Explain XML Publisher Reports in Oracle Apps |Oracle E-Business Suite

XML Publisher Reports has two components.

• Data Definition
• Template

Data Definition:

Data definition is a component that pulls out data from a data source and generates the data file in an XML format with a user-defined structure.

Template:

The template is a layout that can be designed using Word or Excel.

XML Publisher engine requires input data in an XML format, the XML file is processed by XML Publisher engine, and the same data is displayed in the layout. We can generate an XML file using any kind of program, usually, we do use:

1. Oracle Report Builder (RDF)
2. PL/SQL Program
3. Java Program
4. Data Template

Data Template Definition

The data template is an XML document that consists of 5 basic sections:

1. Properties
2. Parameters
3. Triggers
4. Data Query
5. Data Structure