16 Deploying Reports in Oracle Portal

The steps for deploying reports in Oracle Portal is the same in 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) as in prior releases. However, the security mechanism underlying the deployment has changed. You can continue to use the security features in Oracle Portal from prior releases for backward compatibility, but you can now also choose to use the new Oracle Platform Security Services security mechanism. For more information, see Chapter 15, "Securing Oracle Reports Services".

This chapter describes how to use Oracle Portal to deploy your Oracle Reports Services reports. It includes the following sections:

• Creating Reports Users and Named Groups

• Registering Oracle Reports Components

• Publishing Your Report as a Portlet

• Troubleshooting Information

Before you deploy reports, both Oracle Portal and Oracle Reports Services must be installed and configured.