Report Writing Advanced Rel 8.96

Description:

Learn how to use the advanced features of the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne report writing tool to customize and optimize report output. In addition to a short review of basic report writing functionality, this course provides a thorough description of the various advanced report writing concepts. The course contains several activities that will give you hands-on experience using the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne tools to incorporate the advanced features into your reports.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Report Writing Advanced shows you how to make use of advanced report writing functionality, such as adding processing options, setting up business views, creating conditional and custom sections, and setting up reports to call other reports. In addition, this course describes the purpose and the components of smart fields, and how to set up a report using an existing smart field.

Learn to:

• Use system functions in event rules.
• Set up custom sections in reports.
• Set up and attach processing options to reports.
• Set up conditional sections in reports.

Audience:

Developer
Reports Developer
Technical Administrator
Technical Consultant

Objectives:

• Describe available advanced functionality.
• Set up and attach processing options.
• Explain security for reporting.
• Add advanced logic to reports.
• Set up and use business functions.
• Use basic troubleshooting tools.

Prerequisites:

Required Prerequisites:
6 months experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Report Design tool
Report Writing Rel 8.96

Topics:

Technology Overview
Describing Available Advanced Functionality
Describing the Tools Used to Create Each Function
Process for Developing Associated Objects

Setting Up Processing Option Templates
Describing the Purpose of Data Structures
Setting Up Processing Option Templates

Attaching Processing Options to Reports
Locating the Appropriate Processing Option
Creating Logic to Process Valid Values

Describing the Batch Event Process
Determining Which Event is Appropriate

Explaining Security for Reporting
Explaining Security Types
Describing How Security Affects Reporting

Using System Functions in Event Rules
Describing the Purpose of System Functions
Using System Functions in Reports

Creating Event Rule Variables
Describing Event Rule Variables
Creating Event Rule Variables

Setting Up Conditional Sections
Describing Conditional Sections
Defining Sections as Conditional

Setting Up Custom Sections
Describing Custom Sections
Setting Up Custom Sections to Present Additional Data
Setting Up Custom Sections to Process Logic

Using Table I/O to Fetch and Update Data
Describing the Purpose of Table I/O
Using the Table I/O to Fetch Data
Using Table I/O to Update Tables

Setting Up Reports to Call Other Reports
Describing Report Interconnects
Including Report Interconnects in Reports
Verifying the Report Interconnect was Successful

Describing Business Functions
Describing the Purpose of Business Functions
Identifying the Components of Business Functions
Using Business Functions in Reports

Setting Up Business Functions
Creating Business Functions
Setting Up Business Functions to Calculate Data
Setting Up Business Functions to Concatenate Fields

Describing Smart Fields
Describing the Purpose of Smart Fields
Identifying the Components of Smart Fields

Using BrowsER to Review Event Rules
Explaining BrowsER
Using BrowsER to Review Event Rules for an Entire Report

Troubleshooting Reports
Reviewing the Report Cover Page
Reviewing the Data Selection
Explaining the UBE.log
Activating Logging
Viewing UBE Logs