EBS Object Types - Publisher Files

BI publisher reporting product from Oracle that provides the ability to create and manage highly formatted reports from a wide range of data sources.

  • You can source files from SCM or Development environment. It is always recommended to source files from SCM systems for obvious reasons of traceability.
  • Sourcing files from SCM
    • Commit files to SCM configured for your Project.
    • You must put the file in folder configured in EBS Publisher Root Source Directory on project properties. For example, publisher. This folder will be under project configuration source root folder.
    • Then perform Populate from xxx, then make sure to verify or configure LOB Code, App Short Name, LOB Type, Territory and Language on each newly discovered publisher files then click Evaluate. Click Save.
      • For example, you can commit /publisher/XXHR_A.rtf to SCM and XXHR_A will be LOB Code.
  • Sourcing files from development environment
    • Go to Files tab - select Publisher files, then click Create and provide file name (For example, LOB Code.extension), evaluate and the configure LOB Code, App Short Name, LOB Type, Territory and Language and click Evaluate again. Click Save.
      • For example, you can start with /publisher/XXHR_A.rtf and XXHR_A will be LOB Code.

See Considerations below for configuration Publisher files as they require manual entry and evaluate for some attributes.

Object Type Identification

  • Files with extensions .pdf, .rtf, .xsd, .xlf are included regardless of location, Or
  • Files with extensions .xml, .xls, .xsl, .pdf, .rtf, .xsd that are in the publisher folder

EBS Publisher Root Source Directory on Project Properties tab defaults to publisher, but you can update if you are keeping Publisher Files in different folder.

File Extensions

NameDescription
.rtfXML Publisher (XDO) translatable templates and non-translatable RTF templates.
.pdfXML Publisher (XDO) PDF templates.
.xsdXML Publisher (XDO) non-translatable XML Schema.

Object Type

NameCode
Publisher FilesPUBLISHER

Object Type Attributes

NameCodeDescriptionDefault ValueSupported Values
SourceSOURCEObject Source Location Type

SCM (**populating from SCM)

EBS (**manual creation)

SCM | EBS

App Short Name

APP_SHORT_NAMEApplication Short NameDefaults to EBS Module Application Short Name property.

LOB CodeLOB_CODEXDO LOB code. Enter either the Template Code 
or the Data Definition Code.
<file name> (**without path/extension)
XDO File TypeXDO_FILE_TYPEXDO File type

LOB TypeLOB_TYPEXDO LOB type

XML_SAMPLE

See Considerations below.

BURSTING_FILE | DATA_TEMPLATE | TEMPLATE | TEMPLATE_SOURCE | XML_SCHEMA | XML_SAMPLE
Target LocationTARGET_LOCATIONPath to where the file should be deployed to.

$<PROD_TOP>/patch/115/publisher

Default can be changed using EBS Publisher Root Destination Directory property.


Territory CodeTERRITORYISO two-letter territory code. If no territory code, provide 00 to ignore the value.US
LanguageLANGUAGEISO two-letter language code.en
Custom ModeCUSTOM_MODE

To override Oracle’s upload algorithm and update the custom AOL data regardless - use CUSTOM_MODE= FORCE.

FORCE

Default can be changed using EBS Publisher Default Custom Mode property.

NOFORCE | FORCE
NLS LangNLS_LANGNLS_LANG environment variable


$NLS_LANG
Target File PermissionsFILE_PERMISSIONSPermissions to apply to the file after it is deployedDefaults to the project property FDEBS_FILE_PERMISSIONS

Related Project Properties

NameCodeDescriptionDefault Value
Publisher Root Source DirectoryFDEBS_PUBLISHER_ROOT_SOURCE_DIRSource folder for publisher files (e.g. xmlpub).publisher

Publisher Root Destination Directory

FDEBS_PUBLISHER_ROOT_DESTINATION_DIRTarget directory for Publisher files (e.g. $XXHR_TOP/publisher).$<PROD_TOP>/patch/115/publisher
Publisher Default Custom ModeFDEBS_PUBLISHER_CUSTOM_MODE

When populating or evaluating files deployed with XDOLoader, set the CUSTOM_MODE of publisher files to this.

FORCE

File PermissionsFDEBS_FILE_PERMISSIONSTarget File Permission. Will be set to target file after deployment using chmod. eg: 755

Sample Build Commands 

java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader DOWNLOAD -DB_USERNAME $FDEBS_DB_USER -DB_PASSWORD "$FDEBS_DB_PASSWORD" -JDBC_CONNECTION "$AD_APPS_JDBC_URL" -LOB_TYPE TEMPLATE -APPS_SHORT_NAME XXHR -LOB_CODE XXHR_BIP_ROSTER  -LANGUAGE en -TERRITORY US -NLS_LANG $NLS_LANG -XDO_FILE_TYPE  XLS
mv `ls "TEMPLATE_XXHR_XXHR_BIP_ROSTER_en_US."* | grep -i "TEMPLATE_XXHR_XXHR_BIP_ROSTER_en_US.xls"` ./publisher/XXHR_BIP_ROSTER.xls

Sample Deploy Commands 

cp "$SOURCE_FILE" "$XXHR_TOP/patch/115/publisher/templates/";
java oracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.XDOLoader UPLOAD -DB_USERNAME $FDEBS_DB_USER -DB_PASSWORD "$FDEBS_DB_PASSWORD" -JDBC_CONNECTION "$AD_APPS_JDBC_URL" -LOB_TYPE TEMPLATE -APPS_SHORT_NAME XXHR -LOB_CODE XXHR_BIP_ROSTER  -LANGUAGE en -TERRITORY US -NLS_LANG $NLS_LANG -XDO_FILE_TYPE  XLS -FILE_NAME "$XXHR_TOP/patch/115/publisher/templates/XXHR_BIP_ROSTER.xls"  -CUSTOM_MODE FORCE

Considerations

  1. When populating XML files from SCM, LOB Type is defaulted based file extension and file data. When sourcing files files from EBS, LOB Type is defaulted based on file extension. In either case be sure to make sure that LOB Type is appropriate. For example,
    1. .pdf, .rtf, .xls, .xsl, .xlf files are TEMPLATE
    2. .xsd and .dtd files are XML_SCHEMA
  2. You must make sure that values for App Short Name, LOB Code, Territory and Language are correct when sourcing from SCM or EBS. Once you edit the values, make sure to click Evaluate to reevaluate commands and Save your changes after evaluate.
    1. If necessary, you can find values for App Short Name, LOB Code, Territory and Language using following query.

      SELECT LOB_CODE,
        LOB_TYPE,
        APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME,
        FILE_NAME,
        LANGUAGE,
        TERRITORY,
        XDO_FILE_TYPE
      FROM XDO_LOBS

Troubleshooting

  1. Data Definition and Template not showing up in target after deployment
    • Make sure to deploy AOL of type XDO_DS_DEFINITIONS with Name set to LOB Code used for Data Definition and Template.
    • See Automating Oracle EBS XML Publisher Reports Migration with FlexDeploy for reference.
    • Once again ensure the LOB Code of the XML file and Name of the AOL of type XDO_DS_DEFINITIONS both match the LOB Code of the report template, as this is what ties them together. Failure to do so will result in the attachments not appearing under the data definition in EBS.

Customization Example

If you want to avoid manually entering values like Territory, then following customization script can be used. For example, if file is stored as "/publisher/US/en/abc.rtf" in source control system, then US will be recognized as Territory. This is example for Territory and same logic can be applied for LOB Code, App Short Name, LOB Type, Territory and Language as necessary.

// publisher file customization to allow use of territory and language from path
// User will enter path as /publisher/US/en/XXHR_BIP_ROSTER.rtf
// Format - <parent folder>/publisher/<territory>/<language>/<file name with extension>

// Find what folder name we are using for publisher files
PUB_ROOT=FDEBS_PUBLISHER_ROOT_SOURCE_DIR != null && FDEBS_PUBLISHER_ROOT_SOURCE_DIR != '' ? FDEBS_PUBLISHER_ROOT_SOURCE_DIR : 'publisher';
if (FILE_PATH.indexOf(PUB_ROOT) > -1)
{
    // if file path does not have publisher folder then we can't do anything
    // let's remove anything including first / from path first, then split it
    EFFECTIVE_PATH=FILE_PATH.substring(FILE_PATH.indexOf(PUB_ROOT));
    parts=EFFECTIVE_PATH.split('/');
    if (parts.length >= 4)
    {
        return parts[1];
    }
}
return null;


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