BIP Web Service Reports

Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking

Release 12.4.0.0.0
[May] [2017]
 Table of Contents
1. SERVER SETUP FOR WEB SERVICE BASED BIP REPORTS ............................................................. 1-1
1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 PREREQUISITES ........................................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 DEPLOYING BIP REPORTS .......................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3.1 Setting up BIP Server ......................................................................................................................... 1-2
1.3.2 Setting Up BIP Data Sources ............................................................................................................. 1-4
1.3.3 Creating BI Publisher ‘FCReports’ Folder ....................................................................................... 1-5
1.3.4 Configuring BIP Currency ................................................................................................................. 1-8
 1. Server Setup for Web Service Based BIP Reports
1.1 Introduction
This chapter explains the method to setup the web services based BI Publisher reports server on
BIP 12C.

1.2 Prerequisites
Before you continue, ensure that Oracle BI Publisher 12C on the server machine.

1.3 Deploying BIP Reports

This section guides you through the deployment of BI Publisher reports. BIP reports deployment
involves the following steps:
 Setup BI Publisher Server
 Setup BI Publisher Data Source
 Create BI Publisher FC Reports folder
 Configure BI Publisher Currency

These steps are explained under the following headings.

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1.3.1 Setting up BIP Server

For setting up BI Publisher server, follow the steps below.

1. Go to Oracle BI Publisher Web Server’s Administration Console.

2. Specify the user name and password and click ‘Sign In’ button to sign in.

On successful login, the following screen is displayed.

3. Click the link ‘Administration’ on the top right of the screen.

The following screen is displayed.

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4. Click ‘Server Configuration’ under ‘System Maintenance’.

The following screen is displayed.

5. Specify the following details:

Cache Expiration (Minutes)

Specify the duration for which the data need to be stored in the cache. You need to specify the
duration in terms of minutes.
Cache Size Limit

Specify the maximum size allowed for cache.

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 Maximum Cached Report Definition

Specify the maximum number of reports that can be stored in cache.

Cache related settings are optional.

6. Once you have specified the above details, click ‘Apply’.
7. This completes the process of BIP service setup.

1.3.2 Setting Up BIP Data Sources

For setting up BI Publisher data sources, follow the steps below.

1. Go to Oracle BI Publisher Web Server’s Administration Console. Specify the user name and
password and click ‘Sign In’ button to sign in.
2. Click the link ‘Administration’ on the top right of the screen. The following screen is displayed.

3. Click ‘JDBC Connection’ under ‘Data Sources’. The following screen is displayed.

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 4. Click ‘Add Data Source’ button under ‘JDBC’ tab. The following screen is displayed.

5. Specify the JDBC connection details as shown in the screen.

Ensure that the data source name displayed on the screen is the same as the one
provided for ‘defaultDataSourceRef’ in the function ID specific report xdm files. All the xdm
files should have the same defaultDataSourceRef.
6. Enter the user ID and password and click ‘Test Connection’ button. On successful
connection, you will see a confirmation message on the screen.
7. Once the connection testing is successful, Click ‘Apply’ button. This completes the process of
BIP data source setup.

1.3.3 Creating BI Publisher ‘FCReports’ Folder

For creating BI Publisher FC reports folder, follow the steps below.

1. In the shipment media, copy all the files from the following folders to a common location:
 MAIN/<Module>/Datamodels_12c

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  MAIN/<Module>/Reports_12c

Along with these create a folder called ‘Adv’ and keep the files under these directories
 MAIN/<Module>/Advices_12c/Datamodels_12c
 MAIN//<Module>/Advices_12c/Reports_12c (except Branch Module)
 MAIN/<Module>/Advice_12c/XSD

For example:

2. Select all these and zip as FCReports.zipThen rename this to FCReports.xdrz

3. Deploy this file as follows.

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4. In Oracle BI Publisher Enterprise, navigate to ‘Shared Folders’ and then to ‘FCReports’
folder. The screen will display the list of all available reports.

In FCUBS properties Advice Type should be set to ‘BIP’ for displaying Branch Advice in
PDF format
5. This completes the process of ‘FCReports’ folder creation.

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1.3.4 Configuring BIP Currency

You can set configuration for each currency by using one of the following methods.
 Configure using xdo.cfg file
 Configure from BIP server
1.3.4.1 Configuring Currency using ‘xdo.cfg’ file

In this method, you need to define the mask for each currency in the ‘xdo.cfg’ file. Further, place
the ‘xdo.cfg’ file in the folder ‘<BI Publisher Repository>\Admin\Configuration’.

Click to view the ‘xdo.cfg’ file.

1.3.4.2 Configuring Currency from BIP Server

In order to configure the currency from BI Publisher server, follow the steps given below.
1. Go to Oracle BI Publisher Web Server’s Administration Console. Specify the user name and
password and click ‘Sign In’ button to sign in. On successful login, the following screen is
displayed.

2. Click the link ‘Administration’ on the top right of the screen. The following screen is displayed.

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3. Click ‘Currency Format’ under ‘Runtime Configuration’. The following screen is displayed.

4. Click ‘Add Currency Format’ button. The following screen is displayed.

5. Specify the currency code and the format mask. Click ‘Apply’ button.
6. Once the changes for all currencies are made, restart the OBIEE server.
7. This completes the process of currency configuration from BIP server.

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BIP Web Service Reports
[May] [2017]
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