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OTBI Report Mailing/Bursting in Oracle Fusion

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In this post, lets discuss the process of mailing or bursting an OTBI report to business users. Much like BI report bursting, this functionality enables you to customize the mail subject, body, output file format and mail recipients.   Supported Formats by OTBI -  HTML,  Plain Text,  CSV,  Tab Delimited,  Excel,  PowerPoint,  PDF   Step 1 - Select a recipient to  schedule with and set a mail frequency : 1) Go to the OTBI Report you want to Mail. Navigate to More > Schedule > General. 2) Select a User ID/Name to execute the agent. 3) Set the desired mail frequency (once/daily/weekly/monthly). You can optionally specify an end date.   Note - Condition Tab is set by default. The condition in below screenshot checks whether the report is generating any output or not.   Step 2 – OTBI Report Selection and Email Customization: 1) Choose "Analysis" from the content tab dropdown and locate your OTBI Analysis. 2) Customize th...
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Import Data from CSV/EXCEL using SQL Developer

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Importing CSV File data in SQL Developer   Helps put data directly in staging tables using simple CSV files. Sample CSV File - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1logX26_i_0yHYxS6wJZyxS7utcdjYIRp/view?usp=sharing Follow the link for detailed explanation video -  https://youtu.be/Ij7_4dMb8wk
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UCM using REST API in Oracle Fusion

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Uploading a File to UCM using REST API in Oracle fusion. API endpoint used - /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/erpintegrations   Applications used -  POSTMAN, Oracle Fusion Sample Request Payload - {   "OperationName" : "uploadFileToUCM" ,   "DocumentContent" : "VGVzdGluZyB1Y20gdXBsb2FkIHVzaW5nIHJlc3QgYXBp" ,   "DocumentAccount" : "fin$/payables$/import$" ,   "ContentType" : "txt" ,   "FileName" : "REST_UCM.txt" ,   "DocumentId" : null } Response Payload -                                                                                          {   "OperationName" : "uploadFileToUCM" ,     "DocumentId" : "6002...
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Add Scrollbar to Interactive Report in Oracle APEX

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  APEX Reports have a horizontal scrollbars positioned at the bottom of reports. This can prove as a difficulty to users if the report has too many rows. Solution - A dd Scrollbar at the top of Interactive Report using CSS  Follow the link for detailed video -  https://youtu.be/M_iz6wzQ0Xg CSS : #STATIC_ID .t-fht-thead {   overflow: auto !important; } The CSS works as below -  t-fht-thead -  Header of the report overflow: auto - Property #STATIC_ID - static id of the IR   Sample Image -  
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Query Parameters in REST API for Oracle Fusion

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Let’s discuss some key parameters frequently used in fusion REST APIs.   Let's use the following API endpoint as our reference throughout -   /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/invoices   Query Parameters: 1)      Expand Fields like invoiceDFF, invoiceLines are not fetched by default in this API. The Expand parameter allows fetching additional fields. Fields that are usable in parameter – invoiceLines invoiceGdf invoiceDff invoiceInstallments attachments appliedPrepayments availablePrepayments   Example – Put this string in Bulk edit: expand:appliedPrepayments,invoiceDff,attachments,availablePrepayments,invoiceGdf,invoiceInstallments,invoiceLines     2)      Fields Fetch any Specific field that you want. Including Expand fields mentioned above.   Example – Put this string in Bulk edit: -  fields:InvoiceId,InvoiceNumber,invoiceDff   3)      Limit Limit the number of rec...
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Global Notification on Oracle Fusion Frontpage

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 We can use this feature to notify users of downtime during updates. Steps -  1)  Setup and Maintenance > Search 2) Search %Manage%Profile%. Then Select Manage Administrator Profile Values . 3) In Profile Display Name search for %Banner% . Now in Profile options select FND_BANNER_MESSAGE. 4)   Click on + sign and add a new Value. Set it to Site Level. 5) Write your custom message in Profile Value field.  Now select Save and Close.  NOTE - You have to Logout and Login again for the changes to be visible. REVERT CHANGES 1)   To revert the changes, delete the Profile value under  FND_BANNER_MESSAGE using x icon. 2)   Select Save and close and Logout and Login again.
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Report output rounding up numbers more than 15 digits (Eg. Invoice number)

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Encountering precision problems in Excel is a common frustration. This issue happens because Excel tends to round off digits beyond 15 digits.  Refer the video below -  As we can see  10000231170000999 gets converted into  10000231170000900 To solve this issue, we need to adjust the format of the affected column in our template. In our case its Invoice Number. 1) Open the Report Template > Select the Invoice number field.  2) Navigate to Home > Number > Select 'Text' from dropdown.
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