Oracle Applications Rxi Reporting Overview Eric Stouffer ATL-OAUG January 18, 2002 Copyright, 2002 © System Architechs, Inc.

RXi Overview Originally developed by Assets team as Report eXchange in Beta with Release 10.7 ADI team integrated Report eXchange with the new Request Center in ADI 4.0 Customize content and format of RXi reports Called Variable Format Reports in ADI Only selected reports are RXi reports Ability to print same report with multiple layouts

RXi Designer Report Exchange Designer - responsibility used to design and manage RXi reports Attribute Sets control the data elements and formatting of RXi reports Do not modify Default attribute sets

RXi Designer Copy and rename attribute sets Add and/or remove columns from attribute sets Define page setup, column formatting and summary columns

RXi Designer Page Setup Change the report title and page sizing Mark the report headings to appear on the report Page width is required, otherwise report prints as one long line without wrapping

RXi Designer Column Details Control formatting for each column Change column heading under attribute name Change displayed width, very nice for the Accounting Flexfield Descriptive flexfields not available

RXi Designer Summary Details Define columns as summary columns Control what summary columns to display Change Prompt to alter printed summary title

Printing RXi Reports Option 1 (Two Step) Option 2 (Single Step) Job 1 RX-only Journals-General Publish Journals General Job 1 Rxi Interface Table Rxi Interface Table Publish RX Reports GL Journal Report Job 2 Publish RX Report(s) GL Journal Report(s) GL Journal Report(s)

Submitting RX-only Reports RX-only reports do not generate output RX-only reports only extract data to interface table Run Publish RX Reports concurrent program with varying attribute sets to produce reports Output generated based on attribute set definition

RXi Concurrent Programs in GL Only a few GL reports are RX reports Rxi reports available in other applications

Submitting RXi Reports Parameter window above displays when running Publish Journals - General report Notice parameter for attribute set Output formats (csv, html, tab, text) Submits two concurrent requests Rx-only: Journals General to extract date to interface table Publish Journals – General to format and publish report

RXi Gotcha Make sure the Accounting Flexfield qualifier for the Cost Center is enabled for a segment

RXi Sample Output Output shows the columns of data from custom GL Journals attribute set Last Update User Name changed to protect the innocent

RXi Security Choose Security from the Tools menu in the Designer Select the report and attribute set to secure Enter responsibilities allowed to use this attribute set

RXi Maintenance Choose Columns from the Tools menu in the Designer Check the box to enable or disable a column from appearing in the attribute set Columns listed match columns in the interface table

RXi Maintenance Run the purge program to remove RX interface data Data for all reports purge if report name is null Setup the purge program on a recurring schedule

ADI Variable Format Reports Select an attribute set and output type similar to submitting the Publish concurrent request in the Apps

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