Publishing Reports to the Web - Downloads - Oracle

Elements of a Distribution XML File
15.3.8 printer
Table 15–5 (Cont.) Attributes of the file element
Attribute Valid values Description
instance this|all Default: all
Used when the foreach element is also present.
With a grouped report that is burst into separate
reports, instance specifies whether the groups
will be broken into separate files according to each
group instance (this) or all contained within the
same file (all).
Example
On Windows
On UNIX
Required/Optional
Optional. You can have as many printer elements as you require.
Description
Use the printer element to specify distributions to a printer. Printer elements have
one sub-element: include. There must be at least one include sub-element and there
may be more between an open and close printer element.
When used with the foreach element and the instance="this" attribute, the
printer element can distribute each group instance of a grouped report to a separate
print job. For example, if you group a report on department_id, and there are four
departments, you can use the foreach/printer/instance="this" combination
to generate four printed reports, each containing a separate department's report. In
this case, the printer entry in the distribution XML file might look like this:
In this example, all report sections (header, main, and trailer) must repeat on the same
group instance (e.g., department_id).
Table 15–6 lists and describes the attributes associated with a printer element.
15-14 Oracle Application Server Reports Services Publishing Reports to the Web