Define the limits for the reports existing parameters on the Optional Parameters

Deploying Reports in Oracle Portal 16-13 printers, constrain the use of a printer for certain periods of time, or identify a particular printer to be used for printing output of certain reports. Printer registration with Oracle Portal is meaningful for reports that you run through Oracle Portal as well as those you run through a standalone URL. Once printers are registered within Oracle Portal, you can associate them with a Reports Server. Many printers can be registered. However, only printers associated with particular Reports Servers are available to print when you register a report with Oracle Portal and choose those Reports Servers. You can choose to restrict even further the registered subset of printers that a registered report can be sent to. For example, an Reports Server might be connected to the printer in the office of the CEO, but its selection should not be available to employees running the general ledger report, unless it is the CEO who is running the report. A subset of printers can be listed to the Oracle Portal user running a report request to select where output should be sent. To register a printer: 1. Log in as an administrator to Oracle Portal.

2. Navigate to the Builder page.

3. Click the Administer tab.

4. Click the Oracle Reports Security Settings link in the Oracle Reports Security

portlet. The Oracle Reports Security portlet enables you to use the security features in Oracle Portal at the time of defining access to the server, printer, calendar, and reports definition file.

5. Click the Create Reports Printer Access link in the Reports Printer Access

portlet.

6. On the resulting page, the Name internal name and Portal DB Provider fields

contain default values. To include custom values: ■ Enter a unique name in the Name field that will identify the printer internally in Oracle Portal, for example, MY_PRINTER. This name must follow the Oracle Portal rules for a valid component name; that is: It must be no more than 30 characters It must contain only alphanumeric characters no spaces or special characters allowed. The first character must be a letter not a number. ■ Enter the name that you want to display for this printer in the Display Name field. The Display Name is the name that is exposed to your users through Oracle Portal. Table 16–4 Sample Values Property Sample Value Name internal name myrep_printer Display Name My Reports Printer Portal DB Provider PORTAL_APP OS Printer Name \\mydomain\printer1 Availability Calendar COMCAL 16-14 Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services ■ Select the Portal DB Provider that will own the printer from the Portal DB Provider list of values. The Portal DB Providers displayed are those in which you have privileges to build components.

7. Click Next.