiple formats  Change current Report view using Timeframes and Expansion Values Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 7

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation - Setup  Assign the following form functions to your Responsibility menu for individual Report Submission:  Standard Report Submission  Financial Report Submission  Ad Hoc FSG Submission  Variable Report Submission  Use the following functions to setup Report Set and Request Set publishing options:  Define Report Set (FSG Reports) Publishing Options  Define Request Set (Standard Reports) Publishing Options  Use the Upload File form function to access the file upload feature Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 8

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation – Step 1  Select a Report and enter the Parameters  Optionally set Scheduling Options Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 9

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation – Step 2  Select Publishing Parameters:  Select a Template to format your report  Select a Timeframe  Auto Archive Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation – Step 2 (continued)  Optionally choose Security to control what output users can see  Optionally set Availability and Reviewers Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 11

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation – Step 3  Select a location in the Repository for storing your report Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 12

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation – Step 4  Optionally select to Create a Menu Item  Optionally select a template to format the Report Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 13

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Publishing & Presentation - Dependencies  This feature has the following dependencies:  General Ledger for FSG and Ad Hoc FSG Submission and Publishing  Dependency on XML Publisher  The Templates available for formatting your FSG reports are stored in XML Publisher’s Template Manager  This feature interacts with the Repository Management feature Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 14

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 15  Report Submission, Publishing & Presentation  FSG Template Editor  Repository Management  Security Workbench Agenda

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor - Description  Allows users to create and edit FSG templates on their desktop using Microsoft Excel  Creates a basic template from an existing FSG Definition  Provides a menu containing:  A list of all valid tokens that can be used in the Template  A list of all rows and columns that exist in the FSG Definition  Functions to move line items left and right  Option to Upload the Template Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 16

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor - Benefits  Create or Edit Templates more easily  Excel provides a more structured layout which is conceptually easy to work with  XML Publisher compatible Templates  Format your FSG Report output using a familiar tool  Users are familiar with Excel functionality  Use standard Excel functionality to edit your Template  Centrally store Templates for shared use  No need to distribute theme xls files as with locally stored Request Center themes. Templates are centrally accessible. Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 17

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor - Step 1 Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 18 Financial Report Template Editor > Select Report name, language and editor > Create > Modify Template as per requirements > Upload The above shows the Financial Template Editor selection page.

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor – Step 2 Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 19  The screenshot shown below shows the Excel Template that has been created by the editor for you to modify and upload.  You can modify the above template as per your requirements. You can format this with bold headings, color, picture or company image etc.

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor – Step 3 Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 20  The upload process can be submitted by clicking on Oracle Menu from the standard toolbar. Upon clicking on the upload sub menu, a pop up will appear asking user to provide a name for the template and other upload parameters.

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor – Step 3 (continued) Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 21  As in the above screenshot you will get two check boxes.  The first one is for overwriting any existing templates with the same name. If you check this option then the upload process will overwrite any existing template with the same name.  The second check box is for enabling drilldown for this template. In case you want to drilldown from your FSG, you need to have a drill-enabled template. We will discuss this in a subsequent topic.  Check both the above said boxes as per your requirements and click on “Upload” to upload to server.

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Template Editor - Dependencies  Dependency on Financial Statement Generator (FSG) Report Definitions :  FSG Report Definitions are used to generate the initial FSG Template for a selected Report  Dependency on XML Publisher  FSG Templates are uploaded to XML Publisher where they are stored Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 22

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 23  Report Submission, Publishing & Presentation  FSG Template Editor  Repository Management  Security Workbench Agenda

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Repository Management - Description  Provides a central location for storing all reports  View reports in a number of formats including:  HTML  PDF  Excel  Control System Administrators access to report output by setting a profile option  Allows for archiving of reports to meet organizational or legal requirements  Provides the ability to cleanup obsolete reports using a maintenance program Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Repository Management - Benefits  One central location for all reports  Ability to access all published reports from a single location  Ability to manage the reports and files in the Repository  Add, Move or Delete the items that make up the Repository (Folders, Sub-Folders, Reports, Files)  Ability to upload other files  Examples : Images, Word documents & PDFs  Ability to archive reports  Some statutory laws require that organizations archive their reports for a set period of time Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Repository Management Setup – Profile Options  ADI: Allow Sysadmin to View All Output  Controls whether System Administrators can view all report output Profile ValueDescription Yes Allows a System Administrator to view all Report Output published to the Repository No Prevents a System Administrator from viewing any Report Output they do not have access to Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Repository Management – Step 1 Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation  You can define a report folder in the repository for storing your reports. The repository location is mentioned when submitting the report itself or you can do so from Repository management later.  Shown above is a screenshot of the Repository Management. You will see two buttons at the top left hand side of the page: Archive and Delete. These are used for archiving and deleting the reports once their immediate requirement is over.

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Repository Management – Step 2 Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation  If you had selected Create Menu item from the previous slide, you would be able to add a function and have it placed on the Responsibility and Menu above.

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Repository Management - Dependencies  Dependency on Web Applications Desktop Integrator  Web ADI is used to display reports as HTML or in Excel  Dependency on XML Publisher  XML Publisher is used to display reports in PDF form  Interaction with FSG Excel Templates  These templates are used to format the FSG report output stored in the Repository Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 30  Report Submission, Publishing & Presentation  FSG Template Editor  Repository Management  Security Workbench Agenda

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench - Description  Allows System Administrators to control what data a user has access to when viewing a report e.g. A published report containing data for each Department in your organization might be restricted so a user can only view the report data for their Department Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench - Benefits  Add or Delete Security as required  Add/Delete security based on a user  Add/Delete security based on a value in a value set  Add/Remove the level of security for a user and value pair Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench – Security Models  None: Individual security (responsibility) within Oracle Applications is extended to Report Manager. Individual user access to reports is determined by their assigned responsibility  Flexfield Value Security: Standard applications flexfield value security is attached to a responsibility and applied to the user who is publishing and viewing financial reports.  User to Value Security: Security can be defined in Oracle Report Manager to control access to secured financial reports.  PL/SQL Based Security: Allows users to create and apply their own (Custom) security suited to their own needs to Oracle Report Manager. Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench Setup –Profile Options  FRM: User to Value Owner Access  Controls which users have the ability to add participating value sets to the Security Workbench Profile ValueDescription Yes Gives users the ability to add value sets to the Security Workbench No Prevents users from adding value sets to the Security Workbench Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench - Process Step 2(b) Assign multiple values from the value set to a single user Step 2(a) Assign multiple users to a single value belonging to a value set Step 1 Add value sets to the workbench View a listing of the existing security Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench – Step 1 Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 36  Add value sets to the Security Workbench

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench Process – Step 2 (Option A)  Assign multiple users to a single value belonging to the value set Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench Process – Step 2 (Option B)  Assign multiple values from the value set to a single user Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench – Security Levels  Following are the levels of security you can assign to a user and value pair:  Owner: Owners can set contact and viewer privileges for other users within the values and value sets they own. Owners can also view reports within their assigned values.  Contact: Contacts can set viewer privileges for users within the same value and value set. Contacts can view reports within their assigned values.  Viewer: The viewer can only view reports within their assigned values.  None: The user cannot view reports within the values where they have been assigned this security level. Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Security Workbench - Dependencies  The values seen in the Security Workbench are the value sets defined in Oracle Applications Revised:June Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 41 Lesson Objectives As a result of this session, you should now be able to:  Submit and publish FSG reports  Create and modify the FSG Editor Template  Describe and update the Repository Manager  Discuss the Security Workbench and how it applies to running an FSG

Enterprise Oracle Solutions Revised:June 2009 Report Manager/SROAUG Presentation 42 Lesson Objectives Dick Kenny - Director, Education Services David Komula – Business Development RCM Technologies Website