Stand alone oracle report - need help asap

Question

Hi,
We are in ORACLE Apps 11i. We started using ORACLE BI Publisher to create templates for the Oracle Reports. How we are doing reports now is
1) create data definition XML which has all the queries embedded.
2) Create Data definition in XML Publisher Admin responsibility.
3. Attach the Data definition XML to that.
4. Create a concurrent program definition for the report with XML Type and run the report and save the data file with tags.
5. Create the template ,rtf in Word and export data using ORACLE BI Publisher. 6. Create template definition in the XML Publisher Admin responsibility and attach this .rtf to that and run the report.
Now I have a requirement stating that the REPORT SHOULD BE AN ORACLE STAND ALONE REPORT AND THE REPORT NEEDS TO BE RUN THROUGH CONCURRENT PROGRAM SCREEN. I am planning on doing the following steps.
1. I have to create an .rdf using report builder.
2. Create concurrent program executable and definition for the report.
3. Create data definition in XML Publisher admin responsibility.
4. Run the report in apps.
5. Create the tempalte .rtf in word and export data with the XML Data file with tags,
6. Run the report.
Am I correct? Any help is appreciated asap.
Thanks
Akil

Answer 1

You said,
standalone report ?? is that mean without using bipublisher ??
1st method.
create concurrent program, output xml,
create data template, create datadefintion , attach Datatemplate.
run the cc pgm, get xml, design RTF , create template definition , attach RTF,
run the cc pgm, you get the pdf output.
2nd method.
create rdf,
create concurrent program, output xml,
run the cc pgm, get xml, design RTF ,
create datadefintion , create template definition , attach RTF,
run the cc pgm, you get the pdf output.
, both requires, cc pgm, rtf, data defintion , template definition.
only differnece is , how do you get the data, i mean, xml...
data template or RDF.