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Oracle® Fusion Middleware Data Modeling Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
11g Release 1 (11.1.1)

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1 Introduction to the Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Data Modeling Guide

This chapter provides an introduction to using Oracle BI Publisher's data model editor. It covers the following topics:

1.1 Introduction to Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Oracle BI Publisher is an enterprise reporting solution for authoring, managing, and delivering all your highly formatted documents, such as operational reports, electronic funds transfer documents, government PDF forms, shipping labels, checks, sales and marketing letters, and much more.

The Oracle Fusion Middleware Data Modeling Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (this guide) describes how report developers use BI Publisher's data model editor to fetch and structure the data for use in the many different types of report layouts that BI Publisher supports. Table 1-1 provides more information about using the product for other business roles.

Table 1-1 Business Roles, Sample Tasks, and Related Documentation

Role Sample Tasks Guide

Administrator

Configuring Security

Configuring System Settings

Diagnosing and Monitoring System Processes

Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Application developer or integrator

Integrating BI Publisher into existing applications using the application programming interfaces

Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Report consumer

Viewing reports

Scheduling report jobs

Managing report jobs

Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Report designer

Creating report definitions

Designing layouts

Oracle Fusion Middleware Report Designer's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher