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| Oracle XML Publisher - Center of
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| Introduction |
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Apps Associates XML Center of
Excellence is our earnest attempt to share our experiences on Oracle XML
Publisher (XMLP). The intention is to discuss about the technical and business issues
related to this tool, the best practices evolved through our implementation experiences
and the lessons learnt in this process. We have worked on XMLP versions ranging from 4.5
through 5.6.2 at multiple customers and this COE is to build a comprehensive knowledge
base with information on various XMLP initiatives.
XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a W3C initiative that allows
information and services to be encoded with meaningful structure and semantics that
computer and humans can understand. XML is great for information exchange, and can easily
be extended to include user-specified and industry-specified tags. |
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| What is Oracle XML
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Template-based publishing solution delivered with the Oracle E-Business suite. |
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New approach to report design and publishing by integrating familiar desktop word
processing tools with existing E-Business suite data reporting. |
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Flexibility of XML Publisher is a result of separation of the presentation & data
structure of a report. |
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At runtime, XML Publisher merges your designed template files with the report data to
create a variety of outputs meeting the varied business needs. |
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| Background |
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We have formed a very good methodology of implementing the
documents with this tool from the lessons learnt from our earlier execution.
We believe that you will be pleasantly surprised with our fixed priced quote to convert
all your documents into XML Publisher with very minimal time from your business users - if
they are pressured for time.
We will be very glad if you give us an opportunity to come over and give you a demo of the
tool, explain about our methodology for implementing the documents and finally give a
quote for migrating your documents to XML Publisher. |
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The Reporting Business needs could be as varied as |
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Financial Reports |
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Business Reports |
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Invoices |
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Purchase Orders |
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Sales Orders |
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Contracts |
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Government Forms |
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Tax Forms |
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Marketing Materials |
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The Requirements are so varied and No One System can do it. |
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3rd party software is required to satisfy business requirements. |
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Highly skilled engineers required to maintain the 3rd party software servers. |
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Ultimately it results in |
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High Cost |
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Complex systems |
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Expensive maintenance |
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Labor Intensive |
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Need of the Hour |
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Integrated Document Management Solution |
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And what we have! .Oracle XML Publisher |
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Document Management Solution well integrated with Oracle Applications |
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A solution which authors, manages and delivers the Business documents |
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Meets the Business Requirements |
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Removes the Complexity |
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Reduces Maintenance Cost |
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Reduces Total Cost |
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Integrated Document Management Solution |
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One Template -> Multiple Outputs -> PDF,HTML,EXCEL,RTF |
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Business Consultants can use familiar desktop tools like Word, PDF, etc. |
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Extract one time -> Publish multiple times |
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Template has reporting-rich features It is Benefits for all |
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| Benefits |
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| Benefits for All |
| End User |
| Consistent User Interface |
| Report in Multiple Formats |
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| Business Consultant |
| Focus on Business Requirements |
Use familiar tools like Excel,
Word, PDF to prototype report |
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| IT Consultant |
| Faster Deployment |
| Report Matches Prototype |
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| Development |
| Focus on Data Provisioning |
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| Getting started on XML |
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| To get started on XML, all the required Server side patches
and the client side patch has to be applied. |
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| Getting
started on XML |
| Client-side Patch |
Patch# 5027437 is Desktop patch for
XML Desktop Version 5.6.2 |
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| Server-side Patch for 11.5.10
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| Patch# 5097966 is for XML 5.6.2 |
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| Customer Implementations |
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Opex Corporation |
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We are LIVE at Opex Corporation since Aug -2006 on
their 11.5.10 instances without any issues. |
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XML Publisher was implemented for the following critical customer facing documents. |
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Invoices |
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Print New / Selected Invoices ( US / Canada ) |
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Pre - Printed Purchase Orders |
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Packing Slip |
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Commercial Invoice |
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AR Statement Generation |
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Ironage Corporation |
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We are LIVE at Ironage
Corporation since 05-Oct-2005 on their 11.5.10 instances without any issues. |
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XML Publisher was implemented for the following
critical customer facing documents. |
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Invoices |
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Print New / Selected Invoices ( US / Canada ) |
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Consolidated Billing Invoices |
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Purchase Orders |
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Pick Pack Tickets ( with bar-coding ) |
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AP checks ( US / Canada ) |
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Customs Reports |
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Customs Itemized Report |
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Customs Summary Report |
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Current Implementations
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| XML Publisher Center of
Excellence |
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| In our pursuit towards excellence and expertise on Oracle
XML Publisher, we have established an XML Publisher Center of Excellence to further
research in this area. The Apps Associates XML COE has researched on various XML
Initiatives. |
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| Click the below links to download our useful
resources on XML Publisher: |
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| For any of your queries on
implementing Oracle XML Publisher, please contact us at xmlpub@appsassociates.com |
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Click Here to Download
XML Publisher PDF
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