Creating Comma Separated Value Report Using BI Publisher in Oracle Fusion Cloud Application

Introduction

For a typical implementation project there is always a need to get Data from the system in different output formats like RTF, PDF, Excel, XML and many more. But at times the consuming application does prefers receiving a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. In this article we would demonstrate how to get a Comma Separated Value file using BI Publisher in Oracle Fusion Application.

So let-us get started.

Worked Example

There are certain steps to be followed to achieve the same.

1. Creating a Data Model

2. Creating a Report

3. Making Appropriate Changes in the Report to ensure CSV Output is received

We would go through each one of the steps in detail.

Creating a Data Model

For this example, we would create a Data Model based on a sample XML file (contains dummy data).

As a first step we need to login to the application and navigate to the BI Catalog.

Once you click on the Sign In Button this will take you to the HomePage.

Once we point the mouse on the hyperlink and click on same this would take us to the ‘Reports and Analytics’ Page

Once Selected it would open a popup window which would look as below

Once populated the screen would appear as below:

Once we click on OK we should be able to see the below screen:

Creating a Report

Once we have saved the Data Model ( we have used the name SampleDataModel for this example) we need to click on the ‘Create Report’ button and complete the layout design ( refer below screenshots)

We need to click on the ‘Finish’ button, navigate to the specific folder location where we want to save the report, give a name to the Report and save the same.

This brings us to the end of the second step of ‘Creating a Report’

Changing Report Layout Properties to get CSV Output

If we view the report as-is (without any changes the output would appear as below)

Next we need to click on the ‘View a List’ hyperlink on top right hand side of the screen (as shown)

We could see that there are multiple output formats selected currently but we need to ensure that we only select DATA(CSV) option. This would ensure we get CSV Data output.

Now hopefully once we save the report and try to view the same we should get CSV data.

And there it is.

That’s it for the day, thanks all for your time and have a nice day ahead.