Oracle Reports

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Oracle Reports is a tool for developing reports against data stored in an Oracle database. Oracle Reports consists of Oracle Reports Developer (a component of the Oracle Developer Suite) and Oracle Application Server Reports Services (a component of the Oracle Application Server).

Contents 1 Output formats 2 History 2.1 6i 2.2 9i 2.3 10g 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Output formats

The reports can be delivered directly to a printer or in the following formats:

• HTML
• RTF
• PDF
• XML
• Microsoft Excel

[edit] History

[edit] 6i

New features added in 6i:^[1]

• WebDB integration
• XML Output
• HTML Parameter Form Extensions
• SQL Access to the Reports Server Queue
• EXEC_SQL Integration

[edit] 9i

New features added in 9i:^[2]

• XML report definition
• Query types: XML, JDBC, Oracle9i OLAP, text files
• Pluggable Data Sources
• Java Importer
• Oracle9i JDeveloper Integration
• Oracle9i SCM Integration
• Graphing
• Oracle9iAS Portal Report Import
• Edit Oracle9iAS Discoverer Worksheet Export

[edit] 10g

New features added in 10g:^[3]

• New output format SPREADSHEET, output to Microsoft Excel.
• Extended HTML formatting customisation
• Compliant to HTML 4.01 and XML 1.1 standards

[edit] References

1. ^ New Features in Oracle Reports Developer and Reports Server 6i.
2. ^ Oracle9i Reports New Features.
3. ^ Oracle Reports 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) New Features.

[edit] External links

• Oracle Reports
• (Portuguese) Reports Builder Forum