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Introduction to Oracle Reports Developer

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Objectives
After completing this lesson, you should be able to do
the following:
Describe business intelligence
List the benefits of enterprise reporting
Describe the differences between Web publishing
and paper publishing
Describe the key features of Oracle Reports
Developer
Describe the architecture of Oracle Application
Server
Describe OracleAS Reports Services
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Business Intelligence
XML
Discoverer Server Reports Server
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Web
Application
Server

Data Server
Any
Client
Enterprise Reporting
Provides access for more users to vital customized
information
Lowers cost of ownership
Uses integrated business intelligence
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Reporting
Ad hoc query
Advanced
analysis
Application Server
Data Server
Web Client
Enterprise Reporting
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Web Publishing
GIF89a
hyperlinks
JavaScript
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Paper Publishing
8.5
11
GIF89a
hyperlinks
JavaScript
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Oracle Reports Developer
Publish data from any source, in any format, to any
destination with high fidelity.
TEXT
<Your Data Source>
OLAP
JDBC
XML
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Benefits
Publish data from any source, in any format, with
high fidelity
Develop one time and deploy anywhere
Open, standards-based, modular architecture
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Oracle 10g Products
Oracle 10g provides the complete solution:
Oracle Database 10g
Oracle Developer Suite 10g
Oracle Application Server 10g
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Oracle Database 10g
Oracle Database 10g manages all of your data:
Relational Data
Documents
Multimedia
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Oracle Developer Suite 10g
Application Development
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Oracle Developer Suite 10g

Business Intelligence
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Oracle Application Server 10g
Packaged
Apps
Oracle DB
Non-Oracle
Wireless
Browser
Web
Services
B2B Apps
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Oracle Reports Developer
User-friendly wizards
Pluggable data sources
Customizable report templates
WYSIWYG live editor for paper reports
Dynamic Web publishing using JSP/HTML
Run-time customization
Dynamic SQL execution
Portal integration
Event-based reporting
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OracleAS Reports Services
Flexible reporting
Reduced overhead
Fast distribution
Real time publishing
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OracleAS Reports Services Architecture
for the Web
Oracle HTTP Listener
mod_OC4J
JSP Engine
OracleAS
Reports Services
CORBA/IIOP
Reports
Engine
PDS
HTTP
CORBA/IIOP
Oracle Internet Directory
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Summary
In this lesson, you should have learned how to:
Describe integrated business intelligence
List the benefits of enterprise reporting
Describe the challenges of publishing for different
media
List the Oracle 10g products
List the key features and benefits of Oracle Reports
Developer
Describe OracleAS Reports Services