Non Standard Provisioning Report

Question

Hi All,
Once a month we create a report for management using the standard ... Administration -> View Report function in Shared Services. A requirement has now come through to have more detail on the report, details that the standard report doesn't provide. Is there a way using xml or scripting that I can create a report that will fit Management's requirements.
I am currently investigating the CSSImportExportUtility
Regards,
Fraser

Answer 1

I am also on 11.1.1.3 and have to create a user report every month just like what you are describing. I was never able to figure out a way to include first and last names via any of the EPM tools so we had to come up with a manual method. It's long and ugly but here is how I get the report created:
Run the provisioning report.
Save the .csv to desktop then open.
Create a new worksheet (Sheet 1).
Copy columns A – E into Sheet 1.
In Sheet 1 insert 2 new columns before column E.
In Sheet 1 select column D then in the Office ribbon select the “Data” tab and click on “Text to Columns”.
In the “Convert Text to Columns Wizard” dialog box select the “Delimited” option.
Next select the “Other” option and enter the “@” symbol in the blank box. Click “Next” followed by Finish.
Delete column E which has the extracted data.
Open Hyena (LDAP browser) and in the tree navigate to the “All Users” group.
Right click on “All Users” and select: Query Active Directory >> Users (Detailed - General).
Once the “All Users” data has filled the right pane click the “Tools” menu option and choose “Export to Microsoft Excel”.
Choose a location and name for the exported text file and in the “Columns To Copy” box only choose the options selected below. Be sure to check the “All Items in List Window” option under Data Source.
Excel will automatically open with the data populated. Select both columns and copy.
Insert a new worksheet in the original file (Sheet 2) and paste the copied items.
Perform the same “Text to Columns” modification.
Select all cells with data except the heading cells. Select “Formulas” from the ribbon and choose “Define Name”.
Give the selection the name “XXXXX” then select “OK”.
Change worksheets to Sheet 1 and select cell E6 then select the function option.
Choose the function “VLOOKUP”.
Enter the following arguments and choose “OK”:
Lookup_value - d6
Table_array - XXXXX
Col_index_num - 2
Range_lookup - false
Copy the formula to the rest of the cells in the column by dragging the bottom corner down to all cells.
Navigate back to the original worksheet and insert a column before column E.
Navigate back to Sheet 1 and copy column E.
On the original worksheet, Select column E, right click and select “Paste Special”.
Choose the “Values” option and click “OK”.
Regards,
-Bob