Oracle Reports - XMLP

Is there some way to migrate my Oracle reports to XMLP? We have a number of reports that the users hate the current layout and would like to open them in MS-Excel. Converting each one to XMLP by hand would make me an excellent candidate for CTS.
Any help?

If you have Oracle Reports 10g:
You can use the desformat=SPREADSHEET (Command line only) The report output is sent to an HTML file that is compatible with spreadsheet applications, such as Microsoft Excel. You can generate spreadsheet output from the paper layout of reports saved in any format (rdf,jsp,xml)
Like Oracle Reports the BI Publisher isn't able to generate generate pure Excel. They generate HTML and name the files .xls! If you open these pseudo-XLS-files Excel renders the HTML with a lot of bugs in the ouput. It's nightmare!

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hi
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thx
Dan

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You need the source-data as XML for BIP.
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The ultimate aim is to get xml out of it, so consider both are same.
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Hi All,
Is it possible to run xml-publisher report via URL?
In Oracle Reports works this fine:
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Thomas,
I was waiting to get home before Tim replied... He got the better of me this time :-)
You say you want to let your users run reports using XMLP just by clicking on an URL same way you do with reports and without having to login. If I got the question right and assuming that:
1.Your company is not overly concerned on who runs what reports
2.Who sees what data
3.Your XMLP installation is on your intranet and firewalled from the outside
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I have tested this on my home server and this is what I've done:
1.Logged in as admin or any other user you've created with admin privileges created a report under the "Guest" folder.
2.Copied the URL, on my server it is "http://samba.private.net:15101/xmlpserver/Guest/People/People.xdo"
4.Logged off as admin and pasted the URL to a new browser window
5.Hit return and Voila, my report runs without the need to login to XMLP.
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Cheers,
Joao
PS: If you want to see the report for yourself here's the URL from the outside: http://medeiros.homelinux.net:15101/xmlpserver/Guest/People/People.xdo
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Converting Oracle Reports to XML Publisher

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Thanks!
Ellen

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How do i convert reports from Oracle reports to Oracle BI Publisher

Hi,
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lpserver\web-inf\lib\xdocore.jar;D:\oraclebi\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\applications\xmlp
server\xmlpserver\web-inf\lib\collections.jar;d:\oraclebi\oc4j_bi\j2ee\home\appl
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e\applications\xmlpserver\xmlpserver\web-inf\lib\xmlpserv2.jar
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Oracle Reports - PDF report

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Unable to integrate Oracle Reports with Express--(To oracle Team also)

Hi
Unable to integrate Oracle Reports with Express. While defining
the Express database connection using the olap connection editor
iam getting the following error "Error locating the XCONEDIT.INI
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YOur help !!!
kindly respond...(Oracle Team do respond with something)
with rgds

hello,
check out the notes
Note:112542.1
Note:167049.1
on oracle metalink for further information.
if you still have issues, please contact oracle support services
for furhter assistence.
regards,
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Grouping in rtf template like oracle reports - a newbie question

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http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/2006/10/30
http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/2007/10/30

Can we use Dynamic SQL in Oracle Reports ?

Hi ,
Can we use Dynamic SQL in Oracle Reports ?
If yes please give some examples .
Thanx
srini

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Solaris 7 (sparc)
Oracle RDBMS 8.1.7
Reports 6i (release 2)
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I found the answer myself in an earlier post.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The Oracle Reports Team:
Reports 6i will connect to Oracle8i, however you need to connect over Net8 - i.e. on the database side, you need to set up the TNS listener to accept connections, and on the Reports side (which, incidentally, needs to be installed in a separate Oracle_home) you need to configure the tnsnames.ora file to connect to the 'remote' database (since it is in a different oracle_home, to all intents and purposes it may as well be on another machine - it's all considered 'remote').
Regards
The Oracle Reports Team http://technet.oracle.com <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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