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InthisDocument
Purpose
Details

OutputPostProcessing

1.OutputPostProcessingFailsDueTojava.lang.ThreadDeath

2.OutputPostProcessor(OPP)LogContainsError"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError"

3.R12:HowtoConfiguretheAccountAnalysisReportforLargeReports

4.OutputPostProcessorFailsDuetojava.lang.OutOfMemoryError

5.XMLPublisherReportFailsWithError"Java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:JavaHeapSpace"

Templates

1.HowtoModifyExistingSeededTemplatesUsingOracleBIPublisher(formerlyXMLPublisher)

2.OutOfMemoryErrorWhenRunningXMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorConcurrentProgram

3.HowtocreateMultisheetinSingleExcelfileusingExcelTemplate

4.JBO29000:UnexpectedExceptionCaught:Java.Lang.OutOfMemoryError,Msg=JavaHeapSpace

5.PreviewingPDFGenerates'java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:javaheapspace'

6.OutOfMemoryErrorWhenRunningXMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorConcurrentProgram

7.AttributApplicationShortNameinDSDefinitionsAM.DSDefinitionsVO1isrequiredNotAbleToSelectThe
ApplicationWhileCreatingTheTemplate

8.AreTemplatesCreatedWithWordBiPPlugin11.1.1.6CompatibleWithBiP10.1.3.2.4?

BIPVersion5.6.x

1.HowToInstall(Register)aNewFontUsingXMLPublisher

2.java.lang.NullPointerExceptionOccursUsingXDORequests

3.BiPublisherFormatCurrencyFunctionReturnsTheWrongResult(ItReturns0.9Insteadof$0.90)

BIPVersion10.x

1."ThemacrocannotbefoundorhasbeendisabledbecauseofyourMacrosecuritysettings"InBIPublisher

2.ExcelOutputFromBIPublisherorXMLPublisherisTrimmingLeadingZeros

3.BiPublisherProcessingexception:StringindexoutofboundsexceptionWhenReportIncludesaChart

BIPVersion11.x

1.UndeterministicSelectionExceptionRecievedWhenDeployingBIPublisher11GonWeblogicServer

2.HowToUninstallOracleBIPublisherDesktopManually?

3.HowToChangeTheSessionTimeoutInOracleBIPublisher11g

4.ReportsWithSpecialCharactersinTheirNamesAreNotVisibleinBIPublisher11g

5.HowToManuallyStoptheNodeManager?

BIPAllVersions

1.BIPublisherDesktopStoppedWorkingWithMSWordAfterWindowsSecurityUpdate

2.ReportGenerationFailsDuetooracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathException:Namespaceprefix'ref'usedbutnot
declared

3.XMLReportsCompleteWithWarningUnableToFindAnOutputPostProcessorServiceToPostProcess
Request

4.HowToResolveErrorJBO25036InvalidObjectwithFndApplicationVO_1627?

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5.ArabicCharactersAppearAsQuestionMarksInXMLPublisherOutput

6.ExcelOutputFileSizeGeneratedByBIPublisherisVeryLarge

7.BarcodeFontDoesNotAppearInPDFOutput

8.HowtoaddMicrosoftExcelasTypetotheCreateTemplateListofValuesinBIPublisher

9.HowtoInstallSpecialFonts(MICR,Barcode)inBIPublisherEnterprise

References

APPLIESTO:
BIPublisher(formerlyXMLPublisher)Version5.6.0to5.6.3[Release5]
BIPublisher(formerlyXMLPublisher)Version10.1.3.4.1to11.1.1.7.0[Release10.1to11.1]
BIPublisher(formerlyXMLPublisher)Version11.5to12.2[Release11.5to12.2]
Informationinthisdocumentappliestoanyplatform.

PURPOSE
ThisdocumentisaConsolidationReferenceofBIPublisher/XMLPublisherDocuments

DETAILS
OutputPostProcessing
1.OutputPostProcessingFailsDueTojava.lang.ThreadDeath
TheOutputPostProcessor(OPP)logshowsthefollowingfailure:
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethod)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
atjava.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.invokeProcessXSL(XSLT10gR1.java:586)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:383)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:201)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper.transform(XSLTWrapper.java:161)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:1015)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:968)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:209)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.createFO(FOProcessor.java:1561)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:951)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.runProcessTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:5975)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3555)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:3614)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.XMLPublisherProcessor.process(XMLPublisherProcessor.java:247)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThread.run(OPPRequestThread.java:153)
Causedby:java.lang.ThreadDeath
atjava.lang.Thread.stop(Thread.java:630)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThreadManager.terminateThread(OPPRequestThreadManager.java:207)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPTerminateCommand.execute(OPPTerminateCommand.java:45)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPServiceThread.processMessage(OPPServiceThread.java:240)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPServiceThread.waitForMessages(OPPServiceThread.java:227)
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atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPServiceThread.mainLoop(OPPServiceThread.java:128)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.BaseServiceThread.run(BaseServiceThread.java:125)

Cause
Thejava.lang.ThreadDeatherrorindicatesthattheOutputPostProcessorhasreacheditsprocessingtimeout.
Solution
1.IncreasethevalueoftheConcurrent:OPPReponseTimeoutprofileoptiontoamaximumof300seconds.This
TimeoutshouldONLYbeAPPLIEDiftheFNDOPPServiceStopsWorkingfortheConcurrentRequestregardless
ofhowlongitistakinginFNDOPPtoservicetherequest.IfthereisanactualprobleminFNDOPP,theRequest
willremaininaRUNNINGPhaseuntiltheTimeOutAboveCompletes.
2.EnablethescalabilityfeatureofXMLPublisher:
a.LoginasSYSADMIN.
b.Responsibility:XMLPublisherAdministrator.
c.Function:Administration
d.Setthefollowingproperties:
1.TemporaryDirectory
2.UseXMLPublisher'sXSLTprocessor:True
3.EnablescalablefeatureofXSLTprocessor:True
4.EnableXSLTruntimeoptimization:True
NOTE:TheaboveinstructionswillaffectallXMLPublisherreports.Itisworthconsideringto
settheseproperties6till8ontheDataDefinitionlevelforthoseconcurrentprogramsthatare
expectedtoproducelargeXMLdatafiles.
3.RestarttheConcurrentManagerssothatchangestakeeffect(e.g.usingadcmctl.sh).
NOTE:It'sworthconsideringtosettheseproperties6till8ontheDataDefinitionlevelforthoseconcurrent
programsthatareexpectedtoproducelargeXMLdatafiles.Theissueisthereisnoproperties6till8.
References:
BUG:5682760RAC:REMOTEFILEEXCEPTIONIFTEMPLATERUNINADIFFERENTNODETHANOPP
BUG:56857245682760RACREMOTEFILEEXCEPTIONONMULTINODEPDFOUTPUTERROR
NOTE:1338762.1OracleBIPublisher(BIP)ProductInformationCenter(PIC)
NOTE:291792.1ConcurrentProcessingUsingtheConcurrentRequestOutputPostProcessor(OPP)inOracle
Applications
NOTE:729883.1HowtoCreateaSecondOPPConcurrentManagerinaNodeDifferentThanThePrimaryNode

2.OutputPostProcessor(OPP)LogContainsError"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError"
ThisisintendedforSystemAdministrators.Itisgenericinnatureandisnotdesignedtoaddressproductspecific
issues.IndividualproductdataistobeaddressedbytheproductteamthatownstheXMLdata.
Thepurposeofthissectionistooutlinebugs/patches,notes,knowledgebase,andcommunityresourcesfor
addressingtheerror:
"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError"
Theerroroccurswhenthefileoutputislargeinsizeandthemachinedoesnothaveadequatememorytoallocatefor
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theprocess,theOutputPostProcessordoesnothavesufficientheapsizeperprocessdefinedtohandlethelarge
report,whenprocessinglargereportsduringpeakutilizationtimes,codingerrorsinthedatatemplate,andmemory
leaksrequiringpatchingformorecurrentcode.
EnablingthescalablefeaturecontrolsthescalablefeatureoftheXDOparser.Ifyouknowyouaregoingtoreturna
largedatasetorhavealongrunningqueryyoucanspecifythatthedataengineenterscalablemode.Byturningon
thescalableoptionthiswillcausethedataenginetousethediskratherthanusememorytogeneratetheoutput.
Whenthiserroroccursinonereport,subsequentreportswilllikelynothaveanyoutputandwillendupwitherrors
also.
ToobtaintheOutputPostProcessorlogfile,followthenavigationbelow:
1.SelecttheSystemAdministratorresponsibility.
2.SelectthemenuConcurrentManagerAdminister.
3.SelecttheOutputPostProcessorService.
4.SelecttheProcessesbutton.
5.SelectManagerLog.
6.Thelogwillcontainajavastackerrorsimilartothefollowing:
/18/065:00:14PM][UNEXPECTED][128085:RT1585526]java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethod)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:85)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:58)
atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
atjava.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java(CompiledCode))
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.invokeProcessXSL(XSLT10gR1.java:580)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:378)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:197)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper.transform(XSLTWrapper.java:156)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:916)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:178)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.createFO(FOProcessor.java:1507)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:913)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.runProcessTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:1766)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.schema.server.TemplateHelper.processTemplate(TemplateHelper.java:1277)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.XMLPublisherProcessor.process(XMLPublisherProcessor.java:229)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.opp.OPPRequestThread.run(OPPRequestThread.java:153)
Causedby:java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
atjava.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(ByteArrayOutputStream.java(CompiledCode))
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XMLOutputStream.flush(XMLOutputStream.java(InlinedCompiledCode))
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XMLOutputStream.write(XMLOutputStream.java(CompiledCode))
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XMLOutputStream.writeChars(XMLOutputStream.java(CompiledCode))
...
Solutions
Genericerrorscanberesolvedbyperformingthefollowingsteps:
1.LogintotheXMLPublisherAdministratorresponsibility.
2.NavigatetoHomeAdministrationConfiguration.
3.UndertheGeneralPropertiesselectTemporarydirectory.
4.Selectatemporaryfilelocationonyourconcurrentprocessingnode.Thisshouldbeatleast5Gbor20timeslarger
thanthelargestXMLdatafileyougenerate.
OR
1.LogintotheXMLPublisherAdministratorresponsibility.
2.NavigatetoHomeAdministrationConfiguration.
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3.UndertheFOProcessingPropertiesset:
a.UseXMLPublisher'sXSLTprocessortoTrue.
b.EnablescalablefeatureofXSLTprocessortoFalse.
c.EnableXSLTruntimeoptimizationtoTrue.
OR
1.AsSystemAdministrator:NavigatetoConcurrent>Program>Define.
2.Queryupthereport:AccountAnalysisReport(forexample).
3.AddaparameternamedScalableFlag:
ValueSet:Yes_No
DefaultValue:Yes
SelectcheckboxesEnableSecurityandRequired
DonotselectthecheckboxDisplay,oruserscouldturnthisoffatruntime.
TokenneedstobeScalableFlag(thisisacasesensitivevalue).
Note:CompletethesestepsforboththeapplicationGeneralLedgerandtheSubledgerAccountingconcurrentprogram
definitions.
OR
1.DeterminewhattheheapsizeperOPPprocessiscurrently:
selectDEVELOPER_PARAMETERSfromFND_CP_SERVICES

whereSERVICE_ID=(selectMANAGER_TYPEfromFND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES

whereCONCURRENT_QUEUE_NAME='FNDCPOPP')

2.Thedefaultshouldbe:
J:oracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.GSMServiceController:mx512m

3.IncreasetheHeapSpaceperProcessto1024:
updateFND_CP_SERVICES

setDEVELOPER_PARAMETERS=

'J:oracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.GSMServiceController:mx1024m'

whereSERVICE_ID=(selectMANAGER_TYPEfromFND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES

whereCONCURRENT_QUEUE_NAME='FNDCPOPP')

4.Bringthemanagersdown.
5.PleaseruntheConcurrentManagerRecoveryfeaturetoaddressanyConcurrentManager/ConcurrentProcessing
issueswithintheOracleApplicationManager.NOTE:RegularuseoftheCPAnalyzerinNote1411723.1canprovide
anImmediateAnalysisandOutputofaConcurrentEnvironment.
6.Bringthemanagersupagain.
OR
1.NavigatetotheSystemAdministratorresponsibility.
2.NavigatetoConcurrentProgramDefine.
3.QueryuptheXDOTMGENexecutableshortname.
4.IntheOptionsfieldaddavaluesuchasXmx512morXmx1024morotherrelevantnumbertoincreasetheheap
size.
5.Savethechanges.
6.Resubmittherequest.
Note:InsurethelatestATGRUPandXDOpatchsetshasbeenappliedinyourenvironmentforbetterreport
processingperformance.
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Reference:
Note1138602.1OverviewofAvailablePatchesforOracleXMLPublisher(embeddedinOracleEBusinessSuite)
OverviewofBugReferences:

OracleEBusinessSuite12i:
Bug7504236ONDEMAND:XMLErrorintheCreatingAccounting
Bug7599031XMLPUBLISHERSUM(CURRENTGROUP())FAILS
Bug8289767BIPublisherConcurrentRequestReportOutputPrintsXMLData
Bug9477895FWDPORT:7306874:12.1.1:12.1.1:OPPERRORJAVA.LANG.OUTOFMEMORYERROR:ZIP002:OUT
Bug9890082ReportFailingwithjava.lang.OutOfMemoryError:javaheapspace
OracleEBusinessSuite11i:
Bug5466522XMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorFailswithjava.lang.OutOfMemoryError
Bug5469928XMLPublisher5.6.2DataTemplateJavaOutOfMemoryErrorAfter5374629
Bug5635273PayrollMessageReport(PDF)ErrorsAfterApplyingRUP1
Bug5605387OPPFailedwithjava.lang.OutOfMemoryError
Bug7306874OPPErrorJAVA.LANG.OUTOFMEMORYERROR:ZIP002:OUTOFMEMORYERROR,MEM_ERROR
Bug7324601Backport:7306874:11.5.10.2:11.5.10.2:OPPErrorjava.lang.outofmemoryerror:zip
Bug73504147343915:UnabletoViewPublishedReportTimesOut

3.R12:HowtoConfiguretheAccountAnalysisReportforLargeReports
TheOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12includesanewversionoftheAccountAnalysisReportaspartofthe
SubledgerAccountingapplication,implementingtheXMLPublishertechnologyfordatagatheringaswellasreport
generation.
ThedataisextractedandgeneratedintoanXMLformatusingaDataTemplate,extractedviatheJavaprogram
XDODTEXE.Subsequenttothat,thelayoutisthengeneratedusingtheOutputPostProcessor(OPP)concurrent
manager.
Atypicalproblemforapplicationusersofthesereportsisthefactthatitislikelytofailwhengeneratingthereportfor
verylargedatasetssotheenvironmentneedstobeconfiguredproperlytohandlethat.
1.SettheScalableOptiontoonfortheseprograms.ThispreventsthefollowingerrorintheSubledgerAccounting
program'slog:

CallingXDODataEngine...
****Warning!!!Duetohighvolumeofdata,gotoutofmemoryexception...***
****PleaseretrywithscalableoptionormodifytheDatatemplatetoruninscalablemode...***

Thescalabilityoptionissetbyperformingthesesteps:
1.AsSystemAdministrator:NavigatetoConcurrent>Program>Define
2.Queryupthereport:AccountAnalysisReport
3.AddaparameternamedScalableFlag:
ValueSet:Yes_No
DefaultValue:Yes
SelectcheckboxesEnableandRequired
DonotselectthecheckboxDisplayed,oruserscouldturnthisoffatruntime.
TokenneedstobeScalableFlag(thisisacasesensitivevalue).
CompletethesestepsforboththeapplicationGeneralLedgerandtheSubledgerAccountingconcurrentprogram
definitions.Formoreinformationabouthowtodealwiththis"OUTOFMEMORY"errorrefertonote1410160.1.
2.ConfiguretheXMLPublisherAdministratorConfigurationsettings.Thisprevents"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError"
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errorsintheOutputPostProcessorlogassociatedtotheSubledgerAccountingprogram.
1.AsXMLPublisherAdministratornavigatetoAdministration>Configuration.
2.UnderTemporaryDirectorypickatemporaryfilelocationonyourconcurrentprocessingnode.Thisshouldbe
atleast5GBor20xlargerthanlargestXMLdatafileyougenerate
3.UnderFOProcessing,set:
1.UseXMLPublisher'sXSLTprocessorsettoTrue
2.EnablescalablefeatureofXSLTprocessorsettoFalse(see#4below),
3.EnableXSLTruntimeoptimizationsettoTrue
3.ConfiguretheOutputPostProcessor'sJVM.ThesestepssettheJVMto2GB.Thissettingpreventstheerror
"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:Javaheapspace"intheOutputPostProcessor'slogassociatedtotheSubledger
AccountingProgram.SinceEBSusesa32bitJREusingvaluesgreaterthan2GBisnotgoingtohelp.Addressable
memorymaxesoutbetween1GBand2GBfor32bitJRE.
LogintoSQL*PlusasAPPS.
SQL>updateFND_CP_SERVICESsetDEVELOPER_PARAMETERS=
'J:oracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.GSMServiceController:mx2048m'
whereSERVICE_ID=(selectMANAGER_TYPEfromFND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES
whereCONCURRENT_QUEUE_NAME='FNDCPOPP')
Bouncetheconcurrentmanagers.
4.WiththeadditionofPatch7599031XMLPUBLISHERSUM(CURRENTGROUP())FAILS,theFOProcessingoption
EnablescalablefeatureofXSLTprocessorcanbesafelysettoTrueattheTemplatelevel(forlargereports),enabling
improvedJAVAheaputilization.WestillrecommendthisremainfalseatSitelevel.Thishastheadvantageoffaster
performancebynotusingtemporaryfilesforXSLTprocessingforsmalltomediumreports.
5.ApplyPatch7687414REHOSTINGXDOPARSER10.1.0.5WITHFIXFORBUG7586025,7339075.Thispatch
upgradestheJavaDevelopersKit(XDK)whichisusedbyXMLPublisherforsorting.
6.Testthereports.

4.OutputPostProcessorFailsDuetojava.lang.OutOfMemoryError
AsingleconcurrentprogramiscausingthefollowingerrorwhenattemptingtorunanumberofXMLjobsinarow
againsttheXMLPostProcessor:
XmlPublisherreceivesException:java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
Stepstoreproduce:
1.SubmittheXMLjobsmorethan10timesinarow.
2.Sometimestheerroroccursquickly,sometimesitmaytakemorethan15+jobstoreproduce.e
OPPLOGFILEError:
Postprocessingofrequest311864failedat25MAY200612:42:14withtheerrormessage:
TheconcurrentmanagerhastimedoutwaitingfortheOutputPostprocessortofinishthisrequest.
CheckthattheheapsizeperOutputPostprocessorserviceprocessissufficient.
Cause
TheOutputPostProcessordidnothavesufficientheapsizeperprocessdefined.TheOPPneedstohavesufficient
heapsizeperprocesstohandlethelargestpossibleload.
Solution
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Completethefollowingactions:
1.DeterminewhattheheapsizeperOPPprocessiscurrently:
selectDEVELOPER_PARAMETERSfromFND_CP_SERVICES

whereSERVICE_ID=(selectMANAGER_TYPEfromFND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES

whereCONCURRENT_QUEUE_NAME='FNDCPOPP')

2.Thedefaultvaluewillbe:
J:oracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.GSMServiceController:mx512m

3.IncreasetheHeapSpaceperOPPprocesstoe.g.1GiB:
updateFND_CP_SERVICES

setDEVELOPER_PARAMETERS=

'J:oracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.GSMServiceController:mx1024m'

whereSERVICE_ID=(selectMANAGER_TYPEfromFND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES

whereCONCURRENT_QUEUE_NAME='FNDCPOPP')

4.RestarttheConcurrentManagers.
5.Retesttheconcurrentprogramtovalidateiftheissueisresolved.

5.XMLPublisherReportFailsWithError"Java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:JavaHeapSpace"
XMLPublisherreportfailswitherror:
"Java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:JavaHeapSpace"
Alltheheapsizerelatedsettingshavebeensetup,butthereportstillfailswithheapsizeerror.
Thesettingare:
J:oracle.apps.fnd.cp.gsf.GSMServiceController:mx2048m
UseXMLPublisher'sXSLTprocessorxsltxdoparser:true
EnablescalablefeatureofXSLTprocessorxsltscalable:true
EnableXSLTruntimeoptimizationxsltruntimeoptimization:true
Temporarydirectorysystemtempdir/u01/app/inst(thisdirectoryhas100G+space)
Cause
Intheresport'stemplate,theentiretableismarkedas"HeaderROW",notjustthefirstrow.
Solution
1.OpenthetemplateinWord.
2.Clickthesecondrowofthetable,goto"Tabletools".
3.Clickthe"layout"tab,UNCHECKthe"RepeatHeaderRows".
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4.Dothesametothefollowingrows.
5.Uploadthetemplateandretesttheissue.

Templates
1.HowtoModifyExistingSeededTemplatesUsingOracleBIPublisher(formerlyXMLPublisher)
Patch4905678XDO/ORACLEXMLPUBLISHEROAROLLUPPATCH5.6.1,deliveredinFamilyPackKRUP1,providesa
setofHTMLpagestocreate,view,andmodifytemplatesanddatadefinitionsintheTemplateManager.
Forexample,theBenefitEnrollmentConfirmationtemplateisusedtodisplaytheBenefitsConfirmation&
SummaryPDFwhenausercompletesbenefitenrollmentsinSelfServiceandclickstheConfirmationStatement
button.Youwanttomodify/replacethistemplate.
Solution
TheOracleBIPublisherUser'sGuide>Section:CreatinganRTFTemplatecontainsthefollowinginformation:
Seededtemplatescannotbeupdatedordeleted.TheUpdateandDeleteiconsforthesetemplatesaredisabled.Ifone
wishestomodifyaseededtemplate,duplicateit,thenmodifythetemplatefileoftheduplicatedentry.Onecanthen
EndDatetheseededtemplateifonedoesnotwishittobeavailabletotheusers.
CopyingaTemplate:
UsetheSearchregiontofindthetemplateonewishestocopy.
Fromthesearchresultstable,selecttheDuplicateiconforthetemplatetolaunchtheCopyTemplatepage:
CodeAssignatemplateCodeusingtheproductshortnameandadescriptiveending.(TheCodeassigned
musthavethesameprefixinthenameastheseededtemplates'code.)
NameEnterauserfriendlynameforyourtemplate.
ApplicationSelectthereport'sapplicationfromtheLOV.
SourceTemplateName(Notupdateable)Displaysthenameofthetemplateyouareduplicating.
Usethefollowingsteps:
Onemustremoveanyincorrectduplicatesofthetemplate/reportthatoneistryingtocopybyenddatingthemonthe
samedaytheywherecreated.
1.GotoXMLPublisherResponsibility>Templates.
2.Usethesearchenginetofindthetemplatetocopy.
3.Clickonthelinkforthecopypreviouslycreated.
4.ClicktheUpdatebuttonandenteranenddateintotheEndDatefield.(Usethecreationdatetocompletelyremove
theincorrectcopy.)
5.Repeatthisforeveryincorrectcopythatmayexist.
Ifonehaspreviouslyenddatedtheseededtemplate,removetheenddate.
1.GotoXMLPublisherResponsibility>Templates.
2.UsethesearchenginetofindthetemplateandchangetheActivefieldto"No".
3.Clickonthelinkfortheseededreport.
4.ClicktheUpdatebuttonandremovetheenddate.
Aftermakingyourmodificationsbydownloadingacopyoftheseededtemplateorcreatinganewfile,createa
duplicateoftheseededtemplate.
1.Usethesearchenginetofindthetemplateyouwishtocopy.Theseededreportshouldnowdisplay.
2.Clickthe"Duplicate"iconnexttotheseededreport.
3.ChangetherequiredCodefieldfromCopyofXXXXtoXXXX2.Forexample,ifyourseededtemplates'codewas
'BENSSCNF',thenfortheduplicatetemplate,oneofthepossiblecodescouldbe'BENSSCNF2'(basicallyanycode
prefixedwith'BENSSCNF').Also,notethatthesecodesarenonupdateable,somakesuretorenamethemwhile
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duplicatingthetemplateitself.
4.ChangetherequiredNamefieldandclicktheApplybutton.
5.ClicktheAddFilebuttonanduploadtheneworcustomizedreplacementfile.
6.ClicktheUpdatebuttonandchangetheDefaultfile,ifnecessary.
7.Alterthecopystartdate,ifnecessary.Thisdatewillcoincidewiththedateusedtoenddatetheseededtemplate.
8.GobacktoTemplatesandfindtheseededreportonehasduplicated.
9.ClickthelinkfortheseededtemplateandclicktheUpdatebutton.
10.Enddatetheseededtemplate.
11.Generatethereportintheapplication.Thegeneratedreportshouldreflecttheduplicate.
REMINDER:IfexperiencingissueswiththeConfirmationStatementatalatertimeafterapplyingapatchforinstance,
oneshoulddothefollowing:
1.Verifyifonehasmanuallyupdatedthetemplate.Itcanbecheckedasfollows:
Loginto'XMLPublisherAdministrator'responsibilityandselect'Templates'.
Entersearchparametersasfollows:
Code:'BENSSCNF'
Active:
Clickthe'Go'button.
Ifgettingmultiplerowsinthesearchresult,thenonehastomanuallyupdatedtheseededtemplateBENSSCNF_en.rtf.
Inthiscaseanewfilewillneedtobedownloadedtoreplacewhatwouldhavebeendeliveredintheappliedpatch.
Ifthetemplateisdeliveredinthepatch,itcannotoverridethemanuallyupdatedtemplate.
Thiscanbeconfusingbecause,attimes,theversionsmaybethesame.
2.Manuallyupdatethetemplatewiththenewfileasfollows:
SavetheBENSSCNF.rtffilefromthepatchsomewhereinthefilesystem.
Loginasauserwith'XMLPublisherAdministrator'responsibilityandselect'Templates'.
Searchtemplatewithcode'BENSSCNF'.
Clickonthetemplatenametoviewdetails.
IntheTemplateFilesregionclick'Update'icon.
In'UpdateFile'page,click'Browse'tolocatetheBENSSCNF.rtffilesavedpreviously.
'Apply'thechanges.
RefertoOracleBusinessIntelligencePublisherUser'sGuide,PartNumberB4001701.
LogintoMyOracleSupport
SelecttheKnowledgetab
Searchfor"BIPublisherUserGuide"underSource>Documentation
References:
BUG:5485926CAN'TMODIFYTHETEMPLATEFORBENEFITCONFIRMATIONSTATEMENT
NOTE:357308.1AboutOracleXMLPublisher5.6.1
NOTE:842555.1HowtoAddandModifyPopulatedFieldsinConfirmationStatementPDFFile?

2.OutOfMemoryErrorWhenRunningXMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorConcurrentProgram
WhenrunningtheXDOTMGENmodule:XMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorconcurrentprogram
iterrorsoutwiththefollowing:
Exceptioninthread"main"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:Javaheapspace
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atjava.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:2786)
atjava.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:94)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.cp.JCP4RTF2XSLGenerator.runProgram(JCP4RTF2XSLGenerator.java:239)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:161)
Cause
ThisisaJVMspaceissuewheretheerrorindicatesthereisnotenoughheapspaceintheJVMforthereport.
Solution
1.LogintoapplicationswiththeSystemAdministratorresponsibility.
2.NavigatetoConcurrent>Program>Define
3.QuerytheXMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorprogram
4.SetthefollowingvaluefortheExecutableOptions:Xmx1024m
5.Savechanges.
6.Retesttheprogram.

3.HowtocreateMultisheetinSingleExcelfileusingExcelTemplate
ThefollowingexamplewillgenerateaSingleExcelfilewithMultipleSheet,eachsheetwilldisplayeveryDepartment
withitsallocatedEmployeesinthatdepartment.
AttachedtotheDocumentthefollowingsamplefilesusedintheexamplebelow:

Attachments:
1ExcelTemplate(EmpsbyDeptConditionalBorder.xls)
2SampleData(EmpDeptData.xml)
3DataTemplate(EmpDept_DataTemplate.xml)

Herearethestepsrequiredtoachievethat:
Firststeptocreatethedatamodelthatwillgeneratethedata

Note:Intheexampledatatemplateisbeingusedasdatasource,youcangeneratethedatainotherwayasyou
need.

1CreatenewReportinBIPublisherEnterpriseanditsDataModelisbasedonDataTemplatethatextractthedata
from2tablesfromHRschema(Employees&Departments):

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<dataTemplatename="EMPLOYESS"description="TestMultisheetXLSFile"dataSourceRef="HR">

<dataQuery>

<sqlStatementname="Q1">

<![CDATA[SELECTEMPLOYEE_ID,FIRST_NAME||''||LAST_NAME
EMP_NAME,EMAIL,PHONE_NUMBER,HIRE_DATE,SALARYFROMEMPLOYEESWHEREDEPARTMENT_ID=
:DEPARTMENT_ID]]>
</sqlStatement>

<sqlStatementname="Q2">

<![CDATA[SELECTT1.DEPARTMENT_IDDEPARTMENT_ID,T1.DEPARTMENT_NAMEDEPARTMENT_NAME,
COUNT(EMPLOYEE_ID)TOTAL_EMPS,SUM(SALARY)TOTAL_SALARY,AVG(SALARY)AVG_SALARY,MAX(SALARY)
MAX_SALARY,MIN(SALARY)MIN_SALARYFROMDEPARTMENTST1,EMPLOYEEST2WHERET1.DEPARTMENT_ID=
T2.DEPARTMENT_IDGROUPBYT1.DEPARTMENT_ID,T1.DEPARTMENT_NAMEORDERBY1]]>

</sqlStatement>

</dataQuery>

<linkname="DEPTEMP_LINK"parentQuery="Q1"parentColumn="DEPARTMENT_ID"childQuery="Q_2"
childColumn="DEPARTMENT_ID"/>

<dataStructure>

<groupname="G_DEPT"source="Q2">

<elementname="DEPARTMENT_ID"value="DEPARTMENT_ID"/>

<elementname="DEPARTMENT_NAME"value="DEPARTMENT_NAME"/>

<groupname="G_EMP"source="Q1">

<elementname="EMPLOYEE_ID"value="EMPLOYEE_ID"/>

<elementname="EMP_NAME"value="EMP_NAME"/>

<elementname="EMAIL"value="EMAIL"/>

<elementname="PHONE_NUMBER"value="PHONE_NUMBER"/>

<elementname="HIRE_DATE"value="HIRE_DATE"/>

<elementname="SALARY"value="SALARY"/>

</group>

<elementname="TOTAL_EMPS"value="TOTAL_EMPS"/>

<elementname="TOTAL_SALARY"value="TOTAL_SALARY"/>

<elementname="AVG_SALARY"value="AVG_SALARY"/>

<elementname="MAX_SALARY"value="MAX_SALARY"/>
<elementname="MIN_SALARY"value="MIN_SALARY"/>

</group>

</dataStructure>
</dataTemplate>

Youwillnoticethatthedatatemplatecontains2queries:

Q1:RetrievetheemployeesdatabasedonthedepartmentidreturnedfromQ2.
Q2:Retrievethedepartmentsdataandsomeotherdatalikenumberofemployees,totalsalaries,averagesalary,
minimum&maximumsalary.

AfterthatitcomestheXMLdatastructureforXMLdatafilethatwillbegeneratedandithas2groups:

G_DEPT:ForDepartments
G_EMP:ForRmployees

SotheXMLDatafilewilllooklikethefollowing:
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<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="UTF8"?>

<EMPLOYESS>

<LIST_G_DEPT>

<G_DEPT>

<DEPARTMENT_ID>10</DEPARTMENT_ID>

<DEPARTMENT_NAME>Administration</DEPARTMENT_NAME>

<TOTAL_EMPS>1</TOTAL_EMPS>

<TOTAL_SALARY>4400</TOTAL_SALARY>

<AVG_SALARY>4400</AVG_SALARY>
<MAX_SALARY>4400</MAX_SALARY>
<MIN_SALARY>4400</MIN_SALARY>

<LIST_G_EMP>

<G_EMP>

<EMPLOYEE_ID>200</EMPLOYEE_ID>

<EMP_NAME>JenniferWhalen</EMP_NAME>

<EMAIL>JWHALEN</EMAIL>

<PHONE_NUMBER>515.123.4444</PHONE_NUMBER>

<HIRE_DATE>19870917T00:00:00.000+10:00</HIRE_DATE>

<SALARY>4400</SALARY>

</G_EMP>

</LIST_G_EMP>

</G_DEPT>
<G_DEPT>

<DEPARTMENT_ID>20</DEPARTMENT_ID>

<DEPARTMENT_NAME>Marketing</DEPARTMENT_NAME>

<TOTAL_EMPS>2</TOTAL_EMPS>

<TOTAL_SALARY>19000</TOTAL_SALARY>

<AVG_SALARY>9500</AVG_SALARY>

<MAX_SALARY>13000</MAX_SALARY>
<MIN_SALARY>6000</MIN_SALARY>

<LIST_G_EMP>

<G_EMP>

<EMPLOYEE_ID>201</EMPLOYEE_ID>

<EMP_NAME>MichaelHartstein</EMP_NAME>

<EMAIL>MHARTSTE</EMAIL>

<PHONE_NUMBER>515.123.5555</PHONE_NUMBER>

<HIRE_DATE>19960217T00:00:00.000+11:00</HIRE_DATE>

<SALARY>13000</SALARY>

</G_EMP>
<G_EMP>

<EMPLOYEE_ID>202</EMPLOYEE_ID>
<EMP_NAME>PatFay</EMP_NAME>

<EMAIL>PFAY</EMAIL>

<PHONE_NUMBER>603.123.6666</PHONE_NUMBER>

<HIRE_DATE>19970817T00:00:00.000+10:00</HIRE_DATE>

<SALARY>6000</SALARY>

</G_EMP>

</LIST_G_EMP>

.....

ThefollowingstepsaretocreatetheEXCELtemplate:
2CreateablankExcelfileandsaveitas"Excel972003Workbookbinaryformat(*.xls)"
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3TheTemplatelayoutwillbelikethefollowing(figure1):

AsinRTFtemplatewehavetodefinethefieldsandgroupsthatwillbemappedtotheXMLdatafile.
Todothatintheexceltemplatewedowhatwecall"AssigningBIPublisherdefinednames"toeachcellandgroupthat
willbemappedtothedata.ThosedefinednamesmuststartwithaprefixXDO_.
Thecellsmustbenamedaccordingtothefollowingformat:

Dataelements:XDO_?element_name?

where

XDO_istherequiredprefix

and

?element_name?iseither:

TheXMLtagnamefromyourdatadelimitedby"?"

OR

Auniquenamethatyouwillusetomapaderivedvaluetothecell

Forexample:XDO_?EMPLOYEE_ID?

Datagroups:XDO_GROUP_?group_name?

where

XDO_GROUP_istherequiredprefix

and

?group_name?iseither:

TheXMLtagnamefortheparentelementinyourXMLdatadelimitedby"?".

OR

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Auniquenamethatyouwillusetodefineaderivedgroupinglogic

Forexample:XDO_GROUP_?DEPT?

Notethatthequestionmarkdelimiter,thegroup_name,andtheelement_namearecasesensitive.

4ClickthecellintheExcelworksheet.
5ClicktheNameboxattheleftendoftheformulabar.ThedefaultnamewilldisplayintheNamebox.Bydefault,all
cellsarenamedaccordingtoposition,forexample:A8.
6IntheNamebox,enterthenameusingtheXDO_prefixandthetagnamefromyourdata.
Forexample:XDO_?EMP_NAME?
7PressEnter.
ThefollowingfigureshowsthedefinednamefortheEmployeeNamefieldenteredintheNamebox:

8Repeatforeachofthefollowingdatafields:DEPARTMENT_NAME,EMPLOYEE_ID,EMAIL,PHONE_NUMBER,and
SALARY.

Tips:
IfyounavigateoutoftheNameboxwithoutpressingEnter,thenameyouenteredwillnotbemaintained.
YoucannotedittheNameboxwhileyouareeditingthecellcontents.
Thenamecannotbemorethan255charactersinlength.

9Afteryouhaveenteredallthefields,youcanreviewthenamesandmakeanycorrectionsoreditsusingtheName
ManagerfeatureofExcel.AccesstheNameManagerfromtheFormulastabinExcelasshown:
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10Afteryouhavenamedallthecellsforthisexample,theNameManagerdialogwillappearasshown:

11Nowitistimetocreatethegroup(s)forthereportintheexceltemplate:
Highlightthecellsthatmakeupthegroup.InthisexamplethecellsareA8E8
12ClicktheNameboxattheleftendoftheformulabarandenterthenameusingtheXDO_GROUP_prefixandthe
tagnameforthegroupfromyourdata.Inthisexample:XDO_GROUP_?EMPS?
13PressEnter.
ThefollowingfigureshowstheXDO_GROUP_definednamedenteredfortheEmployeesgroup.
Notethatjusttherowofemployeedataishighlighted.Donothighlighttheheaders.
NotealsothatthetotalcellXDO_?TOTAL_SALARY?isnothighlighted

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14Todefinethedepartmentgroup,includethedepartmentnamecellandalltheemployeefieldsbeneathit(A5E9)
asshowninthefollowingfigure:

Enterthenameforthisgroupas:XDO_GROUP_?DEPT?tomatchthegroupinthedata.NotethattheXDO_?
TOTAL_SALARY?cellisincludedinthedepartmentgrouptoensureitrepeatsatthedepartmentlevel.

ThefollowingstepsareveryimportantwhichareforpreparingandcreatingXDO_METADATA
Sheetinthetemplate:
15ThefollowingfigureshowsthedefaultortheinitialXDO_METADATAsheetthatanyexcelsheetshouldhave:

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16CreateanewsheetinyourExcelWorkbookandnameit"XDO_METADATA"
17CreatetheheadersectionbyenteringthefollowingvariablenamesincolumnA,oneperrow,startingwithrow1:

Version

ARUdbdrv

ExtractorVersion

TemplateCode
TemplateType

PreprocessXSLTFile
LastModifiedDate
LastModifiedBy

18Skiparowandenter"DataConstraints"incolumnAofrow10
19Intheheaderregion,forthevariable"TemplateType"enterthevalue:TYPE_EXCEL_TEMPLATE

NowdoingthestepstosplittingtheReportintoMultipleSheets:
20Thisexamplewill:
Createanewworksheetforeachdepartment
Nameeachworksheetthenameofthedepartmentwiththenumberofemployeesinthedepartment,
forexample:Sales21.
21IntheXDO_METADATAsheetweneedtodothefollowing:

Usethethissetofcommandstodefinethelogictosplitthereportdataintomultiplesheets:
UseXDO_SHEET_?todefinethelogicbywhichtosplitthedataontoanewsheet.
UseXDO_SHEET_NAME_?tospecifythenamingconventionforeachsheet.

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ColumnAEntry

ColumnBEntry

ColumnCEntry

XDO_SHEET_?

<?xsl_evaluationtosplitthedata?>
Example:
<?.//G_DEPT?>

n/a

XDO_SHEET_NAME_? <?xsl_expressiontonamethesheet?>
Example:
<?concat(.//DEPARTMENT_NAME,'',count(.//EMP_NAME))?>

(Optional)
<?originalsheetname?>
Example:<?Sheet3?>

NowtheXDO_METADATAsheetshouldlooklikethefollowingfigure:

XDO_SHEET_?mustrefertoanexistinghighlevelnodeinyourXMLdata.Theexample<?.//G_DEPT?>willcreatea
newsheetforeachoccurrenceof<G_DEPT>inthedata.
Ifyourdataisflatyoucannotusethiscommandunlessyoufirstpreprocessthedatatocreatethedesiredhierarchy.
Topreprocessthedata,definethetransformationinanXSLTfile,thenspecifythisfileinthePreprocessXSLTFilefield
oftheheadersectionoftheXDO_METADATAsheet.
Wearedone,NowTesttheTemplate:
22IfyouhaveinstalledtheTemplateBuilderforExcel,theBIPublishertabwillappearontheribbonmenuasshown
inthefollowingfigure:

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23ClickSampleXML.Youwillbepromptedtoselectthesampledatafile.
24ClickPreview.
Thesampledatawillbeappliedtoyourtemplateandtheoutputdocumentwillbeopenedinanewworkbook.
Thefollowingfigureshowsthegeneratedreport.Eachdepartmentdatanowdisplaysonitsownsheet,whichshows
thenamingconventionspecified:

4.JBO29000:UnexpectedExceptionCaught:Java.Lang.OutOfMemoryError,Msg=JavaHeapSpace
Whileuploading.rtffilewithsizeof32MBormorethroughXMLPublisherAdministration>templatereceiving
followingerror:

oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException:oracle.jbo.JboException:JBO29000:Unexpectedexceptioncaught:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError,msg=Javaheapspace

FirstTimegettingthisissueaftertryingtouploadthebigfilesizeof32MBormore.
Smallerfilescanbeuploadedwithoutanyissue.
Cause
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Usingafilesizeof32MBormore.
Solution
TogetaroundthisuseXDOLoader.
SeeOracleXMLPublisherAdministrationandDeveloper'sGuideRelease12
PartNo.B3141201
AppendixC:MovingTemplatesandDataDefinitions
BetweenEBusinessSuiteInstances

5.PreviewingPDFGenerates'java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:javaheapspace'
WhenattemptingtopreviewanXML/BIPublishertemplatewithanoutputofPDFthatisapproximately12Mbinsizein
MSWord,thefollowingerrorisgenerated.
FontDir:d:\ProgramFiles\Oracle\XMLPublisherDesktop\TemplateBuilderforWord\fonts
RunXDOStart
RTFProcessorsetLocale:enus
RTFProcessorsetConfig:d:\ProgramFiles\Oracle\XMLPublisherDesktop\TemplateBuilderforWord\config\xdo.cfg
FOProcessorsetData:\\icfs5\ict_projectworkarea\EPB\Phase2\Requirements\R001
VarianceReport\04.Data\DataVersion4.1\DEC06\Budget_Variance__Administration.xml
FOProcessorsetLocale:enus
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethod)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(UnknownSource)
atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(UnknownSource)
atjava.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(UnknownSource)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.invokeParse(XSLT10gR1.java:479)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:192)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper.transform(XSLTWrapper.java:161)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:1015)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:968)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:209)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.createFO(FOProcessor.java:1561)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:951)
atRTF2PDF.runRTFto(RTF2PDF.java:626)
atRTF2PDF.runXDO(RTF2PDF.java:460)
atRTF2PDF.main(RTF2PDF.java:251)
Causedby:java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:Javaheapspace
Cause
TheJavaMemorySpecificationParameterisignoredbyTemplateBuilder(Xmx1024M).
Solution
1.XMLPublisherinstallsaTemplateBuilderandaTemplateViewerforviewingtemplates.
2.UsetheTemplateViewerasaworkaroundtoovercomethisissue:
3.NavigatetoWindows>Start>OracleXMLPublisherDesktop>TemplateViewer
4.ModifythecalloftheTemplateViewerviaShortcutProperties.Settargetto:
"C:\ProgramFiles\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe"Xmx1300mjar"C:\ProgramFiles\Oracle\BI
Publisher\BIPublisherDesktop\TemplateViewer\tmplviewer.jar"

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6.OutOfMemoryErrorWhenRunningXMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorConcurrentProgram
WhenrunningtheXDOTMGENmodule:XMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorconcurrentprogramiterrorsoutwith
thefollowing:
Exceptioninthread"main"java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:Javaheapspace
atjava.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:2786)
atjava.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:94)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.cp.JCP4RTF2XSLGenerator.runProgram(JCP4RTF2XSLGenerator.java:239)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:161)
Cause
ThisisaJVMspaceissue.ErrorindicatesthereisnotenoughheapspaceintheJVMforthereport.
Solution
Toimplementthesolution,executethefollowingsteps:
1.LogintoapplicationswiththeSystemAdministratorresponsibility.
2.NavigatetoConcurrent>Program>Define
3.QuerytheXMLPublisherTemplateReGeneratorprogram
4.SetthefollowingvaluefortheExecutableOptions:Xmx1024m
5.Savechanges.
6.Retesttheprogram.

7.AttributApplicationShortNameinDSDefinitionsAM.DSDefinitionsVO1isrequiredNotAbleToSelectThe
ApplicationWhileCreatingTheTemplate
NotabletoselecttheapplicationfromtheLOVwhilecreatingtheTemplateinXMLPublisheradministrator.When
tryingtogivethevaluecalledPurchasingandtryingtoentertab,itisaccepted,buterroringoutwhenapplyingthe
template.
1.ApplicationShortNameAttributApplicationShortNameinDSDefinitionsAM.DSDefinitionsVO1isrequired
2.ApplicationSelectavalidvalue
Solution
1.RunthefollowingSQLastheAPPSuser:
selectp.profile_option_nameSHORT_NAME,n.user_profile_option_nameNAME,
to_char(v.last_update_date,'DDMONRR')"LastUpdated",decode(v.level_id,10001,'Site',
10002,'Application',10003,'Responsibility',10004,'User',10005,'Server',10007,
'SERVRESP','UnDef')LEVEL_SET,decode(to_char(v.level_id),'10001','','10002',
app.application_short_name,'10003',rsp.responsibility_key,'10005',svr.node_name,'10006',
org.name,'10004',usr.user_name,'10007','Serv/resp','UnDef')"CONTEXT",v.profile_option_value
VALUE

fromfnd_profile_optionsp,fnd_profile_option_valuesv,fnd_profile_options_tln,fnd_user
usr,fnd_applicationapp,fnd_responsibilityrsp,fnd_nodessvr,hr_operating_unitsorg

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wherep.profile_option_id=v.profile_option_id(+)
andp.profile_option_name=n.profile_option_name

and(n.user_profile_option_name)in('SelfServiceAccessibilityFeatures')

andusr.user_id(+)=v.level_value

andrsp.application_id(+)=v.level_value_application_id

andrsp.responsibility_id(+)=v.level_value

andapp.application_id(+)=v.level_value

andsvr.node_id(+)=v.level_value

andorg.organization_id(+)=v.level_value

orderbyshort_name,level_set

2.ReviewtheoutputoftheSQLandvalidateifthereareanyvaluesshowingwhicharenotYorN.
3.Ifthereisa'SelfServiceAccessibilityFeatures'profileoptionsettoanythingotherthanYorN,thenpleaseeither
removethesettingorsetittoYorN.
4.UsingApplicationforms,setthe'SelfServiceAccessibilityFeatures'profileoptionto'StandardAccessibility'atthe
userlevel.

8.AreTemplatesCreatedWithWordBiPPlugin11.1.1.6CompatibleWithBiP10.1.3.2.4?
NoBiPtechnologyisnotbackwardcompatible.WhilethetemplatescreatedinBiPPlugin10.1.3.4canbeusedin
11.1.1.6,theoppositeisnottrue.

BIPVersion5.6.x
1.HowToInstall(Register)aNewFontUsingXMLPublisher
1.Introduction
IntroducedinXMLPublisher5.6.0isanewtabnamedAdministration.Thisreplacesthexdo.cfgconfigurationfile
anditsgoalistosimplytheadministrationofXMLPublisheraspartofanOracleEBusinessSuiteenvironment.
2.HowtocreateanewfontinXMLPublisher?
FontscanbeuploadeddirectlyviatheAdministrationpages.Theyarethenstoredinthedatabaseinsteadofonthefile
system.
TheAdministrationtabhas3moresubtabs:
1.Configuration
2.FontMappingsandFontFiles
3.Currencies
Thecreationofafontrequiresonlyafewstepstobeperformed:
1.LoginasXMLPublisherAdministrator.
2.NavigatetoAdministration>FontFiles>CreateFontFile.
3.AvailablefieldsareFontNameandFile:
>ForFontName,chooseanydescriptivename
>FilewillbrowsethePCtolocatethefontfile
4.NavigatetoFontMappings>CreateFontMappingSet.
5.Mappingnameisthenameonewillgivetoasetoffonts.
6.Mappingcodeistheinternalnameonewillgivetothisset.
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7.Type:'PDFForm'forPDFtemplates.'FOtoPDF'forallothertemplatetypes.
8.CreateFontMapping(thisallowsonetoaddfontstoaset).
9.FontFamilyistheexactsamenameseeninMSWordunderFont.Ifonedoesnotusethesamenamethefont
willnotbepickedupatruntime.
10.StyleandweightmustalsomatchhowoneusesthefontintheRTForPDFlayouttemplate.NormalandNormal
aregooddefaults.
11.LanguageandTerritoryshouldremainblank(NULL)unlessonehasastrongbusinessreason,asthesefields
cancausethefontnottobepickedupatruntime.
12.NavigatetoConfigurationGeneral>FOProcessing>FontMappingSet.ThiscanalsobedoneatData
DefinitionandTemplatelevel,viathecorrespondingEditConfigurationbuttononthosepages.Thehierarchyis
Site>DataDef>Template.
13.Selectthenewmappingset.
14.MakesurethefontisnotreferencedunderFile>Properties>CustomintheRTFtemplatefile.
15.UnderGeneral,setaTemporaryDirectory.Thefontwillbestoredundera/fontsdirectoryatruntime,initially
createdthefirsttimethefontisused.
16.Uploadatemplatethatusesthespecialfontandtestusingprevieworbysubmittingaconcurrentrequest.
Formoreinformation,kindlyrefertotheXMLPublisherdocumentationaccessiblyviatheReferencessectionofthis
document.

Note:Itisstillpossibletodefinecustomfontsviathexdo.cfgfilethoughthatdoesrequireforthefontfilesto
physicallyexistontheserver.
3.KnownIssues
Thefollowingexceptionmaybeencounteredatruntime,e.g.fromaconcurrentrequest:

java.lang.NullPointerException

atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.FontCacheManager.getFontFilePath

Insuchcase,refertoNote358093.1andapplyPatch5024026.
References:
NOTE:358093.1PdfWithNonAsciiCharactersWasNotGeneratedInFormsInterface

2.java.lang.NullPointerExceptionOccursUsingXDORequests
CallingXDODataEngine...
java.lang.NullPointerException
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataTemplateParser.getObjectVlaue(DataTemplateParser.java:1759)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataTemplateParser.replaceSubstituteVariables(DataTemplateParser.java:1478)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processSQLDataSource(XMLPGEN.java:456)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeData(XMLPGEN.java:445)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeGroupStructure(XMLPGEN.java:308)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processData(XMLPGEN.java:273)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.processXML(XMLPGEN.java:215)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.XMLPGEN.writeXML(XMLPGEN.java:254)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataProcessor.processDataStructre(DataProcessor.java:390)
atoracle.apps.xdo.dataengine.DataProcessor.processData(DataProcessor.java:355)
atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.util.DataTemplate.processData(DataTemplate.java:334)
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atoracle.apps.xdo.oa.cp.JCP4XDODataEngine.runProgram(JCP4XDODataEngine.java:294)
atoracle.apps.fnd.cp.request.Run.main(Run.java:157)
Change
Usingparametersfortherequest.
Cause
Usedanampersandwhereacolonshouldbeused.
Solution
Anyuserparametershouldsetabindparameter(i.e:P1)
Replace:
selectend_datefromcn_period_statuses_allwhereperiod_id=&p_period_to
With:
selectend_datefromcn_period_statuses_allwhereperiod_id=:p_period_to

3.BiPublisherFormatCurrencyFunctionReturnsTheWrongResult(ItReturns0.9Insteadof$0.90)
Symptoms
CreateaBIPublisherreportwiththefollowing:
<?formatcurrency:AMOUNTCURRENCY_CODE'true'?>

Thisshouldreturn$0.90butinsteaditreturns0.9.
Cause
Afterreproducetheissueon5.6.3thefollowingerrorappear:
[052810_233520062][][ERROR]java.lang.IllegalArgumentException:Localecannotbenull.
atoracle.apps.fnd.i18n.common.util.FormatMaskUtil.getCurrencyFormatWithSymbol(Unknown
Source)

at
oracle.apps.xdo.template.rtf.util.XDOFormatterUtil.formatCurrency(XDOFormatterUtil.java:450)

atoracle.apps.xdo.template.rtf.XSLTFunctions.xdo_format_currency(XSLTFunctions.java:841)

atsun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor103.invoke(UnknownSource)

atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(UnknownSource)

atjava.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(UnknownSource)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLExtFunctions.callStaticMethod(XSLExtFunctions.java:111)
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathExtFunction.evaluateMethod(XPathExtFunction.java:307)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathExtFunction.evaluate(XPathExtFunction.java:226)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLValueOf.processAction(XSLValueOf.java:101)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLForEach.processAction(XSLForEach.java:147)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

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atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLForEach.processAction(XSLForEach.java:147)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLResultElement.processAction(XSLResultElement.java:180)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLNode.processChildren(XSLNode.java:417)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLTemplate.processAction(XSLTemplate.java:191)
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLStylesheet.execute(XSLStylesheet.java:512)
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLStylesheet.execute(XSLStylesheet.java:489)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.processXSL(XSLProcessor.java:271)
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.processXSL(XSLProcessor.java:155)
atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.processXSL(XSLProcessor.java:192)

atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethod)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(UnknownSource)

atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(UnknownSource)

atjava.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(UnknownSource)

atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.invokeProcessXSL(XSLT10gR1.java:677)

atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:425)
atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLT10gR1.transform(XSLT10gR1.java:244)

atoracle.apps.xdo.common.xml.XSLTWrapper.transform(XSLTWrapper.java:182)

atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:1044)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:997)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.fo.util.FOUtility.generateFO(FOUtility.java:212)

atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.createFO(FOProcessor.java:1647)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.generate(FOProcessor.java:941)
atoracle.apps.xdo.template.FOProcessor.process(FOProcessor.java:787)

atoracle.apps.xdo.runner.XDORunThread.runFOProcessor(XDORunThread.java:159)
atoracle.apps.xdo.runner.XDORunThread.runFOProcessor(XDORunThread.java:72)

atoracle.apps.xdo.runner.XDORunThread.run(XDORunThread.java:47)

EndofProcess.

Time:5.953sec.

Successfullygeneratedxdo4701679035580224391.pdf

Spawningviewer..

Thiserrorisduetothefollowingfile:
\oracle\apps\xdo\template\rtf\util\XDOFormatterUtil.java
1.Patch9740420shouldbeapplytosolvethisissue.
Thispatchwillbringusthefollowingfiles:
xdojava/template/eft/funcXSLToCheckNumber.java120.0.12010000.2
xdojava/template/rtfXSLTFunctions.java120.23.12010000.9
xdojava/template/rtf/imgRTFChartUtil.java120.8.12010000.3
xdojava/template/rtf/utilXDOFormatterUtil.java120.10.12010000.7
2.BounceApacheafterthepatchandretest.

BIPVersion10.x
1."ThemacrocannotbefoundorhasbeendisabledbecauseofyourMacrosecuritysettings"InBIPublisher
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Onemaybeexperiencinganyofthefollowingtwosymptoms:
1.Whenselecting"LoadXMLData"fromtheXML/BIPublisherDesktopaddinforWordtemplate,thefollowingerror
occurs:
ThemacrocannotbefoundorhasbeendisabledbecauseoftheMacrosecuritysettings.
2.WheninstallingnewversionofBIPublisherDesktop,thefollowingMicrosoftVisualBasicerroroccurs:
Objectlibraryinvalidorcontainsreferencestoobjectdefinitionsthatcouldnotbefound.

Changes
Microsoftsecurityupdatewasapplied.
Cause
MicrosofthasreleasedsecuritybulletinMS08070.ThissecurityupdateinstallsVBAsoftwarecomponentswhichcause
thirdpartysoftwarebasedonMicrosoftVisualBasicforApplications(VBA)stopworking.Inthiscase,thirdparty
softwareisXML/BIPublisherDesktopaddinforWordtemplate.
Solution
1.GotoStartMenu>Run>CommandPrompt.
1.1.WindowsXPcommandpromptwillshow:
C:\DocumentsandSettings\UserName>_
1.2.WindowsVistaandWindows7promptwillshow:
C:\Users\UserName>_
2.Executethefollowingcommand(notcasesensitive):
DEL/S/A:H/A:H*.EXD
Thiswilldeleteallthe.exdfilesonthemachine.ItissafetodeletetheEXDfilesbecausethe.exdfileswillbere
createdautomaticallyusingthenewcontrolsthenexttimethatoneusesVBA.
3.Retesttheissue.
4.Ifdeleting*.EXDfilesdoesn'tfixtheissue:
4.1.For64bitoperatingsystems,typethefollowing:
Regsvr32"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX"
4.2.For32bitoperatingsystems,typethefollowing:
Regsvr32"C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX"
Rebootaftertheaboveactionhascompletedsuccessfully.
5.Ifthatfailstoresolvetheissue,tryacompleteuninstallofMSOfficeandreinstallit.
6.Migratethesolutionasappropriatetootherenvironments.
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2.ExcelOutputFromBIPublisherorXMLPublisherisTrimmingLeadingZeros
Symptoms
CreatedanXMLPublisherreportwithExceloutput.Whennumericdataincludesleadingzeros,thesearedroppedin
theoutpute.g.00123becomes123.
ExamplesourceXML:
<root>
<invoices>
<invoice>
<invoice_number>0000123</invoice_number>
</invoice>
<invoice>
</root>
Cause
Excelautomaticallytrimsleadingandtrailingzeroswheninwhatitseesasnumericdata.
Tokeepleadingortrailingzeroswherethedataisnotnumericbutactuallyastring,
suchasaninvoicenumber,Excelhastoseethenumbersasastringvaluenotnumeric.
Solution
1.Inthertftemplate,usetheInsert>Symbolfunctiontoinsertaverysmall
0xA0(NOBREAKSPACE)character(fontsize1or2pt)infrontofthenumberstringfield.
2.Onecanalsotry:
<fo:bidioverridedirection="ltr"unicodebidi="bidioverride"><?formatnumber:INVOICE_NUMBER'09999999'?>
</fo:bidioverride>"
3.Anotheroption:
DuringXMLtemplatedesign,Insteadoftheusingthetag<?TAG_NAME?>
use="<?TAG_NAME?>".Itwrapsthevaluewithdoublequotes.NowExceltreatvalueascharacteranddoesn'ttrim
theleadingzerosofvalue.
Note:spacebetween<and?andtagnameisnotrequired.
4.Retestfortheissue.
3.BIPublisherCacheDirectoryFillingUpandPointingtoInvalidDirectoryInsteadofsystemtmpdirParameter
Symptoms
Temporaryandcachefilesarewrittento.../j2ee/home/applications/xmlpserver/xmlpserver/xdo/cachebutnottothe
pathconfiguredinthefileweb.xmlfile:

<paramname>systemtmpdir</paramname><paramvalue>/servers/bipublisher/XMLP/Cache</paramvalue>Sonomatt

Cause
ThecauseofthisproblemhasbeenidentifiedinunpublishedBug9560562:BIPUBLISHERCACHEDIRECTORYFILLING
UPANDPOINTINGTOINVALIDDIRECTORY.
FixforunpublishedBug9560562hasbeenincludedinPatch9791839:UPDATEFORBIPUBLISHERENTERPRISE
10.1.3.4.1JUNE2010.
Withthisfix,AdministratorcandefineSystemTemporaryDirectoryfromAdmin>ServerConfigurationandBIPuses
thisdirectoryforcaching
Solution
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1.PleaseapplythePatch9791839
2.SetthetemporarydirectoryinAdmin>ServerConfiguration
3.Bouncetheservices.
4.Thentestagain.

3.BiPublisherProcessingexception:StringindexoutofboundsexceptionWhenReportIncludesaChart
Symptoms
WhenchedulingareportinBIPublisherwhichincludesachart,thefollowingexceptionisreceived:
oracle.apps.xdo.servlet.scheduler.ProcessingException:java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException:Stringindexoutof
range:1
Theerrorisnotgeneratedifthereporttemplatedoesnotcontainachart.
Cause
JVMisnotrunninginheadlessmode
Solution
1.AsBIPublisherusestheJavaAWTAPIduringchartgenerationandrequiresJVMtoberunin
headlessmode,setthesystempropertyDjava.awt.headless=true.
2.StopandstarttheBIPublisherserver.
3.Retestfortheissue

BIPVersion11.x
1.UndeterministicSelectionExceptionRecievedWhenDeployingBIPublisher11GonWeblogicServer
TryingtoinstallBIPublisher11.1.1.5.0usingSoftwareOnlyInstallationmethod.
TheWebLogicServerisalsorunningForms/Reports11gR2inaseparatedomain.
Afterinstallingsoftwareonly,oneistryingtoconfigureBIPublisher11.1.1.5withtheconfig.shscript.
AftercreatingdomainandsettingupWebLogicsuccessfully,oneisreceivinga"UndeterministicSelectionException"
errormessageintheinstallationlogfilewhendeployingbasesetup.
ReviewingtheBIPublisherInstallationlogfileonecanseeitisendingwiththefollowing:
oracle.as.provisioning.exception.ASProvWorkflowException:ProbleminvokingWLSTTraceback(innermostlast):
File"/tmp/tmp1323687296212.py",line15,in?
File"/tmp/WLSTOfflineIni7176764304464073604.py",line89,inaddTemplate
OracleWSMPolicyManager11.1.1.0[oracle_common]
OracleWSMPolicyManager11.1.1.0[as_fr_1112]
at
com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.CommandExceptionHandler.handleException(CommandExceptionHandler.java:51)
atcom.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLScriptContext.handleException(WLScriptContext.java:1538)
atcom.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLScriptContext.addTemplate(WLScriptContext.java:420)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethod)
atsun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
atsun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
atjava.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
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com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLSTException:com.oracle.cie.domain.script.jython.WLSTException:
com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptException:
com.oracle.cie.domain.template.dependency.UndeterministicSelectionException:Oneofthefollowingneedstobe
selected:
OracleWSMPolicyManager11.1.1.0[oracle_common]
OracleWSMPolicyManager11.1.1.0[as_fr_1112]

atoracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain._addTemplate(ASDomain.java:4221)
atoracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain.addTemplate(ASDomain.java:4017)
atoracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor._addTemplates(WorkFlowExecutor.java:1396)
atoracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor.executeWLSWorkFlow(WorkFlowExecutor.java:473)
atoracle.as.provisioning.engine.Config.executeConfigWorkflow_WLS(Config.java:866)
at
oracle.as.install.bi.biconfig.standard.StandardWorkFlowExecutor.executeHelper(StandardWorkFlowExecutor.java:31)
atoracle.as.install.bi.biconfig.standard.ConfigTemplateTask.doExecute(ConfigTemplateTask.java:34)
atoracle.as.install.bi.biconfig.standard.AbstractProvisioningTask.execute(AbstractProvisioningTask.java:70)
atoracle.as.install.bi.biconfig.standard.StandardProvisionTaskList.execute(StandardProvisionTaskList.java:61)
atoracle.as.install.bi.biconfig.BIConfigMain.doExecute(BIConfigMain.java:112)
atoracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.client.ConfigAction.execute(ConfigAction.java:335)
atoracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.run(TaskPerformer.java:87)
at
oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.startConfigAction(TaskPerformer.java:104)
atoracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.ActionRequest.perform(ActionRequest.java:15)
atoracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.RequestQueue.perform(RequestQueue.java:63)
at
oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.standard.StandardConfigActionManager.start(StandardConfigActionManager.ja
at
oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.boot.ConfigurationExtension.kickstart(ConfigurationExtension.java:81)
atoracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.ConfigurationModule.run(ConfigurationModule.java:83)
atjava.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Cause:
ThisisexplainnedinpublishedBug13495636PROBLEMINSTALLINGBIPUBLISHER11.1.1.5ONWEBLOGICSERVER.
ThisisduetoaninvalidinstallationofForms/Reports11g,becauseoracle.wsmpm_template_11.1.1.jarisinstalledin
multipleOracleHomes.
Thisfilemustexistinonyonelocationintheoracle_commonhome:
oracle_common/common/templates/applications/oracle.wsmpm_template_11.1.1.jar

DuetotheFormsReportsinstallation,thisfileispresentinmultiplelocations.
Solution
Removingthefileoracle.wsmpm_template_11.1.1.jarfromtheotherlocationandleavingonlyoneinstanceofthisfile
in"oracle_common/common/templates/applications/"directorywillfixtheissueandallowonetoinstallandconfigure
BIPublishersuccessfully.

2.HowToUninstallOracleBIPublisherDesktopManually?
ItisrecommendedtouninstallOracleBIPublisherDesktopviathefollowingsteps:
1.EnsurethattheOSuserthatoneuseshasanadministratorprivilege.
2.Startmenu.
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3.OpentheControlPanel.
4.Goto:
WindowsXP:AddorRemoveprograms
Windows7:ProgramsandFeatures
5.Inthelist,selectOracleBIPublisherDesktopandclickonUninstall.
CleanupAPossibleCorruptedInstallation
Insomecases,theinstallationOracleBIPublisherDesktopmayhavefailedortheuninstallprocessisnotremovingall
thefilesfromthefilesystem.SuchacorruptedinstallationmayevenpreventanewinstallationofOracleBIPublisher
Desktop.
Solution
Thefollowingstepsoutlinehowtomanuallycleanupanythingthatisleftbehind:
1.OpenWindowsExplorer.
2.GotoC:\WINDOWS\assemblydirectory.
3.Checkifthereareanyassemblieswhichstartwith"TB".Ifso,removethembyrightclickingontheassembly
>Uninstall.
4.GototheMSWordStartupDirectory%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP.
5.RemoveanyexistingfilenamedTemplateBuilder.dot,WordAnalyzer.dotorTBCrosstab.dot.
6.GototheMSWordTemplateDirectory%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Templates.
7.Bydefault,thisdirectoryshouldonlycontainNormal.dot,Normal.dotm,NormalEmail.dotand
NormalEmail.dotm.RemoveanyotherTemplatethat'sbelievedshouldnotexist.
8.OpenMSWord
>TheOracleBIPublishermenushouldnotlongerbevisible.
Atthispoint,restarttheOSanditshouldbepossibletoreinstallOracleBIPublisherDesktop.
CleanupAPossibleCorruptedInstallationContinued
IftheinstallationofOracleBIPublisherDesktopstillfailsaftercompletingtheabovesteps,thenproceedwiththe
followingchecks:
1.Startmenu
2.OpentheControlPanel
3.Goto
WindowsXP:AddorRemoveprograms
Windows7:ProgramsandFeatures
4.Checkifthefollowinghavebeeninstalled,andifmissinginstallthemnow:
SharedAddinExtensibilityUpdateforMicrosoft.NETFramework2.0(KB908002)
SharedAddinSupportUpdateforMicrosoft.NETFramework2.0(KB908002)
MSVisualStudio2010ToolsforOfficeRuntime
5.CheckifonehasanotherMicrosoftOfficeaddinandifso,turnitoffbeforeattemptingtoinstallOracleBI
PublisherDesktop.
6.RestarttheOS
7.ReinstallOracleBIPublisherDesktop
8.IftheissuepersiststhenmoveNormal.dotand/orNormal.dotmtoanotherdirectoryandtryagain.Important:
Oneneedstomoveit.Renamingthefileisnotsufficient.
IftheinstallationofOracleBIPublisherDesktopstillfailsaftermovingNormal.dotthentrytherepairofMicrosoft
Office:
1.UninstallOracleBIPublisherDesktopbyfollowingthestepsabove.
2.OpentheControlPanel
3.Goto
WindowsXP:AddorRemoveprograms
Windows7:ProgramsandFeatures
4.RightclickonMicrosoftOffice>Change>Repair
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5.WaitfortheRepairprocesstocomplete
6.ReinstallOracleBIPublisherDesktop
Atthisstage,ifonedoesnotseetheOracleBIPublisherribbonsonMSWord2007orMSWord2010,thencheckthe
following:
MSWord2007:
1.Goto"Officebuttononthetopleft"
2.Clickon"WordOption"atthebottom
3.Clickon"AddIns"ontheleft.
Word2010:
1.Goto"File"tab
2.Clickon"Options"ontheleft
3.Clickon"Addins"ontheleft.
Validatethatallofthefollowingitemsareactive:
OracleOracleBIPublisherDesktop11.1.1.5.x
TemplateBuilder.dot
WordAnalyzer.dot
TBMenus
TBMenus2007
OracleOracleBIPublisherDesktop11.1.1.6.x
TBMenus2007
Ifonehasdisableditems,activatethemfromtheManagedialogatthebottom.Select"DisabledItems"andclick"Go".

3.HowToChangeTheSessionTimeoutInOracleBIPublisher11g
ThesessiontimeoutiscontrolledbyOracleWebLogicServer.ThedefaultsessiontimeoutforOracleBIPublisheris20
minutes,afterwhichtheenduserwillseethefollowingdialogwindow:

Youhavebeeninactiveformorethan20minutes.ClickOKtokeepyoursession.

OracleBIPublisher11gisshippedasapackagethatincludesastandardJ2EEapplicationdeploymentdescriptorfile
web.xml,locatedinthe/METAINFdirectoryoftheapplication,e.g.:

./user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/bi_server1/tmp/_WL_user/bipublisher_11.1.1/to5gma/
INF/web.xml

Note:Thedirectory'to5gma'isarandomnameandwillbedifferentoneveryenvironment.

Thefollowingstepsarerequiredtochangethesessiontimeoutvalue:
1.TakeabackupoftheoriginalEARfile:
[MW_HOMElikeOracleBI]/Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/jee/xmlpserver.ear

2.CopytheEARfiletoatemporarydirectory:
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$cpxmlpserver.ear/tmp/bip

$cd/tmp/bip

3.Extractthexmlpserver.warfilefromthexmlpserver.ear:
$unzipxmlpserver.earxmlpserver.war

Archive:xmlpserver.ear

inflating:xmlpserver.war

$lsl

total103576

rwrr1pbreugelpbreugel78228982Mar607:37xmlpserver.ear
rwrr1pbreugelpbreugel27706708Mar513:41xmlpserver.war

4.ExtracttheWEBINF/web.xmlfromthexmlpserver.warfile:
$unzipxmlpserver.warWEBINF/web.xml

Archive:xmlpserver.war

inflating:WEBINF/web.xml

$lslR

.:

total103584

drwxrwxrx2pbreugelpbreugel4096Mar607:39WEBINF

rwrr1pbreugelpbreugel78228982Mar607:37xmlpserver.ear
rwrr1pbreugelpbreugel27706708Mar513:41xmlpserver.war

./WEBINF:
total44

rwrr1pbreugelpbreugel38635Mar513:40web.xml

5.EdittheextractedWEBINF/web.xmlfileusingaplaintexteditor,modifyingthevalueofsessiontimeouttoe.g.
60:
$grepnC1sessiontimeoutWEBINF/web.xml

1011<sessionconfig>

1012:<sessiontimeout>20</sessiontimeout>

1013</sessionconfig>

$viWEBINF/web.xml

$grepnC1sessiontimeoutWEBINF/web.xml

1011<sessionconfig>

1012:<sessiontimeout>60</sessiontimeout>

1013</sessionconfig>

6.Updatethexmlpserver.warwiththemodifiedWEBINF/web.xmlfile(makesuretopreservedirectories):
$zipuxmlpserver.warWEBINF/web.xml

updating:WEBINF/web.xml(deflated88%)

$unziplxmlpserver.war|grepWEBINF/web.xml
3863503061207:41WEBINF/web.xml

7.Updatethexmlpserver.earwiththeupdatedxmlpserver.warfile(makesuretopreservedirectories):
$zipuxmlpserver.earxmlpserver.war
updating:xmlpserver.war(deflated8%)

$unziplxmlpserver.ear|grepxmlpserver.war

2770669003061207:41xmlpserver.war

8.CopytheupdatedEARfiletothedeploymentfilesdirectory,overwritingtheexistingone:
$cpxmlpserver.ear[MW_HOMElikeOracleBI]/Oracle_BI1/bifoundation/jee/xmlpserver.ear

9.LogintotheWebLogicServerAdministrationConsole:
http://[hostname]:[port]/console/

10.NavigatetotheDeploymentpage
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11.Updatethedeploymentnamed'bipublisher(11.1.1)'
12.Verifythattheupdatedweb.xmlisdeployedcorrectly:

$cd[MW_HOME]

$find.typefnameweb.xml|xargsgrepnC1sessiontimeout|
grep./user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/AdminServer/tmp/_WL_user/bipublisher_11.
INF/web.xml1011<sessionconfig>

./user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/AdminServer/tmp/_WL_user/bipublisher_11.1.1/
INF/web.xml:1012:<sessiontimeout>60</sessiontimeout>fileordirectory

./user_projects/domains/bifoundation_domain/servers/AdminServer/tmp/_WL_user/bipublisher_11.1.1/
INF/web.xml1013</sessionconfig>

4.ReportsWithSpecialCharactersinTheirNamesAreNotVisibleinBIPublisher11g
AllBIPublisherreportsarepresentinxdmandxdoformatonanftpserver,andmanyareexposedinBIPEnterprise,
butsomearenot.
HowtomakethesereportsvisibleinBIPEnterprise?
ThereportswhicharevisibleinBIPublisherhavenospecialcharactersintheirnames.Isthereanywaytoretain
them,astheyareauserrequirement?
Solution
ThereportsarenotappearinginBIPublisherbecausetheyhavenotbeensavedtotheCatalog,andtheyhavenot
beensavedbecausetheirnamescontainatleastoneofthespecialcharacters.Thisistheexpectedbehaviour.One
needstoremoveanyofthespecialcharactersthatarelistedintheerrormessagefromthereportnamesontheftp
server.
Reference:Note1276869.1OverviewofAvailableUpdatePatchesforOracleBIPublisherEnterprise11g

5.HowToManuallyStoptheNodeManager?
A.Thereisnospecificcommandtomanuallystopthenodemanager.Onehastokilltheprocesstomanuallytostop
thenodemanager.
B.Thefollowingisthesequencetostopthenodemanager:
1.opmnctlstopall
2.stopManagedServer(cmdorsh)
3.stopWeblogic(cmdorsh)
4.NodeManager:TostopnodemanageronUnixdirectlykilltheprocess.OnWindows,ifregisteredasaservice,stop
thenodemanagerservice.

BIPAllVersions
1.BIPublisherDesktopStoppedWorkingWithMSWordAfterWindowsSecurityUpdate
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AfterinstallingthelatestMicrosoftSecurityUpdatesontheWindows7PC,ortheWindowsXPSP3,the
functionalityfortheBIPublisherplugintoMicrosoftWord2007isnolongerworking.
FormostoftheBIPpluginfunctionalitynothinghappensatall.
Thefollowingerrorscomesupforsomefunctions:
"AutomationError,UnspecifiedError"
OR
"Compileerrorinhiddenmodule:Module_starter"
Changes
MicrosoftWindowsUpdateswereapplied
Cause
MicrosoftWindowsUpdates

AtleastoneoftheMicrosoftWindowsUpdatesfreezesout3rdpartyapplicationfunctionalitythatinvolvesVisualBasic.
Solution
InWindows7gotoControlPanel>ProgramsandFeatures>ViewInstalledUpdates.
Or,inWindowsXPSP3,gotoControlPanel>Add/RemovePrograms
Checkthatonehasupdatesdatingfrom14Aug2012(thedatethisSecurityUpdatewasreleased).
Thefollowingwebpagegivesthereasonforthefixandtheinstruction(detailedbelow):
http://blogs.technet.com/b/wordonenotesupport/archive/2012/08/16/quotunspecifiedautomationerrorquotafter
applyingms12060.aspx
"UnspecifiedAutomationError"afterapplyingMS12060
KeithElMSFT
16Aug201211:43AM
MS12060isasecurityupdatethatwasreleasedTuesday,August14,2012.
ThisupdatereplacedMS12027.Onemaynowbeseeing"UnspecifiedAutomationError"whenrunningtheMicrosoft
OfficeVBAcodeafterinstallingMS12060.
ThefixforthisproblemistoreregisterMSCOMCTL.OCX.Todothis,followthesesteps:
1.Openanadministrativelevelcommandprompt.
a.ClickSTART,andtypeRUNintheruncommandline.
b.OnWindowsVistaandWindows7findcmd.exeinWindows\System32.
c.Rightclickcmd.exeandselect'RunAsAdministrator'togetacommandwindow.
2.a.Ifona64bitmachine,typethefollowinginthecommandwindow:
regsvr32.exe/uC:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX

b.PressENTER,thentype:
regsvr32.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSCOMCTL.OCX
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3.Ifona32bitmachine,typethefollowinginthecommandwindow:
regsvr32.exe/uC:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX

PressENTER,thentype:
regsvr32.exeC:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX

4.NowopenanRTFtemplateinMSWord2007andseetheBIPpluginfunctionsareworking.

2.ReportGenerationFailsDuetooracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathException:Namespaceprefix'ref'usedbutnot
declared
BIPublisher/XMLPublisherreportsarenotbeinggeneratedsuccessfully.Instead,theprocessisencounteringthe
followingexception:
Causedby:oracle.xdo.parser.v2.XPathException:Namespaceprefix'ref'usedbutnot
declared.

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.reportException(XSLProcessor.java:806)

atoracle.xdo.parser.v2.XSLProcessor.newXSLStylesheet(XSLProcessor.java:571)

...17more

Changes
TheRTFlayouttemplatemayhavebeenmodifiedusingtheTemplateBuilderforWord.
Cause
TheRTFlayouttemplatecontainsoneormoreplaceholdersusingtheFormFieldmethod.TheTemplateBuilderfor
WordthatcomeswithOracleBIPublisher11g(11.1.1.3.0and11.1.1.5.0)includesthecodefixforenhancement
requestbug8520142SupportWordVariablesAsAlternativeForFormFieldsandChartAlternativeText.Thisversion
oftheTemplateBuilderwillbydefaultmakeuseofWordVariablesforstoringtheformfielddata.RTFlayout
templatesthathavebeenmodifybytheOracleBIPublisherTemplateBuilderforWord11.1.1.3.0or11.1.1.5.0are
notbackwardscompatiblewith:
OracleXMLPublisheraspartoftheOracleEBusinessSuite
OracleBIPublisherEnterprise10.1.3.4.1orearlier(oranyapplicationthatisintegratedwithit)
Solution
TheencounteredexceptionisaclearindicationthattheRTFlayouttemplateisnolongercompatibleforthegiven
application.ItisrequiredtorevertbacktotheoriginalRTFlayouttemplateandredoanymodificationsusinga
compatibleTemplateBuilderforWord.Thelatestoneavailablecanbefoundinthefollowingknowledgedocuments:
Document1138602.1OverviewofAvailablePatchesforOracleXMLPublisher(embeddedinOracleEBusiness
Suite)
Document797057.1OverviewofAvailableUpdatePatchesforOracleBIPublisherEnterprise10g
Workaround:
TheTemplateBuilderforWord11ghasanoptiontoturnoffthisnewfeatureandwhichcanbeofuseincaseaminor
modificationtoanexistingtemplateisrequired,whileremainingitsbackwardcompatibilitywitholderversionslikeBI
Publisher10gorXMLPublisheraspartoftheOracleEBusinessSuite.Thefollowingactionsarerequiredtodoso:
1.OpenMicrosoftWord
2.OntheBIPublishermenu/tab,selecttheOptionsmenuitem
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3.Clickonthetabnamed'Build'
4.SetthevalueforFormfieldsizetoBackwardCompatible
Note:Theimplementationoftheenhancementrequestallowsupto64KiBofdatatobestoredinasingleform
field,improvingonthedefaultof380charactersforformfieldsandapproximately4KiBforchartdata.
References:
Note:1138602.1OverviewofAvailablePatchesforOracleXMLPublisherembeddedintheOracleEBusinessSuite
Note:1301148.1E1:XMLP:RTFTemplatesCreatedUsingBIDesktopv.11DoNotWorkwithEnterpriseOne8.98.x
Note:797057.1OverviewofAvailableUpdatePatchesforOracleBIPublisherEnterprise10g

3.XMLReportsCompleteWithWarningUnableToFindAnOutputPostProcessorServiceToPostProcess
Request
WhenXMLReportsarerun,theycompletewiththeWarningmessage:
+1)PUBLISH+
UnabletofindanOutputPostProcessorservicetopostprocessrequestXXXXXX(request_id).
CheckthattheOutputPostProcessorserviceisrunning.
++
Solution
1.Pleaseshutdowntheinternalmanager.
2.MakesuretherearenoFNDLIBRprocessesrunningasfollows:
$psef|grepFNDLIBR

3.IfthereareanyFNDLIBRprocesses,pleasekillthemas:
$kill9pid

4.PleaseruntheConcurrentManagerRecoveryfeaturetoaddressanyConcurrentManager/ConcurrentProcessing
issueswithintheOracleApplicationManager.NOTE:RegularuseoftheCPAnalyzerinNote1411723.1canprovide
anImmediateAnalysisandOutputofaConcurrentEnvironment.
5.Starttheinternalmanageroncethescriptiscompleteandretest.

4.HowToResolveErrorJBO25036InvalidObjectwithFndApplicationVO_1627?
WhennavigatingwithXMLPublisherResponsibilityandchooseanymenuoption,receivetheerrormessage:
ExceptionDetails.
oracle.apps.fnd.framework.OAException:Application:FND,MessageName:FND_GENERIC_MESSAGE.
Tokens:MESSAGE=oracle.jbo.InvalidObjAccessException:JBO25036:Aninvalidobjectoperation
wasinvokedontypeViewObjectwithnameFndApplicationVO_1627
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atoracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageErrorHandler.prepareException(OAPageErrorHandler.java:1247)
atoracle.apps.fnd.framework.webui.OAPageBean.preparePage(OAPageBean.java:2148)
....
Cause
Undetermined
Solution
1.Listthecurrentstatus:
$INST_TOP/admin/scripts/adopmnctl.shstatus

2.BounceOACore:
$INST_TOP/admin/scripts/adoarorectl.shstop

$INST_TOP/admin/scripts/adoarorectl.shstart

3.BounceApache:
$INST_TOP/admin/scripts/adapcctl.shstop

$INST_TOP/admin/scripts/adapcctl.shstart

4.Retest.

5.ArabicCharactersAppearAsQuestionMarksInXMLPublisherOutput
Symptoms
WhenattemptingtorunXMLPublisherReportsfromOracleApplications,
theArabiccharactersappearasquestionmarksinthePDFoutputfiles.
Cause
TheissueiscausedbyanincompletesetupofXMLPublisher.
Solution
ThefollowingcanguideforthecorrectsetupofXMLPublisher
1.Ifthe$JRE_TOP/jre/lib/fontsdoesn'texistscreateit.
The$JRE_TOPreferstoAF_JRE_TOPfortheconcurrentnode
orOA_JRE_TOPfortheWebnode.
2.TheArabicfontfiles(ALBAN*.ttf)from$FND_TOP/resourcesneedtobecopiedto:
$JRE_TOP/jre/lib/fontsdirectoryonallwebandconcurrentnodesfor11i.
$JRE_TOP/lib/fontsdirectoryonallwebandconcurrentnodesforR12.x.

3.Issuethefollowingfromtheoperatingsystem:
echo$NLS_LANG

IfitisnotArabicsetitusingthefollowingsteps:
a.Stoptheconcurrentmanagers.EnsurenoFNDLIBRprocessesattheO/Slevel.
b.SetNLS_LANGasfollows:
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NLS_LANG="ARABIC_UNITEDARABEMIRATES.AR8MSWIN1256"

exportNLS_LANG

c.Starttheconcurrentmanagersfromthesameenvironment.
4.IfthereportisacustomreportthenputencodinginthesourceoftheRDFfilesourceinreportpropertyXMLProlog
Value=<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="WINDOWS1256"?>
usingthefollowingsteps:
a.Openthereportsourcecode.
b.Openthepropertydialoguewindow.
c.Navigatetothe"XMLPrologValue".
d.Changethevalueandset<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="WINDOWS1256"?>
e.Savethechange,andthencompilethisreport.
f.Retesttheissue.
BesurethatthecreatedXMLdatafilehasthefollowingheader:
<?xmlversion="1.0"encoding="WINDOWS1256"?>

6.ExcelOutputFileSizeGeneratedByBIPublisherisVeryLarge
TheEXCELoutputfilesizegeneratedbyBIPublisher(andXMLPublisherinEBS)isverylarge(nearly22MB)andit's
taking2030mintoviewtheoutput.Afteropeningthisfileandsavingas.xlsthefilesizeisreduceddrastically(nearly
3MB).
Solution
ThisissueisbecausetheExceloutputfromBIPublisherisMHTML(XMLPublishergeneratesXHTML)notbinary.xls.
MHTMLandXHTMLaremoreverboseformatsthanbinary.xls.
ItwillbelargebecausethecurrentExceloutputisjustanHTMLandnotcompressedlikePDF.Pleaseusethe
workaround(saveitas.xlsfile).ThisisaknownlimitationofRTFlayouttemplates.
BIPublisherEnterprisehasanewfeatureTrueExcelTemplates.ThelayoutsgeneratebinaryExceloutput.
Thisisavailableinversion10.1.3.4.1withtheAugustpatchset,andin11.1.1.3.

7.BarcodeFontDoesNotAppearInPDFOutput
Symptoms
BarcodeisshowninRTF/EXCELoutput,
inPDFitiscomingasstandardfontbutnotinbarcode.
Cause
Thefontsneedtobedeclaredinthexdo.cfgfilethatnormallyresidein$OA_JRE_TOP/jre/lib.
Ifthefontmappingsarenotsetinxdo.cfgtheproducedPDFdoesnotincludesthem,sonobarcodefontwillbe
shown.

Solution
TomakesurethatPDFoutputincludesallthefonts,pleasedothis:
Copythefontfile(i.e.FRE3OF9X.TTF)in$OA_JRE_TOP/jre/lib/fonts
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Addthefollowinglinesinxdo.cfg(mustresidesin$OA_JRE_TOP/jre/lib)
<fontfamily="Free3of9Extended"style="normal"weight="normal">
<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/FRE3OF9X.TTF"/>
</font>
Pleasecheckwhat$OA_JRE_TOPissettointheenvironmentandusethisactualpathinxdo.cfg
Thisisanexamplexdo.cfg
Pleasemodifyittoonesneeds:

<configversion="1.0.0"xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/oxp/config/">

<!Properties>

<properties>

<!Systemlevelproperties>

<!PLEASESELECTAVALIDTEMPFILEDIRECTORY!!!>
<propertyname="systemtempdir">D:/Temp</property>

<!PDFcompression>

<propertyname="pdfcompression">true</property>

<!CheckboxAppearance>

<propertyname="rtfcheckboxglyph">Wingdings253111</property>

<!PDFsecurity>

<propertyname="pdfsecurity">false</property>

<propertyname="pdfopenpassword">user</property>

<propertyname="pdfpermissionspassword">owner</property>

<propertyname="pdfnoprinting">true</property>

<propertyname="pdfnochangingthedocument">true</property>

>

</properties>

<!Fontsetting>

<fonts>

<!WindowsWingdingsfont>

<fontfamily="Wingdings"style="normal"weight="normal">

<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/WINGDING.TTF"/>

</font>

<fontfamily="GnuMICR"style="normal"weight="normal">

<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/GnuMICR.ttf"/>

</font>

<fontfamily="TimesNewRoman"style="normal"weight="normal">

<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/TIMES.TTF"/>

</font>

<fontfamily="Tahoma"style="normal"weight="normal">

<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/TAHOMA.TTF"/>

</font>

<fontfamily="Tahoma"style="normal"weight="bold">

<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/TAHOMABD.TTF"/>

</font>

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<fontfamily="Free3of9Extended"style="normal"weight="normal">
<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/FRE3OF9X.TTF"/>
</font>

<fontfamily="IDAutomationHC39M"style="normal"weight="normal">
<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/IDAutomationHC39M.ttf"/>
</font>

<fontfamily="BC3of9"style="normal"weight="normal">
<truetypepath="/usr/java14/jre/lib/fonts/B39R00.TTF"/>
</font>
</fonts>
</config>

PleasealsoseeNote373377.1HowToCreateaNewFontUsingXMLPublisher
XMLPublisher5.6hasanewtab:Administration.
Thisreplacesthexdo.cfgconfigurationfile.
Nowfontscanbeuploadedandstoredinthedatabaseinsteadofstoredonthefilesystem.

8.HowtoaddMicrosoftExcelasTypetotheCreateTemplateListofValuesinBIPublisher
For12.0.x
ExcelTemplatesareonlypartiallysupportedontheOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.0.x.Therearenocurrentplans
tobackportthisfeaturetotheOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease11i,norwillitbefullysupportedin12.1.x.
OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.0:
Patch7237006R12.ATG_PF.A.DELTA.6
ThispatchincludessomebasicfunctionalityforExceltemplates.Youcanrunaverybasicspreadsheet.
ForthefullfunctionalityassociatedwithExcellayoutsyouhavetolicenseandinstallBIPublisherEnterprise
10.1.3.4.2,11.1.1.5orlaterversion.
WearenotloggingnewdefectsforenhancementstothisfunctionalityinEBSatthistime.
RefertotheOracleFusionMiddlewareReportDesigner'sGuideforOracleBusinessIntelligencePublisher,chapter
CreatingExcelTemplates.
For12.1.3
PleaseapplyPatch:124154141OFF:11873050:12.1.3:12.1.3:FRM41830,FRM40212SubmittingProgramPublisher
FSG.
Thispatchupdatesthelooktype("XDO_XLS_TEMPL_OUTPUTS")andlookupcode(Excel)tosupporttheExcel
templatesforBIPublisherR12.1release.
Thispatchwilladdthe"Excel"TemplatetypetotheLOV.
Afterpatch12415414isaplieddothefollowingtoenableEXCELoutputoptionforBIpublishertemplates:
1.Enableoption'XLS'inXDO_TEMPLATE_TYPElookupcode:

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(Responsibility)ApplicationDeveloper>Application>Lookups>ApplicationObjectLibrary>QueryoutType
'XDO_TEMPLATE_TYPE'
Check'Enable'checkboxofrecord'XLS',andenter'XDO_XLS_TEMPL_OUTPUTS'in'Tag'fieldofthisrecord,Save.
2.Enableoption'EXCEL'inXDO_XLS_TEMPL_OUTPUTSlookupcode:
(Responsibility)ApplicationDeveloper>Application>Lookups>ApplicationObjectLibrary>QueryoutType
'XDO_XLS_TEMPL_OUTPUTS'
Makesureoption'EXCEL'isenabled.
3.Gotoresponsibility'XMLPulisherAdministrator'>Templates>CreateTemplate,makesurethereisanoption
'MicrosoftExcel'in'Type'listofvalue.

9.HowtoInstallSpecialFonts(MICR,Barcode)inBIPublisherEnterprise
TherearespecialfontsinstalledbyBIPublisherDesktop10.1.3.2andlater.
OnaPCundertheinstallationdirectory:
BIPublisherDesktop\TemplateBuilderforWord\fonts
Theyarefiles:
B39R00.TTF
UPCR00.TTF
MICR___.TTF
TherearealsoAlbanyfontsforBIDIlanguagesSimplifiedandTraditionalChinese,Korean,Japananese.
Thesecanbecopiedtothejdk/jre/lib/fontsdirectoryontheserver.
ForanOAS10.1.3.1installthiswas:
D:\product\10.1.3.1\OracleAS_1\jdk\jre\lib\fonts
ForaStandaloneOC4Jinstallthiswas:
OraHome_2(BIP)\jdk\jre\lib\fonts
EachofthesetwolocationshadthedefaultLucidafontfilesalreadyinstalled.
1.CopythefilesfromthePCDesktopinstallation.
2.LogintoBIPublisher,selectedAdmin>FontMappings.
3.TheAlbanyandLucidafontsshouldbevisibleintheLOV.
4.Theotherfonts:B39R00.TTF,UPCR00.TTFandMICR___.TTFwerenot.
5.Loggedontotheserver,changethefileextentionsfrom*.TTFto*.ttfforthethreefilesabove.
6.NowtheyshouldbevisibleintheLOV.
7.CreateafontmappingusingtheMIRC___.ttffont.
8.Createatemplatetousethefont.
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9.Bouncetheserver,sincethechangesweremadeintheAdminarea.
10.RunthereportinPDFandthefontshouldbeembedded.

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REFERENCES
NOTE:1338762.1InformationCenter:OracleBIPublisher(BIP)
NOTE:1589915.1BurstinginBIPublisherEnterpriseConsolidatedReference
NOTE:1138602.1OverviewofAvailablePatchesforOracleXMLPublisherembeddedintheOracleEBusinessSuite
NOTE:364547.1BIPublisherTroubleshootingOracleBusinessIntelligence(XML)PublisherForTheOracleE
BusinessSuite
NOTE:1574210.1BurstinginEBSXMLPublisherConsolidatedReference
NOTE:1387643.1TroubleshootingOracleBIPublisherEnterprise11g
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