How to email Pdfs Using BI PUBLISHER

Question

Hi ,
we have a bi publisher report which generates AR Pdf Invoices.
We have a requirement that when bi publisher generates pdf invoices it should send an email to the customer with the pdf file as attatchment.
The Customer name will be on the invoice.Now in bursting file we have the code like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <!-- $Header: BURSTING_FILE_XXXX_AR_XXXINVOU1.xml 115.3 2009/01/27 01:11:57 xdouser noship $
-->
- <!-- dbdrv: none
-->
- <xapi:requestset xmlns:xapi="http://xmlns.oracle.com/oxp/xapi" type="bursting">
- <xapi:request select="/XXXINVOU/LIST_G_INVOICE_HDR/G_INVOICE_HDR">
- <xapi:delivery>
<xapi:filesystem output="${CF_PDF_DIR}/${D_PDF_FILE_NAME}" />
</xapi:delivery>
- <xapi:document output-type="pdf">
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="xdo://XXXX_AR.XXXINVOU1.en.US/?getSource=true" filter=".//G_INVOICE_HDRC_ORG_ID = 240 or C_ORG_ID = 330 or C_ORG_ID = 407 or C_ORG_ID = 994 or C_ORG_ID = 1174" />
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="xdo://XXXX_AR.XXXINVOU1_AUSTRALIA.en.US/?getSource=true" filter=".//G_INVOICE_HDRC_ORG_ID = 592" />
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="xdo://XXXX_AR.XXXINVOU1_JAPAN.en.US/?getSource=true" filter=".//G_INVOICE_HDRC_ORG_ID = 550" />
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="xdo://XXXX_AR.XXXINVOU1_SWEDEN.en.US/?getSource=true" filter=".//G_INVOICE_HDRC_ORG_ID = 852 or C_ORG_ID = 1913 or C_ORG_ID = 1973 or C_ORG_ID = 1873" />
<xapi:template type="rtf" location="xdo://XXXX_AR.XXXINVOU1_GENERIC.en.US/?getSource=true" filter=".//G_INVOICE_HDRC_ORG_ID != 240 and C_ORG_ID != 330 and C_ORG_ID != 407 and C_ORG_ID != 550 and C_ORG_ID != 592 and C_ORG_ID != 994 and C_ORG_ID != 1174 and C_ORG_ID != 852 and C_ORG_ID != 1913 and C_ORG_ID != 1973 and C_ORG_ID != 1873" />
</xapi:document>
</xapi:request>
</xapi:requestset>
could anyone please suggest me what code i should add to this and where should i add.
Thanks,
M

Answer 1

Are you using Oracle's BI Publisher (the full module)? or are you using the BI Publisher that comes as part of PeopleSoft Application?
The reason I am asking is that we have a similar request were we need to email out our ACH advices from Accounts Payable and I have been told we need to create an application engine program to run the BI Publisher report and then email thru the SendMail() function.
I am just trying to see if anyone has already done something like this as I cannot find sample app engine coding to run, save and email an ACH pdf file.
Thanks.
Jennifer