BI Publisher research

we are just beginning to research what it would take to use this tool here at our company. Can anyone give an overview ? We are on Financials 11.5.10.2 and also HR and would like to use it in both instances. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A number of posts on XML Publisher (BI Publisher) with EBS on my Blog.
http://garethroberts.blogspot.com
This one is very popular:
http://garethroberts.blogspot.com/2008/03/bi-publisher-ebs-bursting-101.html
Regards,
Gareth

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BI Publisher Multiple tray/ Renaming of file / Zipping of BI Publisher O/P

Hi Team,
I want to know, whether we can achieve the following task in embedded BI publisher or not.
Also, if we can do, let me know what are the possible steps to achieve them:
1. Multiple Tray selection
Here multiple Tray means different tray available in a single printer i.e tray 1 can have A4 paper, tray 2 can have A3 paper , tray 3 can have pre- printed stationary etc. so our BIP output can be send to multiple tray.
*2. Checking the groupings - how many levels*
Embedded BIP can provide a maximum of upto 4 levels of grouping.
our requirement demand to group upto 7 level, I have suggested that we can achieve this through manual coding in RTF.
*3. Email Feature - HTML (body is dynamic).*
BIP has this emailing facility where we can have dynamic body in a mail. We need to figure out what max no of character , we can have in the body.
*4. Reports that are uploaded to different folders.*
It means that PDF/RTF files should be able to be copied to different folders like C:\DMU, D:\CTA etc
5. Inserting records into SQL
We need to find way for connecting to database and inserting our BIP records.
6. Renaming files for the Email and Doc Central.
We need to find out methods where we can rename our BIP outputs.Generally BIP file name gets generated automatically with UBE engine when it generates XML file.
*7. Integrate with Doc Central (PDFs and Common XML)*
Client is having one DOC Central software where client keeps repository of all its documents. we need to figure out that can we integrate our JDE with DOC central for keeping our BIP outputs in it.
*8.Zipping of the files and sending the documents by FTP.*
we need to figure out ways where we can zip our BIP outputs and send it through FTP.
Let me know possible ways to achieve above 8 constraints, any java/dot net program if require to meet those above 8 facilities are also welcome.
Thanks!
Deepak Mishra

Hi ,
Do not have an answer yet . but with some research and trials it seems this may not be possible.
Regards,
PKB

How do I sign my VB / VS 2010 based shared COM add-in for Excel so it loads when the user has checked "Require application add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher"?

My COM add-in is developed using VS 2010 and VB. It's a shared COM add-in (not VSTO) and it works with Excel 2007 - 2013. My installer is signed with a code signing certificate but it would appear that my add-in's .dll should also be signed if the user has
checked the "Require application add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher" option.
The "Sign the assembly" option is checked in my add-in's VB -> My Project -> Signing. I have a .snk file selected which I seem to recall generating 6 or 7 years ago when I ported the COM add-in from VB6 to .NET.
I have an up-to-date Comodo code signing certificate (a pfx file called MyCompanyCodeSigningCertificatePrivateKey.pfx) which I purchased to use with the installer and was wondering if and how I could use this.
I tried selecting my pfx file in the My Project -> Signing -> "Choose a strong name key file" dialog. It made a copy of the pfx file in my project folder but when I tried to build the project, I got the following error:
Error 1 Cannot import the following key file: MyCompanyCodeSigningCertificatePrivateKey.pfx. The key file may be password protected. To correct this, try to import the certificate again or manually install the certificate to the Strong Name CSP with the
following key container name: VS_KEY_C0B6F251F0FB6016
After a little research, I found out I might be able to use signtool to sign the dll in a post-build step.
I added the following command to the post-build event, before the command I use to regasm the assembly.
"path to signtool\signtool" sign /f "MyCompanyCodeSigningCertificatePrivateKey.pfx" /p "xxxx" /v "$(TargetPath)"
When I built the project, the dll appeared to get signed (the output window showed a bunch of confirming text as well as "Successfully signed: c:\MyAddIn\bin\Release\MyAddIn.dll") but the next step in the post-build (regasm myaddin.dll /codebase)
issued a warning RA0000 (see below) but reported "Types registered successfully".
Here's the message I get from regasm, even though the output window says the dll was sucessfully signed:
RegAsm : warning RA0000: Registering an unsigned assembly with /codebase can cause your assembly to interfere with other applications that may be installed on the same computer. The /codebase switch is intended to be used only with signed assemblies. Please give your assembly a strong name and re-register it.
Types registered successfully
I'm not using a shim if that makes a difference.
How do I sign my add-in so it loads when the user has checked "Require application add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher"?
Any tips would be appreciated.

Hello,
Why do you need to use the regasm utility from the post-build action?
There is a difference between signing the assembly with a strong name and digital signature. The
How to: Sign an Assembly with a Strong Name article in MSDN explains how to sign an assembly with a strong name (.snk). See
How to digitally sign a strong named assembly for adding a digital signature.
You may also find the
What's the Difference, Part Five: certificate signing vs strong naming article helpful.

I publish a 41mb newsletter monthly into interactive pdf. It always becomes a file size of 4mb, 10% of original, when I save to pdf. This month my newsletter is 41mb and it drops to 11mb, 25% of original. I have re-sized all pictures, deleted pages separa

I publish a 41mb InDesign newsletter monthly into interactive pdf. It always becomes a file size of 4mb, 10% of original, when I save to pdf. This month my newsletter is 41mb and it drops to 11mb, 25% of original. I have re-sized all pictures, deleted pages separately, have gotten the file size down to 16mb and it drops to 7mb, 45% of original.
I have gone back and saved Feb and March and it saves to 10% of original, as it did before, and I use the same mechanism to save now.
I have gone to Acrobat Pro and optimized down to 8.8mb, but the quality is not acceptable.
What other variable is there that I haven't discovered?

My daughter has had her Razr for about 9 months now. About two weeks ago she picked up her phone in the morning on her way to school when she noticed two cracks, both starting at the camera lens. One goes completely to the bottom and the other goes sharply to the side. She has never dropped it and me and my husband went over it with a fine tooth comb. We looked under a magnifying glass and could no find any reason for the glass to crack. Not one ding, scratch or bang. Our daughter really takes good care of her stuff, but we still wanted to make sure before we sent it in for repairs. Well we did and we got a reply from Motorola with a picture of the cracks saying this was customer abuse and that it is not covered under warranty. Even though they did not find any physical damage to back it up. Well I e-mailed them back and told them I did a little research and found pages of people having the same problems. Well I did not hear from them until I received a notice from Fed Ex that they were sending the phone back. NOT FIXED!!! I went to look up why and guess what there is no case open any more for the phone. It has been wiped clean. I put in the RMA # it comes back not found, I put in the ID #, the SN# and all comes back not found. Yet a day earlier all the info was there. I know there is a lot more people like me and all of you, but they just don't want to be bothered so they pay to have it fix, just to have it do it again. Unless they have found the problem and only fixing it on a customer pay only set up. I am furious and will not be recommending this phone to anyone. And to think I was considering this phone for my next up grade! NOT!!!!

Flash CC Publish Animated Gif ignores looping sequences?

I'm just learning Flash so apologies in advance.
I can't seem to get an animated gif that won't loop--I only want it to play once.
Here is what I'm doing, using Flash CC Pro (latest):
Create an .fla file, all set to go, looks good
Go to Publish Settings, target is set to Flash Player 11.8, unchecked everything but GIF Image
Inside there, playback is set to "animated"
Repeat times, set to 1
Smooth is checked.
Have tried adding an action script to one layer after researching that trick, doesn't seem to work. Animation does have symbols as movie clips inside it.
Any help is appreciated for this newbie, thanks!

One thing you may want to look at is the way your symbols are being triggered on the timeline. For example: you have an image of a ball bouncing, it goes down then up over the course of 30 frames and you are playing the FLA at 15 FPS so it takes a full two seconds per "bounce". If you are then putting that symbol into another timeline (probably the main timeline) you need to give the instance of that symbol the full 30 frames to go through the bounce before it stops, but if you give it 31 frames or forget to put a stop() command on the last frame, the sequence will repeat before clearing the stage.
I would look at how you have positioned the object that is being looped in the main timeline and remember that with each keyframe you add to the timeline the animation will restart from the beginning. Imagine the bouncing ball graphic is a video clip of a ball bouncing and not a collection of vectors being repositioned on the stage. Every time you have a keyframe on the symbol of the video on the main timeline, the video restarts and appears to loop. The same may be happening with your animation on the timeline.
Hope this helps.

BI publisher report is very slow

I have OBIEE 11g installed Running BI publisher report is very slow. After doing a research seems like we have increase the JAVA heap size.
Can anyone help me how to increase this value. I do not see OC4j.cmd file in my BI install folder.
Thanks in advance

Did you try to change the setDomainEnv.cmd file in $MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/<Domain>/bin as follows:
set XMS_JROCKIT_64BIT=1024 --> to the new initial heap size
set XMX_JROCKIT_64BIT=2048 --> to the new maximum heap size
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BI publisher report not refreshing when associated OBI EE report is changed

We have a dashboard that has an OBI report at the top, and a linked BI Publisher report underneath. The BI Publisher report is supposed to reflect a template version of the results in the OBI report.
On the initial load of the report, the two reports are synched and matching. However, when you change a prompt with a request variable for the OBI report, the BI publisher report either blanks out or shows the prior information which no longer matches. If I change defaults in the OBI EE report, resave, then reload, the BI Publisher always gets it right the first time, just never again after that.
Since all my research to this point led to a caching issue, here are the report properties that matter(?):
Report properties:
Caching –
Enable Data Caching = unchecked
User Level = checked
Document Caching = unchecked
User Can Refresh Report Data = checked
General -
Run Report Online = checked
Show Controls = checked
Allow Sharing Report Links = checked
Open Links in New Window = checked
Asynchronous Mode = unchecked
Auto Run = checked
Also – how do you make PDF the default output for a BI Publisher report? When we load this dashboard, it always tries to run the RTF version, and we have to Cancel, choose PDF and then refresh to get the PDF version.

when you change a prompt with a request variable for the OBI reportUse Presentation Variable instead of Request Variable. Make sure you keep the same name for both Parameter in the BIP report and Presentation Variable in BI.
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Report works fine in VS2010 but simply doesn't show when published

Problem:
Crystal Report works fine in VS 2010 but doesn't show when published to web-server, there is no error, it simply doesn't show.
Background:
Installed VS2010 on a freshly installed and fully updated (.net 4.0 is included in the updates) windows server 2003 box with production release Crystal Report 2010. Nothing else is on the server. IIS 6 is running. My web-server and VS2010 is on the same box.
I went ahead and created a new asp.net 4.0 web project called webapplication1. Thereafter, i put a few controls (text-boxes, list-boxes and so on) on the default.aspx page. Then i created a report.aspx page. This page will have the crystal report viewer on it. I went ahead and set the report up without much hassle (got how-to's from the internet). I successfully tested my web app with the built-in testing server, the beautiful crystal report presented exactly what i asked it to. There was one recurring "Sys.Application is null or not an object" hiccup that occured every time during testing when i navigated from the default.aspx page to the report.aspx page (the page the report is on). Clicking ignore or continue on the dialogue box that comes up because of the hiccup will allow testing to continue. Here's a screen-shot of this recurring hiccup.
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/Testing-Error.jpg
As i've shown, testing went great, except for the hiccup. I now moved to setup a publish profile. Since my web-server and VS2010 is on the same box this seemed relatively straight forward. All the files went over except the report, i.e. crystalreport1.rpt file. I solved this by setting the build action to 'Content' in the CrystalReport1.rpt properties. I did a republish. Now i have all my files, see screenshot: [http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/Application-Home-Directory.jpg], on the web-server.
I proceeded to try to browse to my app from another computer on my network. This was successful until i tried to navigate to the report.aspx page that the crystal report is on. The the report.aspx page loaded but the crystal report was simply not on it. No errors, not even the hiccup from testing occured. Its as if the crystal report viewer was never on the page to begin with. Only when i right clicked on the page and 'view source' did i see some remnants of the crystal report viewer.
Here is the Report.aspx page when tested in VS2010:
[http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/successful-Test.jpg|http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/successful-Test.jpg]
Here is the Report.aspx page when published to the web-server and browsed to from another computer on the network:
[http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/Reportviewer-Disappear.jpg|http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/Reportviewer-Disappear.jpg]
Details of adding report to my web app:
1) Populate my dataset then write the XML schema, reportschema.xml
2) Added the crystal Report to the project then used the wizard to navigate to the reportschema.xml. Of course i had to create new connection in Database expert. see screen-shot:
[http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/CR-Database-Expert.jpg|http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/CR-Database-Expert.jpg]
3) I formatted the report the way i wanted it
4) Added the Crystal report viewer on the Report.aspx page
5) In the code-behind of the Report.aspx page i bound the viewer to a report document that is loaded with CrystalReport1.rpt file
see screenshot: [http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/ricom_19/Report-Page-Code-behind.jpg]
That's it. As mentioned, it tested fine in VS2010 but the viewer doesn't show when i publish to the webserver. I wrote a crystal report in .net about 8 years ago. Things have changed soooo much since then.
I am wondering if its a license issue? Was also wondering if it had anything to do the testing hiccup, even though research is suggestion the two are unrelated.
I've described my actions as best as i could (without getting into ridiculous detail) and have included screen-shots of relevant stages of the process. Have a look and tell me your thoughts. Thanks.

The "Sys.Application is null or not an object" issue is known, submitted for a resolution and documented in KB #1528503. Unfortunately the KB search has been down the last couple of days...
However, the issue is limited to compile time and does not affect a completed application.
Re. the viewer missing. Sounds like the viewer directory did not get created or configure correctly. Before I get to that. You mention:
"I proceeded to try to browse to my app from another computer on my network."
This bring up the question: If you run the app right on the app server. e.g.; not a client computer, does the viewer and report come up? Is this issue isolated to client computers on the network?
I suspect that the issue exists irrespective of which computer you try to see the report from - but that is an assumption. If the assumption is correct, see [this|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/50aa68c0-82dd-2b10-42bf-e5502b45cd3a] article on configuring the viewer. The article does not have CR4VS2010 documented, but you should be able to guide your self using the article. I think the pattern will be obvious.
Ludek

XML Publisher Time out setup issue with load balancer

I have a single node install of Oracle Apps 12.0.4. When running an XML report, it completes successfully and I can view the XML report by clicking on the "view output" button.
I have an Oracle Apps 12.0.4 multi-node install with my database and admin tier running on the same box. I also have two app tiers front-ended with a cisco load balancer. In this environment, when I run an XML Report the job completes with a warning. I have reviewed the log file from the Output Post Processor log file and have the below errors.
[10/14/08 3:40:48 PM] [14736:RT4712865] Executing post-processing actions for request 4712865.
[10/14/08 3:40:48 PM] [14736:RT4712865] Starting XML Publisher post-processing action.
[10/14/08 3:40:48 PM] [14736:RT4712865]
Template code: FNDCPPGD_XML
Template app: FND
Language: en
Territory: US
Output type: PDF
[10/14/08 3:44:33 PM] [UNEXPECTED] [14736:RT4712865] java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:516)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:466)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:157)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:365)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:477)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:214)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:287)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:299)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:796)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:748)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:673)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:917)
at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1007)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.util.RemoteFile.readURL(RemoteFile.java:217)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.util.RemoteFile.transferFile(RemoteFile.java:195)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.util.RemoteFile.transfer(RemoteFile.java:131)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.XMLPublisherProcessor.process(XMLPublisherProcessor.java:224)
at oracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThread.run(OPPRequestThread.java:172)
I have double check my tnsnames.ora, opened an SR, researched in Metalink & on the web but am unable to find a resolution. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

we have the same issue. Any workaround so far?

Unable to view image if the size is more than 3KB using XML Publisher.

Hello,
We are printing PO approver signature using xml publisher (rtf) on a pdf.
If the size of the image is 3KB or less, the image gets printed.
But, if the size is more than 3KB the image does not get printed.
Additional Info:
1. The signature is stored as jpg image in fnd_lobs table.
2. On following code is mentioned in the rtf
<fo:instream-foreign-object content-type="image/jpg">
<xsl:value-of select="IMG_SIGNATURE"/>
</fo:instream-foreign-object>
3. We are using the following function that converts BLOB to CLOB.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION XX_BLOBTOBASE64
b IN BLOB
RETURN CLOB
IS
sizeb PLS_INTEGER := 4080 ;
buffer RAW(4080);
offset PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 1;
RESULT CLOB;
BEGIN
-- dbms_lob.createtemporary
-- lob_loc => RESULT
-- , cache => FALSE
-- , dur => dbms_lob.CALL
-- LOOP
-- BEGIN
-- dbms_lob.READ
-- ( lob_loc => b
-- , amount => sizeb
-- , offset => offset
-- , buffer => buffer
-- EXCEPTION
-- WHEN no_data_found
-- THEN
-- EXIT;
-- END;
-- offset := offset + sizeb;
-- dbms_lob.append
-- ( dest_lob => RESULT
-- , src_lob => to_clob(utl_raw.cast_to_varchar2(utl_encode.base64_encode(buffer)))
-- END LOOP;
DBMS_LOB.createtemporary(lob_loc => RESULT, CACHE => FALSE, dur => 0);
Wf_Mail_Util.EncodeBLOB ( b, RESULT );
RETURN RESULT;
END;
Requesting any of you to let us know if there is any method to resolve this issue.
Thanks,
Angelica.

Hi,
Are you using Outlook.com to send/receive emails? Based on my research, we can only add an image/ picture in your e-mail signature that’s Web based (picture that is available in existing websites or stored in an online storage). See:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/osettings-oemailset/add-logo-to-outlookcom-signature/4455facf-0926-42a6-aad7-756de662a865
Since this forum is for general questions and feedback related to Outlook desktop application, if you are using Outlook.com, I'd recommend you post your question in the Outlook.com forum:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum?tab=Threads
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is you will get the most
qualified pool
of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
Steve Fan
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

Unable to see report in pdf format in BI Publisher 10.1.3.2

Hi
I am new to BIP and I am facing problem to display pdf format in BI Publisher 10.1.3.2.
Here is my my generated by 10g Report Developer.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="WINDOWS-1256"?>

<NEHAS_GA>
<LIST_G_2>
<G_2>
<DNAME>ACCOUNTING</DNAME>
<LOC>NEW YORK</LOC>
<LIST_G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>CLARK</NAME>
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>09/06/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>2450</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>KING</NAME>
<JOB>PRESIDENT</JOB>
<HIREDATE>17/11/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>5000</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>MILLER</NAME>
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>23/01/82</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>1300</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
</LIST_G_1>
</G_2>
<G_2>
<DNAME>RESEARCH</DNAME>
<LOC>DALLAS</LOC>
<LIST_G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>JONES</NAME>
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>02/04/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>2975</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>FORD</NAME>
<JOB>ANALYST</JOB>
<HIREDATE>03/12/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>3000</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>ADAMS</NAME>
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>12/01/83</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>1100</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>SMITH</NAME>
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>17/12/80</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>800</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>SCOTT</NAME>
<JOB>ANALYST</JOB>
<HIREDATE>09/12/82</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>3000</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
</LIST_G_1>
</G_2>
<G_2>
<DNAME>SALES</DNAME>
<LOC>CHICAGO</LOC>
<LIST_G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>WARD</NAME>
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>22/02/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>1250</SALARY>
<COMM>500</COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>TURNER</NAME>
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>08/09/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>1500</SALARY>
<COMM>0</COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>ALLEN</NAME>
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>20/02/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>1600</SALARY>
<COMM>300</COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>JAMES</NAME>
<JOB>CLERK</JOB>
<HIREDATE>03/12/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>950</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>BLAKE</NAME>
<JOB>MANAGER</JOB>
<HIREDATE>01/05/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>2850</SALARY>
<COMM></COMM>
</G_1>
<G_1>
<NAME>MARTIN</NAME>
<JOB>SALESMAN</JOB>
<HIREDATE>28/09/81</HIREDATE>
<SALARY>1250</SALARY>
<COMM>1400</COMM>
</G_1>
</LIST_G_1>
</G_2>
</LIST_G_2>
</NEHAS_GA>
Please see nehas_ga.rtf, kindly provide the solution which I have been working since last week and still unable to get solution.
for-each G_2
DNAME
LOC
Name Job Hiredate Salary Comm
for-each G_1 NAME
JOB
HIREDATE
SALARY
COMM end G_1
end G_2
I want each department should print on seperate page but no page to display in BI Publisher. In MS Word showing 3 page using with nehas_ga.rtf.
I would appreciate if anyone reply me.
Thanks and Regards
Muhammad Nehas

Hi
Even if i use a new clean blank rtf doc as the template, it still doesnt write out a file.
When i look in the log directory at the .out files produced, they look right. If i open the .out file with Adobe Reader 9.1, the doc looks exactly as it should. It just doesn't write the file to the destination folder specified.
It cannot be permissions as it will write out RTF/excel files to the same directory with no problems. The report is using a bursting definition but the problem cant be that because it bursts the data correctly, as shown if i specify rtf output in the bursting definition/as shown by the .out files when i specify pdf as the output in the bursting definition. Also, i get the same result even if i schedule any other report that does not use a bursting definition.
I do get an error sometimes when i try to open pdf reports : Cannot use Adobe Reader to view PDF in your web browser. I feel somehow that this may be related and that if i fix this, i could be sorted, but im not even sure im on the right track here.
Im really really REALLY at wits' end here, ive been trying to solve for weeks, but just cant figure it out. Any further ideas would be most welcome, thanks.

How to subcribe to a published Outlook calendar in iCal

I use MS Outlook for work and iCal for my personal calendar.... I use my iPhone for business and personal use. I can't use MS Exchange on my iPhone to sync my Outlook calendar without it overwriting my iCal appointments.
I have published my MS Outlook calendar [privately] and want to subscribe to it in my iCal, but have been unsuccessful.
Do I need to work-around it somehow by subscribing to it from Entourage, Google, Yahoo! etc first then subscribe to that calendar? I'm game with any work-around; whatever will work, I have tons of appointments I need to track that are business and personal. Using MS Outlook directly for any personal use is out of the question.
Bottom line - I want my MS Outlook calendar (work calendar) merged with my iCal (personal calendar) so I can have both on my iPhone.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Erica

Have you ever gotten an answer to this question? I'm researching new phones. I'm trying to merge and globalize the whole shabang. And I'm like you -- Outlook at work, iCal at home.

[Captivate 8] HTML5 Publishing - First Slide shows locally but not on test server

Hi all,
The Question
Has anyone run into this issue of the first slide not showing on HTML5 (and/or SWF) until you open up the TOC and select the recalcitrant slide and then it shows (and operates) just fine? Not on project load, just when it is selected.
The Description
I've only been using Captivate 8 for a short period of time, and I've run face first into a little bit of a bigger hurdle than I expected. At present, I have a simple, linear Captivate project that in essence replicates a Powerpoint (client specified). Everything was working just fine until I tried a HTML 5 Preview from Captivate 8 and first slide did not show. After some research my solutions to the problems I encountered was to:
Local preview occasionally causes a glitch. Solution: Publish locally and (pre)view the result. This didn't work.
Group all objects on the first slide and then attach the action Show to that group. This fixed the problem.
Following that I published it to a host server (test server at the moment, but ultimately it will the live dev server). I encountered the same problem, so:
Tried the group trick, above. No joy.
Opened up the TOC and navigated to the other slides. None of the buttons (previous slide, next slide) worked.
Renamed the "Mouse.mp3" to remove that annoying click. Result: All project buttons worked, but the first slide was not showing (grouped or otherwise).
Removed all master slide objects from the slide. No joy.
Removed the button (action: Next Slide) and reduced the play time of the slide to 5 seconds so that the slide would play upon loading, then just move to the next slide. No joy.
Tried all of the above with SWF and HTML 5 publication.
Tried all of the above with SWF only.
Once again, when I open up the TOC and navigate to the first slide ("Title Page") the blank slide that is populated only by the lonesome borders becomes the Title slide, as it should. Also, local preview from the file (\project\index.htm) works just fine.
Obviously I'm missing something. It's probably something incredibly obvious, so I thank you for your patience.
The Technical
Captivate 8.0.0.145
OS: Maverick OSX and Windows XP Pro SP1
Other: Adobe CS (up-to-date install)

First, apologies--I didn't see the "Getting Started" sub-community so if this thread can be moved there then thank you. Second, I missed some important details.
Project Details
Captivate 8, blank project*. Content at the moment is only text captions, media resources (pictures, two web objects [to Vimeo]), and transparent buttons. The project is stripped of the play bar as it is a self-paced lesson/module.
* I don't have the lead time to make this a responsive design, though that is the ultimate goal once the one-size-fits-all version (1024x627) has been released.
Testing Hardware Details
The following are the machines and browsers I've tested the HTML5 output on.
Mac (10.9.4) -- Chrome 36.0.1985.125 (hangs; need to open the TOC and click on "Title Page"), Firefox 30 (works fine), Safari 7.0.5 (9537.77.4) (works fine)
Windows 7 Pro SP1 -- IE 11 (works straight away! *shock*), Chrome 35.0.1916.153 m (hung, but on refresh worked fine), Firefox 31.0 (throws out unsupported error [known feature] but then loads up just fine).
Chromebook -- Chrome OS 35.0.1916.155 (worked straight off).
Smartphones -- Not supported, but iPhone 4S (iOS 7.1.2) (works fine, but not designed); Galaxy S5 Chrome (broken).
Tablets -- iPad2 (iOS 7.1.2) (play button loads partial content, on refresh works fine); Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Chrome (broken), Android Browser (works fine).
I'm more than willing to share a link to the project and the Captivate 8 file, but just thought that I would see if this gets any traction/recognition before going deeper.

How to create a hidden parameter in a 11.1.1.6 BI Publisher Report

We are in the process of migrating from BI Publisher 10g to 11.1.1.6. We used the Upgrade Assistant to migrate a couple thousand reports to the new 11g server. Most of the reports seem to be working fine, but some need some adjusting.
In 10g, there was an option to make a parameter with a type of "Hidden". Most of our reports have at least one parameter that is hidden. The hidden parameters are functional in the converted reports on the 11g server. But, when I want to modify a parameters on 11g or create a new parameter, there is no option to make the parameter hidden. I performed several web searches on the topic, but came up with nothing. I searched the report developer's guide. Nothing.
So, how does one create a hidden parameter in BI Publisher 11g?

Our team is researching the same thing, we have review all the documentation and not found anything helpful. Have you made any progress?

Error while running the BI Publisher using burst option

Hi,
I am new to BI Publisher.I have a requirement where I have to save my report to different files based on the department category.
Going through the net,I found the followiing link which explained what I required.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/obe/obe_bi/bipub/advance/advance.htm#t4s2
But I am getting the following error
Job ID 104
Job Name Bursting2
Job Owner administrator
Report Name Bursting2
Report Scope Private
Job Schedule Run at 3/8/10 3:03 PM
Bursting mode On
Job Execution Information
History ID 104
Status Failed
Start Processing Time 3/8/10 3:03 PM
End Processing Time 3/8/10 3:03 PM
Time Elapsed 906.00 millisec
Bursting Definitions
Bursting Node /ROWSET/ROW/DNAME
Delivery Node /ROWSET/ROW/DNAME
Delivery 1 :
Delivery Key RESEARCH
Delivery Type FILE
Status Failed
System Message C:\kuleena\RESEARCH.pdf (The system cannot find the path specified)
Delivery 2 :
Delivery Key SALES
Delivery Type FILE
Status Failed
System Message C:\kuleena\SALES.pdf (The system cannot find the path specified)
Please help me out on the same.
Thanks and Regards,
Kuleena

Hi,
Just a doubt.
I tried running the above report from the machine where BI PUBLISHER has been installed,I was able to save reports with different names to the folder.How can I run the report from my machine?What path should I give when we do not run from the server?
Following was my bursting query,
select NVL(d.dname,'SALES') KEY, 'Template2' TEMPLATE, 'RTF' TEMPLATE_FORMAT,
'en-US' LOCALE, 'PDF' OUTPUT_FORMAT, 'FILE' DEL_CHANNEL, 'C:\kuleena' PARAMETER1,
d.dname || '.pdf' PARAMETER2
from dept d
Kindly reply.
Edited by: K Tanna on Mar 11, 2010 2:12 AM

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