Interview - Oracle BI Publisher2

This document contains interview questions and answers related to Oracle BI Publisher. It begins with questions about what BI Publisher is and its uses. It then provides questions and answers about data templates, template builders, supported functionality, parameters, translations and more. The document aims to help candidates prepare for interviews related to BI Publisher engineering roles.

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Oracle BI Publisher Interview

Questions
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Q. What is Oracle BI Publisher?

Oracle BI Publisher is a new java-based product available with the technology stacks of
EBS, Peoplesoft, Siebels, JD Edwards and BI Enterprise Edition (OBIEE). It Provides users
with:
1. A template-based, easy-to-use publishing solution
2. A tool to rapidly develop and maintain report formats formats

Q) What is a Data Template?

The Oracle XML Publisher data engine enables you to rapidly generate any kind of XML
data structure against any database in a scalable, efficient manner. The data template is the
method by which you communicate your request for data to the data engine. It is an XML
document whose elements collectively define how the data engine will process the template
to generate the XML.

Q. What is a template Builder?

The Template Builder is an extension to Microsoft Word that simplifies the development of
RTF templates. The Template Builder is tightly integrated with Microsoft Word and allows
you to perform the following functions:
1. Insert data fields
2. Insert data-driven tables
3. Insert data-driven forms
4. Insert data-driven charts
5. Preview your template with sample XML data
6. Browse and update the content of form fields
Extract boilerplate text into an XLIFF translation file and test translations
Valid template file types are:
eText – Inbound, eText – Outbound, PDF, RTF, XSL-FO, XSL-HTML, XSL-TEXT, and XSL-
XML.

Q) What Functionality is Supported?

The data engine supports the following functionality:
1. Schema generation
2. Default RTF template generation
3. Flexfields
4. Single and multiple data queries
5. Query links
6. Parameters
7. Aggregate functions (SUM, AVG, MIN, MAX, COUNT)
8. Event triggers
9. Multiple data groups
10. Unicode for XML Output
Unicode is a global character set that allows multilingual text to be displayed in a single
application. This enables you to develop a single multilingual application and deploy it
worldwide.
11. Canonical format
The data engine generates date elements using the canonical ISO date format: YYYY-MM-
DDTHH24:MI:SS.FF3TZH:TZM for a mapped date element, and ######.## for number
elements in the data template XML output.

Q. Translatable (check box)

Select this check box if you want this template to be translatable. Only RTF templates are
translatable. After the template definition is created, the following fields are not updateable:
Application, Code, and Type. Update the template from the View Template page.

Q. To handle parameterized layout

If the requirement is to display a different layout based on a user parameter value or a List of
Value selection, then the parameter can be passed to RTF layout and conditionally display
the layout.
On the Report Editor you first need to define a parameter with name DeptName. If this
parameter has to be associated with a List of Value (LOV), then create a LOV on the Report
Editor page.
Next, in the parameter definition select parameter type as “Menu” and then select the LOV
from the selection.
In the RTF template define a parameter using syntax –
Now when user selects a department name from the List of Value on the report viewer page,
the value gets passed to RTF layer into the DeptName parameter. To display the layout
based on this user selection, you can use an IF statement or a CHOOSE statement to
evaluate the parameter value and call the associated sub template.
Use CHOOSE statement when too many conditional tests are to be done and a default
action is expected for rest of the values, for example, for each department here we have a
different sub template and if the user parameter has a department name with no associated
sub template, then a default sub template can be called in otherwise section.

Q. TEXT FIELD
Developer→ controls→ legacy tools→ text field

Q. Adding Page/Brought Forward/Carried Forward Total

Placed before the column name→ PT

Q. Display Page Total in Footer

Q. Display Brought Forward Total in Header

Q. Display Carried Forward Total in Footer

Q. I want to create a report output in 10 languages, do I have to create 10 layout

templates?
No, BI Publisher provides the required translation for your templates, based on the number
of languages installed in your oracle apps environment requires outputs are provided

Q. What is the required installation for using BI Pub report?

BI Publisher deskop tool has be installed. Using this tool you can preview or test the report
before deploying the same on to the instance.

Q. How do you move your layout or data template across instances?

xdoloader is the utility that will be used.

Q. What is the tool to map required data output and layout templates so that they can
be tested in local machine?
Template viewer will be used for the same.
Q. Which component is responsible for generating the output in xml format before
applying it to layout template?
DataEngine will take DataTemplate as the input and the output will be generated in xml
format which will then be applied on layout template

Q. Can BI publisher reports be used in OAF pages?

XDO template utility helper java classes are provided for the same.

Q. Name some business use cases for BI reports?

Bank EFT, customer documents, shipping documents, internal analysis documents or any
transaction documents

Q. How do you pass parameters to your report?

Concurrent program parameters should be passed, ensure that the parameter name/token
are same as in the conc prog defn and the data template

Q. What are the various sections in the data template?

Parameter section Trigger Section Sql stmt section Data Structure section Lexical Section

Q. What does lexical section contain?

The required lexical clause of Key Flex field or Descriptive FF are created under this section

Q. What triggers are supported in Data template?

Before report and After report are supported

Q. Where is the trigger code written?

The code is written in the plsql package which is given under ‘defaultpackage’ tag of data
template.

Q. What is the file supporting the translation for a layout template?

xliff is the file that supports the translation, you can modify the same as required.
Q. How do you display the company logo on the report output?
Copy and paste the logo (.gif. or any format) on the header section of .rtf file . Ensure you
resize per the company standards.
While BI Publisher may be a step in the right direction for Oracle, be sure to investigate your
organization’s delivery needs and do not assume they can be met natively in R12. We
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