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Deploying Your Reports
Table 13–4 (Cont.) Methods for Deploying a Report
Type of Report Method Reason for Using
JSP report with a paper
layout
JSP report with a paper
and Web layout
Deploying a Report
with a Paper Layout
Deploying a JSP report
to the Web and to
Paper
13.3.1 Deploying a Report with a Paper Layout
Once you’ve created your paper report, you can deploy it to the Reports Server so that
users can run the report. The steps in this section show you how to deploy a report of
type RDF, REP, XML or JSP.
To deploy your paper report:
1. Transfer the report file ( RDF, REP, XML, or JSP) and its associated files (e.g., PLL,
PLX or referenced images) to the deployment directory on your application server.
Make sure the directory on the application server where you’ve transferred the file is
listed in the Reports Server access path. If it is not, use the REPORTS_PATH
environment variable, or set the sourceDir property of the Reports engine element in
the server configuration file.
13.3.2 Running a Report with a Paper Layout
Now that you have deployed your paper report, you can run it from a Web browser.
In a browser, for example, you can type the following URL in the Location field:
http://your_web_server:port_num/rwservlet?server=server_
name&report=myreport.rdf&userid=username/password@my_db&desformat=pdf
Your report displays as a PDF (since in this case desformat=PDF) in the browser.
For more information on running a report from the browser, refer to Specifying a
Report Request from a Web Browser.
13-6 Oracle Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web
Simplest method for deploying a
paper report of any type.
However, if the JSP report has
both a paper and Web layout, we
recommend you refer to
Deploying a JSP report to the
Web and to Paper.
Strongly recommended for those
who want to publish a report to
both the Web and to paper.
Note: JSP reports can be deployed either to the Web or to paper,
depending on the layout the report designer used for the JSP
report. This section discusses how to deploy a JSP report with a
paper layout. If you want to deploy a JSP report with a paper and
Web layout, follow the steps in Deploying a JSP report to the Web
and to Paper.
Note: To transfer the file, you can use any method available, such
as FTP or WebDAV.