| dc.description.abstract | Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (BI Publisher) is an enterprise
reporting framework to develop, manage, and deliver all types of highly formatted
documents. It eliminates the need for costly point solutions. End users can
easily design report layouts directly in a Web browser or using familiar desktop
tools, dramatically reducing the time and cost needed to develop and maintain
reports. In addition, it is extremely efficient and highly scalable because it can
generate tens of thousands of documents per hour with minimal impact to
transactional systems. Furthermore, it is “a template-based publishing solution
delivered with the Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Enterprise and JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne” (“Business Intelligence Publisher Core Components
Guide,” 2008).
Today, many companies who are using third-party ERP reports framework
want to convert their reporting framework to Oracle BI Publisher framework
because they want to reduce the overall cost of development, customization, and
ongoing maintenance of their ERP reports. However, converting third party
software to BI Publisher is not easy. It is technically challenging, can be costly,
and can even fail if the project is lacking a thorough plan and careful
implementation.
This paper exhibits a case study and constructs a step-by-step conversion
model for others to follow. The intended audiences are those companies who are planning on converting their reporting framework to BI Publisher in the Oracle
EBS (E-Business Suite) environment. | |
