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Oracle BI Publisher (OBIP)

Oracle BI Publisher is a template-based desktop publishing application. Oracle BI Publisher was created by Oracle and was first used in its E-Business Suite; it was then bundled with the PeopleSoft Suite a few years ago. BI Publisher improves reporting by defining a Roadmap which can be a as simple as a Word Doc or Adobe. The data to the template is passed using XML Source code files been loaded as the input BI allows users to have control over the existing reports without any major changes to associated JDE reports/UBE.

EnterpriseOne / Technical

Writing a P80010 Table Definition Browser App.

In OneWorld XE/8.0 days, we used to have an application – P80010 – Table Definition Browser Application. This application was of great help, as it showed the database fields in the Table, its indexes, the DD item name, description, the Data type of the field etc.
You can do the same in the Newer versions of EnterpriseOne too, with a very simple app as shown in the article.

General

You Comment – I Follow a.k.a. ‘Do Follow’

Do Follow Movement is, if you post a comment on DeepeshMD.com and post the link to your website/blog, you will receive some of the so called “link love” or “link juice”. As a blogger, or website owner in general, you want content or links pointing to your site/blog. Links to your site is one of the major ways to increase your Google ranking or for the matter for most search engines. That’s why in the blogosphere, link love is high currency.

Musings

Indian Literature Part 2 – Vedas & Mantras

Chanda shaastra explains how the Vedic mantras / hymns are arranged in the Vedas based on the number of letters in each line. It is the prosody of the Veda mantra. OM Mantra is the most important among the Hindu Mantras. Its chanting and vibrations is given in the article.

EnterpriseOne / Technical

Calculate Begin and End Dates for Month/Year

Calculate the Begin and End dates from a given Period/Year combination or to calculate the month’s begin and end dates from a given date. Like if you are given Period=3, Year=9, the Begin and End dates will be 03/01/2009 and 03/30/2009 respectively. Similarly if you were given a date say – 2/17/2009, the return Begin & End dates will be 02/01/2009 and 02/28/2009.