AR Statement Generation/Statement Print Report setup & usage
AR Statement Print report is used to send statements to customers on a regular basis to notify the outstanding balance that the customer needs to pay. This is a standard report but it requires several...
View ArticleSort date field in XML Publisher template
I have been facing a continuous problem in a XML Publisher report. It seemed pretty trivial but I could not get it right. The report output had a date field and it was formatted while getting the data...
View ArticleHow to create a report with an image (.jpeg) field
I got a requirement from one of my clients to build a report having photograph on it. It is a report used by HR department to keep along with the personal/academic/experience records for each employee...
View ArticleUsing Preview option for developing XML Publisher reports
Almost every Oracle Apps developer nowadays handle at least a few XML Publisher reports. To create the XML report template some might install XML Publisher plug-in for MS Word, some might just create...
View ArticleUsing Data template for developing XML Publisher reports
XML Publisher reports contain 2 main components. Data definition Template The Data definition component generates the XML for the XML Publisher engine. The XML is then processed into the Template to...
View ArticleTroubleshooting XML publisher reports
CASE1: While we run an XML publisher report while testing, sometimes we see that the expected output in PDF/EXCEL format has not generated while the report completed with warning and also the XML got...
View ArticleHow to check the Output Post Processor log
If any concurrent program or XML publisher report shows the following in the log file then we need to check the OPP log file to troubleshoot the error. Concurrent program log The OPP log can be...
View ArticleBursting (Email report output) in XML Publisher reports
XML Bursting is a feature available in Oracle by which a XML is exploded into different parts based on a defined logic and the individual parts are again converted into reports based on a layout and...
View ArticleHow to create a multilingual report in Oracle
Oracle gives a very straightforward method to create multilingual reports if we use XML Publisher to design the reports. We no longer need to create very different report layouts for the same report to...
View ArticleHow to debug and trace XML Bursting program
XML bursting program has run successfully several times but have not given the output via email or print or the appropriate delivery option. It was very difficult to figure out the problem as I needed...
View ArticleTemplate location for XML Bursting
In the previous article we had discussed that the template file for XML bursting is dropped on the file server. This file is referred to at this location by the XML bursting control file. Disadvantage...
View ArticleHow to create a multilingual report in Oracle using XLIFF
XLIFF stands for XML Localization Interchange File Format. It is an XML-based format that enables translators to concentrate on just the text to be translated. We shall use the program, XX Employee...
View ArticleHow to create Comma Separated (CSV) files using eText Templates
Creating a comma delimited file/output in R12 is an easy process considering that not much effort goes into creating such template given the understanding of the eText templates. E-text outbound...
View ArticleHow to migrate XLIFF files
XLIFF files can be migrated between Oracle instances using scripts. This is shown below. Download XLIFF translations To download the XLIFF files the script will be in the structure as below. java...
View ArticleLimiting lines per page and fixed length table in XML/BI Publisher reports
In most master detail report there is a need to display the master/header lines followed by the child/detail lines. For example, Invoice report, Dunning Letter, Customer Statement, etc. In all these...
View ArticleSetup Custom templates for payment in Oracle R12
In one of the articles we have seen the process to create custom templates to view custom outputs when a Payment is processed. The output viewed from the “Format Payment Instructions” concurrent...
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