Creating Users and Groups

Deploying Reports in Oracle Portal 16-7

8. On the Server Definition page:

■ Enter the name of the Reports Server in the Reports Server Name field. This is the unique name assigned to the server at the time of server creation through OPMN. ■ Optional Enter a description for the Reports Server in the Description field. ■ Enter the URL location of your JSP files in the Oracle Reports Web Gateway URL for JSP reports field. The URL should be in the following format: http:your_web_server.domain:port For example: http:myias.mycomp.com:7779 ■ Enter the URL location of Oracle Reports Servlet rwservlet in the Oracle Reports Web Gateway URL for RDF reports field. The URL should be in the following format: http:your_web_server.domain:portvirtual_path_to_rwservletrwservlet For example: http:myias.mycomp.com:7778reportsrwservlet ■ Optional Select the Run Only Registered Report Definition Files check box. This ensures that only the report definition files registered with Oracle Portal can be executed on this Reports Server. Leave this box unchecked if you want this Reports Server to accept any report definition file, including those not registered in Oracle Portal, as long as the user who submits the report request has access privileges to this Reports Server. ■ Select the printers that you want to make available to this Reports Server from the Printers list. Use control-click Windows or click UNIX to select multiple printers.

9. Click Next.

10. Optional Enter a Custom Destination Type, if you have defined a custom

destination type.

11. Click Next.

12. Optional Enter the Availability Calendar name or click the list button to select

the Availability Calendar that determines the days and times this Reports Server is and is not available to accept report requests.

13. Click Finish.

See Also: Chapter 8, Configuring Oracle Reports Services for more information on specifying the virtual path. See Also: Chapter 13, Configuring Destinations for Oracle Reports Services for more information on custom destination types. See Also: Section 16.2.4, Creating an Availability Calendar 16-8 Publishing Reports to the Web with Oracle Reports Services The resulting page summarizes your settings for this Reports Server. On this page, you can edit your settings, get detailed registration information about the Reports Server, or delete it altogether.

14. Click Close to close this page and return to the Oracle Reports Security page.

You have registered a Reports Server. Now you can register a report.

16.2.2 Registering a Report

Registering a report is a required step that enables you to define who can run a report, when a report is available to run, which servers can be used to process report requests, how a report is delivered, and the printers to which a report can be sent. In addition to using registration to designate which users have access to a report, you can also specify, through a Oracle Portal parameter form, how users are to interact with the report. User parameters are created in Oracle Reports Builder at the time of designing the report. You can assign values to these parameters when you run the report in Oracle Portal. Registering a report within Oracle Portal creates an Oracle Portal component that can be deployed as a portlet through Portal. We recommend that you register only one instance of a report file in Oracle Portal. If you define multiple Oracle Portal report objects for one report, all are given security checks at runtime. If any of them fail the security check, then all fail, and the job will not run. To register a report:

1. Log in as an administrator to Oracle Portal.

See Also: Section 16.2.5, The Manage Portlet for more information on the fields and descriptions listed in the Manage portlet that is, Develop, Manage, and Access tabs. Note: You can use the parameter settings available through Oracle Portal to duplicate or create a subset of the parameters defined in Oracle Reports Builder at design time. At runtime, the Reports Server disregards any parameters that you set in Oracle Portal not defined in Oracle Reports Builder at design time. Table 16–2 Sample Values Property Sample Values Name internal name Employee_Report Display Name Employee Report Portal DB Provider PORTAL_APP Oracle Reports File Name employee_report.jsp Execute as JSP Name Optional Parameters userid Display Name Optional Parameters User Identification