XML Publisher How Does It Work And What Can You Do With It Paul Whitehouse

2 XML Publisher Oracle Applications eBusiness Suite Peoplesoft JDE EnterpriseOne Enterprise Edition XMLP Embedded

3 Agenda What is XML? Where can you get it from? What can you do with it once you’ve got it?

4 On 12 th December 2006 there is a User Group Meeting in Wellington The User Group Conference is in Auckland on 22 nd /23 rd March 2007 What is XML? eXtensible Markup Language The User Group Conference is in Auckland on 22 nd /23 rd March 2007 Self Describing Data

5 What does XML do? Not a great deal Why? Not technically a language Only has syntax constraints (eg markups are made with ) No formatting Not a programming language

6 What can you use XML for? Store and Retrieve Data Produce Formatted Documents Ensuring Data Integrity Multiple Language Support

7 Data Storage and Retrieval On 12th December 2006 there is a User Group Meeting in Wellington The User Group Conference is in Auckland on 22nd/23rd March th December 2006User Group MeetingWellington 22 nd /23 rd March 2007User Group ConferenceAuckland

8 On 12th December 2006 there is a User Group Meeting in Wellington The User Group Conference is in Auckland on 22nd/23rd March 2007 On 12th December 2006 there is a “User Group Meeting” in Wellington The “User Group Conference” is in Auckland on 22nd/23rd March 2007 Formatting with a Stylesheet

9 Formatting with XSL-FO eXtensible Stylesheet Language – Formatting Objects Which means… A language for describing Document Formats For Example: Margins Page Layout Page Breaks Font, Line Spacing etc

10 So where does XML Publisher Fit in? XML Publisher implements the concept of splitting the data and the formatting XML Publisher Build Output Template XSL-FO RTF, PDF Data Report Output

Where do I get my XML from?

12 How do I get my XML data? eBusiness Suite Oracle Reports A concurrent program designed to generate XML DataTemplate Peoplesoft (PeopleTools 8.48) PS Query PeopleCode XML Doc Web Services JDE (EnterpriseOne 8.96) EnterpriseOne Reports

13 How do I get my XML data? Enterprise Edition HTTP XML Feed (RSS) Web Service Any data source accessible via a JDBC connection SQL Query Data Template

14 What are Data Templates? Data Query Tool that Supports: Multiple Queries Formula / Summary Columns Before and After Report Triggers Specifying the XML Elements and Grouping Data Template itself is actually an XML file

15 Why Data Templates? No other XML generation tool (eg Oracle Reports / PL/SQL) met the required specifications Oracle Reports will be phased out Data Templates performance is better than Oracle Reports

What can I do with it once I’ve got it?

17 XML Publisher Supports… Headers and Footers Tables Sections Last Page Content Running Totals Variables Fonts (incl MICR and Barcodes) Word Art, jpg, gif, png Graphs (up to 70 types) Conditional Formatting Watermarks Sub-Templates PDF Bookmarks PDF Security And more advanced features: XML Regrouping Dynamic Data Columns Most XSL and XSL-FO, XPath Commands Some SQL Commands

18 XML Publisher Build Output Template XSL-FO RTF, PDF Data Report Output

19 Output Formats XML Data Controller CEO Banking XML EFT B2B XML Government EFT Excel HTML PDF XML Publisher

20 Document Delivery Document Splitting via Bursting Engine Fax Print FTP HTTP

Examples Currently in Use in New Zealand

22 New Zealand Examples Receivables Invoices Statements Direct Debit Remittances Deposit Slip Report (DataTemplate) Payables EFT Remittances General Ledger Financial Statement Generator (FSG) Transaction Listing Purchasing Purchase Order Format

23 The Future? XML Publisher is a core part of Fusion Middleware XMLP due for release shortly Excel Templates Oracle Reports to Data Template Conversion 90% of eBusiness Suite Reports will be Data Templates in Release 12

24 Useful Links Oracle Technology Network XML Publisher Page: publisher/index.html XML Publisher Forum ID=245 XML Publisher Blog