From Oracle Reports to Bi Publisher :) [Closed]

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Hello.. First I'll explain our situation :)
In our company when we create reports (using oracle reports) we have to insert in our before report trigger this: srw.user_exit('FND SRWINIT') ..An in the after report trigger this: srw.user_exit('FND SRWEXIT') Because this is needed for the CEMLIs (configurations, extensions, modifications, localization, and integrations) of the company in order to measure the time each report takes to finish.
I’ve made some reports using XML Publisher (Bi Publisher) and they are working great :) ..But now some people here are asking me if I could use those same instructions in order to get the information of the time.
I read at Tim’s Blog this:
“.. In good ol Oracle Reports you just added the following command in your before report trigger: srw.user_exit('FND SRWINIT') and it was all done for you. In the world of BIP we go one step further. The executable that runs your data template sets the org id for you so you do not have to do anything. Now there is a caveat to this, as long as you are using the BIP delivered executable (XDODTEXE) in EBS to call the data engine to run your data templates you're fine..” (http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/2007/03/22)
We are using the executable XDODTEXE in EBS so I told them we don’t need to use those commands. But when they tested a process in order to get the info of the time (CEMLIs) they got no information.
Now I’m trying to insert in the data template the beforeReport and afterReport Triggers. But.. I don’t know what I should insert as the source:
<dataTrigger name=”beforeReport” source=”???????”/>
*Should I use something like SRW.INIT?
*Or is this already done when we run the concurrent using the XDODTEXE executable? (if yes, how can I verify this?)
*Is any of this possible (use those instructions of reports in bi publisher)?
Any help would be appreciated.. Thanks :)
~ Cori ~
(sorry if I misspelled something.. my English is not very good hehe :P)

Answer 1

Hello Tim, Thanks for your reply :)
Some people of Oracle told us we needed to use this command because with this a trace file is created. This are the steps they gave us (this is only used at OnDemand):
1) to be able to run a CEMLI, on the report you have to use in a before report trigger: srw.user_exit('FND SRWINIT'). In the after report trigger: srw.user_exit('FND SRWEXIT') (we didn't follow this step because we're using XDODTEXE as the executable)
2) in the report add a numeric parameter named ‘P_CONC_REQUEST_ID’
3) activate the Trace Option in the concurrent of the report.
4) execute the concurrent of the report
5) execute the concurrent ‘CEMLI Performance Checker’
6) fill the cemli_performance_standard file (this is a .xls file we have) with the information that was on the output of step No 5
We weren't getting the output of step No 5.. But now we could make it work :D
We were skipping step No 2, we just added the parameter and now everything is working fine :)
Thanks :)
~ Cori ~