apex printing with bi publisher

APEX and BI Publisher

Roel Hartman

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Agenda

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EASE OF INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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�Full blown version

�Web Logic Server

�BI Publisher 11g Enterprise

�Evaluation version

�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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�Full blown version

�Web Logic Server

�BI Publisher 11g Enterprise

�Evaluation version

�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)

�Downloaded 11.1.1.7 and installed on OTN Dev Days VM

�Almost flawless. Almost ...

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�Evaluation version

�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)

�Downloaded 11.1.1.7 and installed on OTN Dev Days VM

�Almost flawless. Almost ...

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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�Evaluation version

�BI Publisher Trial Edition (Windows / Linux)

�Downloaded 11.1.1.7 and installed on OTN Dev Days VM

�Almost flawless. Almost ...

�Download BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7

�Word 2003 / 2007 (not 2010)

�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM

�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....Monday, September 9, 13

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Almost flawless. Almost ...

�Download BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7

�Word 2003 / 2007 (not 2010)

�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM

�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....

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�Download BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.7

�Word 2003 / 2007 (not 2010)

�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM

�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....

�Downloaded BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.6

�worked immediately

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�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM

�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....

�Downloaded BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.6

�worked immediately

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�Downloaded and installed on Windows 7 VM

�Tried and tried (also on XP) ....

�Downloaded BI Publisher Desktop 11.1.1.6

�worked immediately

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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Define BI Publisher as your favorite printer for APEX

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Ease of Installation and Configuration

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ORA-20001: The printing engine could not be reached because either the URL specified is incorrect or a proxy URL needs to be specified.

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CONCLUSION

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It’s not that hard ... but also not completely obvious

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EASE OF INTEGRATION

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Ease of Integration

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Option 1 (standard)

APEX

report request

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Ease of Integration

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Option 2 (BI as “owner”)

APEX

report request

page with

report link

page request da

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st

data

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Option 3 (BI as “owner” + web services)

APEX

report request

data

reque

st / d

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web se

rvice

call

http://linux:7001/xmlpserver/services

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CONCLUSION

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Multiple options for integration - all easy

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EASE OF USE

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D E M O N S T R A T I O N

EASE OF USE

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CONCLUSION

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Easy. VERY easy....

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TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

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Total Cost of Ownership�$46,000 per processor

�Weblogic Server (SE) ? + $10,000

�+ maintenance fees

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Total Cost of Ownership�But ...

�Tons of functionality

�Time saver

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CONCLUSION

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It’s not free. That’s for sure.So it depends....

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Wrap up

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http://www.odtug.com

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