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XMLP Troubleshooting Tips and Techniques

SPEAKERS : Suchi Mathur (GCS Support Engineer)

Q&A : Andrew Soff (Developer)


XMLP POWERFUL REPORTING TOOL

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XML Publisher Concept

Separate data / layout / UI translation

Report

output

Flexibility

Reduced maintenance

Data Logic

Layout

Translation

XML Publisher


XMLP TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS


Objective

Help understand XMLP Troubleshooting

Techniques before contacting support.

Where to look for Information if in

Trouble?

Peoplesoft Recommendations for running

XMLP reports from Application.


Troubleshooting points

• Setup

• Debugging

• Performance Tuning

• Most commonly reported questions

• What’s new in PT850


XMLP Setup

• Settings are defined in XDO.cfg file (default location is

$PSHOME/appserver directory

• Primary uses:

• Setting a temporary directory

• Setting properties for PDF, RTF, and HTML output

• Setting PDF security properties

• Setting font locations and substitutions

• No need to restart Appserver or Process Scheduler if just

contents of xdo.cfg are changed


Sample XDO.cfg file.

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

<properties>



<property name="xslt-xdoparser">true</property>

<property name="xslt-scalable">true</property>

<property name="system-cachepage-size">50</property>

<property name="system-temp-dir">CACHE</property>



<property name="pdf-compression">true</property>









</properties>











</config>


XMLP setup(Contd..)

JavaVM Options=-Xrs -Dxdo.ConfigFile=%PS_HOME%/appserv/xdo.cfg

Screen shot of PSAPPSRV.cfg file Appserver configuration file


XMLP Setup (Cont’d..)

Screen shot of PSPRCS.cfg file Process scheduler configuration file

JavaVM Options=-Xrs -Dxdo.ConfigFile=%PS_HOME%/appserv/xdo.cfg


XDO Debugging/Logging Information

• Running XMLP reports in a Debug mode will help to narrow down the problem whether it is in the (XML data file,Template file, Application people code or in App engine program)

• XDO logging creates “XDO.log” file with detailed logging information.

• The files that are created during the XDO logging are XML, XSL, Translation(XLIFF) and Template files Ex( PDF,RTF) in the

Location = Temporary directory specified in the LogDir.

• Please refer GCS Solution on Support Portal DOC ID :821195.1

(How to run XMLP reports in Debug mode/Turn ON XMLP logging)


Debugging XMLP Reports

Create a file named xdodebug.cfg and place it

under [PS_HOME]\JRE\Lib] directory

• WindowsThe file should include following below information:

LogLevel=STATEMENT

LogDir=c:\temp (point to an appropriate temporary directory )

• UnixThe file should include following below information:

LogLevel=STATEMENT

LogDir=/ds3/ps/dssgrp/tmp (point to an appropriate temporary directory )

3) After Replication remove xdodebug.cfg from [PS_HOME]\JRE\Lib] directory.


Debugging XMLP Reports

Screen shot which Shows list of files created during the XMLP debugging


Running XMLP Reports from Command line

• Running XMLP Reports from the command line will help in testing the performance of large reports .

• Testing is done here by Bypassing Peoplecode ,Application engine Interface.

• Steps to run the reports using command line

1. Create a working directory (e.g. C:\psxmlp\comlinetest) 2. Copy RTF template and XML data file to this directory

Cont’d..



3) Set PS_HOME=C:\PT848

4) Set CLASSPATH as followsset CLASSPATH=%PS_HOME%\class\psxmlp.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\xdo56.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\xmlparserv2.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\peoplecode.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\aolj.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\i18nAPI_v3.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\axdoparser.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\bicmn.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\bipres.jar

set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\jewt4.jarset CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%PS_HOME%\class\share.jar

Cont’d..



5) Convert RTF template to XSL format

C:\psxmlp\comlinetest > java -Xmx512m -Xms256m

com.peoplesoft.pt.xmlpublisher.PTRTFPocessor -genxsl template.rtf

6) Report Generation output values( PDF =2, RTF = 1, HTML = 3, EXCEL = 4)

C:\psxmlp\comlinetest > java -Xmx512m -Xms256m

com.peoplesoft.pt.xmlpublisher.PTFOProcessor -genoutput template.xsl

data.xml reportouput.pdf 2

Please refer GCS Solution on Support Portal DOC ID : 789151.1 (How to Run

XMLP Reports from the Command line.)


Running XMLP Reports from BI viewer

Navigation:

Start > AllPrograms >Programs >Oracle BI Publisher Desktop >Template Viewer

For Previewing reports for RTF,PDF,eText and XSL templates.

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Specify the specific output format Cont’d..

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Click on Start Processing to view the report

Cont’d..


Performance Tuning Tips

• Setting System Temp Directory

By default, the system-temp-dir property is not set. This property

must be set to point to a temp folder on the server to achieve the

optimum performance.

<property name="system-temp-dir">C:\Temp</property>

Configuration



• Error:Java Exception: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: during call

of com.peoplesoft.pt.xmlpublisher.PTRTFProcessor.generateXSL.

(2,763)

• Check JVM CLASSPATH probably other java programs are

consuming the JVM memory.

• Proper memory configuration for JVM should be specified to

balance between memory usage and performance . (e.g. JavaVM

Options=-Xmx256m –Xms128m).

Configuration



JavaVM Options= -Xrs -Dxdo.ConfigFile=%PS_HOME%/appserv/xdo.cfg –Xmx256m –Xms128m

• Java Heap Tuning on Process scheduler server configuration file

psprcs.cfg



• Java Heap Tuning on Application server configuration file psappsrv.cfg

Java Options=-Xrs -Xrs -Dxdo.ConfgFile=%PS_HOME%/apperv/xdo.cfg –Xmx256m –Xms128m



• Please refer GCS Solution on Support Portal DOC ID :962712.1

(Performance Tuning XMLP Reports)

• Please refer GCS Solution on Support Portal DOC ID :

64523.1(Reports get OutOfMemoryError and generates heapdump and javacore files )



• Choose the right type of Template PDF/RTF , PDF have highest implementation performance.

• Try to create brand new PDF templates .

• Do not reuse the existing PDF template as basis for creating of new one which results in retention of non-visible meta data which may cause performance issues.

• Please refer GCS Solution on Support Portal DOC ID :1059830.1 (XMLP Self Service W2’s very slow performance.)

PDF Template



• Complex Reports that require the RTF Template take greater care when designing the template and the data source.

• RTF Template converted to XSL format behind scene can switch to XSL template for complex templates.

• Run following command for RTF TO XSL conversion.

C:\psxmlp\comlinetest > java -Xmx512m -Xms256m com.peoplesoft.pt.xmlpublisher.PTRTFPocessor -genxsl template.rtf

RTF Template

Cont’d..



• RTF Template does default sorting of data and may impact performance.

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Choose the right type of Template PDF/RTF

FEATURE RTF PDF

Custom/dynamic output x

Existing PDF Template (government forms) x

Pixel perfect positioning (using Adobe) x

Charts x

PDF Output x x

HTML, Excel and potential other output formats x

Sub-templates x

Runtime parameters x

Translation files x

Higher performance on very large reports (hundreds of mega

bytes)x

Output Formulas x

Flexible Field-data mapping (XPath vs. simple name matching) x



• Rowsets and XMLDoc data sources have

performance/memory limitations and are deprecated in

PT8.50.

• Query datasource performance is enhanced in PT850

since XML generation is now a C++ function rather than

Pcode.

• XML file is the preferred datasource since all

datasources behind the scene get converted to XML file.

Datasource


Tips for Running Large XMLP Reports

• Use XML File as Data source and PDF as template it has highest implementation performance.

• Create two batch processes, one to generate the XML file and one for processing the report.

• Pass the XML file to the Report processing process

• Include Data Generation and Report Processing process in one Process Scheduler Job.


Tips for Running Large XMLP Reports

• Use SQR or other mechanisms to generate the XML File as a preprocessing step.

• Design data source groupings as close as template structure to prevent unnecessary XSL transformations.

• Test the Report from Command line to rule out web and Application server limitations.


Peoplesoft Recommendations

• XML file as Data source

• RTF Template over PDF template

• Define Bursting fields/Search Fields

• Use Filters in Data source

• Running PSXPCLEAN App engine process

regularly to keep the Meta Data consistent.


Most Commonly Reported Questions

XMLP Printing• Post script level 3 driver

• Minimum Memory 128 MB RAM

• Make sure Printer running with Post script DLL’s

for ex: PSCRIPT5.DLL

Can obtain Printer configuration:

Information -> Information Pages->Configuration Printer menu

Cont’d..



If XMLP printer requirement could not be met can use any

third party conversion software which convert the PDF to PS

file.

Windows: PDFTOPS

Unix: Ghostscript

If finding issue with XMLP printing please refer GCS

Solution on Support Portal (Sending XMLP output directly

to printer in Windows environment (Doc ID 652589.1)



• How to create sample Data XML file and Schema File

• Psquery

• SQR

• File Layout

• Any Custom code

• Or any third party tools such as TRAN , XML_SPY

• E-XMLP: Which tools create XML schema and sample data files for

data source type of Rowset? (Doc ID 796304.1)



• E-XMLP How to use bursting and multiple templates (Doc ID

662933.1)

• E-XMLP How to migrate XMLP File Definition objects(Doc ID

659919.1)

• E-XMLP: Temporary PDF files created and stored on the Application Server under %TMP%\PSFTP (Doc ID 1059830.1)

• E-XMLP How to Disable the Generation of XML PUBLISHER Trace (Doc ID 969132.1).


What’s New In PT8.50


What’s New in PT8.50

• XDO Properties(System,Global,Report)

• System Properties

Cont’d..



• Global Properties:

Cont’d..



• Report Properties:

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• Deprecated Rowset and XmlDoc data sources

• Connected Query as Data source

• Sub reports capability in XMLP Reports



•Report Descriptive names



• PDF Full Path Mapping

• Deprecated Schema Files



• Emailing Reports



• Alternate XML preview


For More Information

Search the online forum:

XML Publisher Documentation on OTN

PeopleBooks

XMLP Solutions on Support Portal-Reporting tools-XMLP

Links:

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=245

http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/applications/xmlp_for_peoplesoft/

BI Publisher BLOG:

http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/

http://search.oracle.com

XML Publisher

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=245

http://blogs.oracle.com/xmlpublisher/applications/xmlp_for_peoplesoft/




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XMLP Advisor 2010

Documents

jar set classpath classpath

refer gcs solution

commonly reported questions

configfile ps home appserv xdo

xmldoc data sources

highest implementation performance

psxmlp comlinetest

running xmlp reports