SIG Siebel BI Publisher

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Martin Mang

Principal Sales Consultant CRM

SIG Siebel: BI Publisher

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The following is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information

purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any

material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions.The development, release, and timing of any

features or functionality described for Oracle’s products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.

Siebel Reporting: BI Publisher

• Introduction• Setup and Process• Demo• Actuate vs. BI Publisher• Licensing• Summary

Product Description

• Oracle BI Publisher minimizes the high costs associated with thedevelopment, customization and maintenance of business documents; while increasing the efficiency of reports management.

• Oracle BI Publisher reduces a company's dependency on third party software systems that are required to format business documents, reducing the complexity. Utilizing a set of familiar desktop tools such as Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office users can create and maintain their own report formats based on data extracts supplied by a multitude of sources.

Product Topology

Web Services

Templates

Email

Printer

Fax

WebDAV

e-Commerce

Output Destinations

Oracle, SQL Server

PeopleSoft,SAP, Siebel

Java, C++,Pearl, etc

Data Source

XSL

Layout Tools

PDF

RTF

HTML

Excel

BI Publisher

BI Publisher Technology

• Open Standard Technologies - XML

• Multiple document output formats.• Report layouts developed and maintained using familiar

desktop applications.• Large number of supported document delivery channels and

protocols.

Background and New Features

• Integration - Administration Interface • Option to deploy the Oracle BI Publisher engine as an

alternative to Actuate for the generation of both OOTB Sales reports and custom reports.

• Create personal report templates through BI Publisher Template Authoring tool.

• Design Report Layouts using Microsoft Word.• Provide sales administrators with a means of setting the

report output type to either PDF, RTF, EXCEL, or HTML format based on report requirements.

New Features

• BIP Integration - Administration Interface (continued)• Capability to end date reports • Ability to access previously generated reports• Support for building custom-reports through Siebel

Application interface• Ability to purge reports

New Features

• BIP Integration – End User Interface• Provides Sales users and business analysts with a means of

selecting the report output type to either PDF, RTF, EXCEL, or HTML formats

• Provide a ‘My BIP Reports’ page where the status of the generated report is displayed for long running reports.

• Capability to manage reports and delete generated reports• Ability to print the generated reports at runtime • Full I18N and localization support for BIP reports• Ability to launch both Actuate and BIP reports from a single

report icon

Benefits to Sales Users

• Provides Sales Admins, Sales Reps and Sales Managers:• Consistent User Interface• Ability to Focus on Business Requirements• Higher Productivity for Sales Users• Familiar tools to prototype reports in multiple formats

• Acrobat - PDF Excel• Excel• Word - RTF• HTML

Siebel Reports Architecture connected mode

Siebel Reports Architecture disconnected mode



Create and Administer Reports


• Create the Reporting Template:• SYSADMIN � Site Map � Administration – BIP Reports


• Create the XML Data:• Define the objects that will be included on the report


• Create the Report Template:• Define the format of the report using the Template Wizard












• Register the Report Template and Assign Views:• Makes the report available in Siebel Sales


• Register the Report Template and Assign Views:• Allows sales users visibility to the report

Running BI Publisher Reports End User Experience

Running the Report



Demonstration



Admin report deployment process

Actuate:• Generate Report Object

Library• Create report in Actuate• Compile report• Stop report server• Deploy report executable• Associate report with View

and Deploy SRF

BI Publisher:• Generate XML data• Create report Layout Template

in Word• Upload Template• Associate with View

*Don’t need to compile report

*No restart of server

Actuate vs. BI Publisher

Does not support multiple business objects

Supports multiple business objectsMultiple Business Objects

No SRF changes. Deployment in application by administrator.

Require SRF compilation. ROX deployment in Report Server by IT.

Report Deployment

Similar to Actuate in a Siebel environment

Similar to BIP in a Siebel environmentUser Experience

Runs within a Siebel Server. Easy to upgrade (binaries only)

Separate server environment. Complex administration such as user synchronization and etc. Upgrade is expensive and high risk due to lack of a patch installer.

Report Server Administration & Upgrade

Standards-based (XLIFF). Localizable content decoupled from report template

Proprietary file formats.Localizable content embedded within report template

Report Localization

MS Word add-inEasier to useBusiness Analyst Skills

Proprietary development environment IT/Engineering Skills

Report Authoring Tools

BI PublisherActuateFeature



Siebel ReportsReplaced by Oracle BI Publisher in v8.1.1

• Siebel Reports removed from Product in v8.1.1• No longer listed on current Siebel price list• Available to existing customers if:

• Customer is running a version previous to v8.1.1• Quote is for additional users ONLY - No new customers

• All new customers purchase BI Publisher from Oracle Technology Price List

Siebel Reports DesignerNo longer available

• Siebel Reports Designer and Siebel Reports Designer Professional are no longer available

• Customer wishing to purchase these Actuate Tools licenses should purchased them directly from Actuate• These products were direct pass-through’s from Actuate so

they will be getting the exact same thing



Summary

• Reporting using open standard technologies• Multiple document output formats• Report layouts developed and maintained using

familiar desktop applications• Large number of supported document delivery

channels and protocols• Improved usability for Sales Administrators and Sales

Business Users• Removes the dependency on 3rd party products

(Actuate)

BI Publisher

Q & A

BI Publisher and Proposals

Siebel Proposals with embedded ReportsPost CY 2009, Proposal documents with embedded reports will not function. Alternatively, BI Publisher should be used to create mixed content documents. BI Publisher is planned as the long term solution for Siebel Proposals containing embedded data sections. The conversion tool can be used to convert reports used with Proposals into BI Publisher template.

Quelle: Siebel CRM 8.1.1. Statement of Direction

More Information

• Products• http://www.oracle.com/products• http://www.oracle.com/applications/crm/siebel• http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/xml-publisher

• Education and Training• http://www.oracle.com/education/index.html

• Support• http://www.oracle.com/support/

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