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Blitz Report Application Categories

Description:

Oracle application -> Blitz Report assignment via lookup XXEN_REPORT_APPS_CATEGORIES.

This setup controls how automatically imported BI publisher reports and concurrent programs are assigned to Blitz Report categories.

Parameters

Used tables

fnd_lookup_values, table, fnd_application_vl

Categories

Enginatics

AP Invoice Upload, CAC Interface Error Summary

Dependencies

If you would like to try one of these Oracle EBS SQLs without having Blitz Report installed, note that some of the reports require functions from utility package xxen_util.

Example Report

Blitz Report Application Categories 18-Jan-2018 225804.xlsx

Report SQL

www.enginatics.com/reports/blitz-report-application-categories/

Blitz Report™ import options

Blitz_Report_Application_Categories.xml

Blitz Report Application Categories - Case Study & Technical Analysis

Executive Summary

The Blitz Report Application Categories report is a configuration audit and setup tool. It defines the mapping between Oracle E-Business Suite Applications (e.g., “Payables”, “Receivables”) and Blitz Report Categories. This mapping drives the automatic categorization of reports when they are imported from standard Concurrent Programs or BI Publisher, ensuring an organized and intuitive report repository.

Business Challenge

When migrating hundreds of legacy reports into Blitz Report, organization is key.

Solution

The Blitz Report Application Categories setup automates this organization:

Technical Architecture

The logic relies on a specific lookup type that acts as the mapping table.

Key Tables & Joins

Logic

  1. Retrieval: Lists all defined mappings from the lookup type.
  2. Validation: Ensures that the Application Short Name exists in FND_APPLICATION.
  3. Usage: This mapping is consumed by the “Import” feature in Blitz Report.

Parameters

FAQ

Q: What happens if an application is not mapped? A: If a report belongs to an application that isn’t in this mapping, it is usually assigned to a default category (e.g., “Uncategorized” or “Other”) or the category matching the application name itself.

Q: Can I map multiple applications to one category? A: Yes. For example, you could map both ‘SQLAP’ (Payables) and ‘AP’ (Payables Intelligence) to the single category “Accounts Payable”.

Q: How do I add a new mapping? A: You add a new code to the XXEN_REPORT_APPS_CATEGORIES lookup type via the standard Oracle Lookups form or via a setup upload.

Oracle E-Business Suite Reporting Library

We provide an open source Oracle EBS SQLs as a part of operational and project implementation support toolkits for rapid Excel reports generation.

Blitz Report™ is based on Oracle EBS forms technology, and hence requires minimal training. There are no data or performance limitations since the output files are created directly from the database without going through intermediate file formats such as XML.

Blitz Report can be used as BI Publisher and Oracle Discoverer replacement tool. Standard Oracle BI Publisher and Discoverer reports can also be imported into Blitz Report for immediate output to Excel. Typically, reports can be created and version tracked within hours instead of days. The concurrent request output automatically opens upon completion without the need for re-formatting.

The Filters, Columns, Rows and Values fields are used to create and deliver the data in pivot table format with full drill down to details.

Blitz Report Pivots

The Excel template upload functionality in Blitz Report allows users to create their own layouts by uploading an Excel template with additional sheets and charts, automatically refreshed when the report runs again. This allows to create custom dashboards and more advanced visualizations of report data.

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You can download and use Blitz Report free of charge for your first 30 reports.

The installation and implementation process usually takes less than 1 hour; you can refer to our installation and user guides for specific details.

If you would like to optimize your Oracle EBS implementation and or operational reporting you can visit www.enginatics.com to review great ideas and example usage in blog. Or why not try for yourself in our demo environment.

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