Oracle Primavera P6 Business Intelligence Publisher Training. This unique 3-day class teaches students how to design, create and publish reports using Oracle Primavera P6 Business Intelligence Publisher. https://tensix.com

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Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher
Training
Primavera P6 BI Publisher Fundamentals – for Oracle 11g
Duration: 3-days
Prerequisites: Primavera P6 Project Management Experience. Experience working with data files and
other report writers would be desirable.
Requirements: BI Publisher for Oracle 11g, Primavera P6 EPPM P6R8 (need admin rights), SQL
Developer, Email Server setup within BIP, WORD with BIP add-on.
Course Description
This course covers the fundamentals of designing and creating reports using BI Publisher for P6R8.x.
This course is a hands-on class with approximately 25 student exercises which will allow the students
to explore and use power features in BI Publisher. At the end of the class, students will be able to
design, create and publish BI Publisher reports from scratch.
Course Outline
Chapter 1 – Introduction
• Introduction to BIP
• Login
• Navigating BIP
• Introduction to Administration Menu
• Introduction to Data Model Editor
• Introduction to Reports Layout Editor
• Introduction to Report Jobs
Chapter 2 – Introduction to Data Model Editor
• Data Models Overview
• Properties
• Datasets
• Query Builder
• List of Values
• Parameters
• XML Sample Data
• Downloading then Uploading XML Data into Data Model

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Chapter 3 – Introduction to Report Layout Editor
• Overview
• Creating a Report
• Report Editor
• Layout Editor
• Adding Grids
• Introduction to Text Item, Labels and Data Fields
• Introduction to Data Tables
• Introduction to Charts
• Defaults
• Parameters
Chapter 4 – Report File Management
• Overview
• Catalogs
• Copy
• Rename
• Download
• Upload
• Other
Chapter 5 – Introduction to P6 Tables/Synonyms
• Extended Tables
• P6 Synonyms (P6Project, P6Activities, P6ActivityCodeAssignment, P6ActivitySpread, etc.)
• Review Fields/Columns
Chapter 6 – Introduction to SQL
• Introduction SQL Developer
• SQL Overview
• Basics – SELECT, FROM
• WHERE and JOIN types
• SUM, GROUP BY, ORDER BY, calculations
• Other functions (TO_CHAR, NVL)
• Accumulating Values
• Nested JOINS
• Review – and more examples

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Chapter 7 –More on the Data Model Editor
• Building Datasets with SQL
• Event Triggers
• Flexfields
• Bursting
• Other sources of Data (XML, EXCEL, Web Services, etc.)
• Review – and more examples
Chapter 8 –More on the Report Layout Editor
• Changing Data Model
• Formulas
• More on Data Tables
• More on Charts
• Pivot Table
• List
• Repeating Section
• Gauge
• Image
• Review – and more examples
Chapter 9 –Report Jobs
• Overview
• General
• Output
• Schedule Jobs
• Notification
Chapter 10 –Building Reports with MS WORD
• Introduction – Another option for building reports in RTF format
• Overview – not an in-depth discussion
Chapter 11 –Publishing Data from P6
• Overview
• Administrator/Application Settings
• Administrator/Global Scheduled Services
• Projects/Publishing Parameters
• Running Reports from P6
To learn more about this class, please contact Ten Six Consulting (703) 910-2600 or email us at
training@tensixconsulting.com