Graph Capabilities in XML Publisher

Question

Just started evaluating XML Publisher as a possibility for reporting multiple Balanced Scorecard KPIs from E-Business Suite onto one report, as that functionality is NOT provided by Oracle.
I presume the idea of XML Publisher is to make development of Reports faster and easier, with less technical knowledge required than perhaps using something like Oracle Reports
To be honest with an initial look I have found it to be quite disappointing, especially in respect to graphing.
I wanted to create a graph where I could display Multiple Series of Data on the one Bar Graph i.e. Actual, Budget, Forecast, by Period
The "Wizard" in Release 5.6.0 only allows me to select the "sum" of a single "Measure"
I have since read further through B13817-05 XML Publisher User Guide, and found you can go to Format, Picture and the Web tab and alter the code in there to change the graph.
So I have managed to do that by manually adding additional <RowData> items
However I don't feel that confident in recommending we attempt to use XML Publisher yet for "advanced" reporting, as it seems to have as many peculiarities, issues as Reports Developer, and probably requires a similar level of Expertise/Experience
I am sure for a basic report, it is quite easy to achieve something quickly and easily, but generally nowadays requirements are not simple
The resources I have found that seem to relate to graphs are;
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/reports/htdocs/faq/graph_faq_with_style.html
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/reports/htdocs/getstart/whitepapers/graphdtd/graph_dtd_technote_2.html
Is there any other resources out there that would be helpful ?
Jeremy

Answer 1

Thanks for your reply
I will check out those possibilities if I have time, as mentioned we are not really developers and were looking for the true benefits marketed for using XML Publisher of reports being "designed using Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat "
Let hope the graphing and other functionality makes it into a release soon