Oracle Reports

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Oracle Reports is a tool for developing reports against data stored in an Oracle database. Oracle Reports consists of Oracle Reports Developer (a component of the Oracle Developer Suite) and Oracle Application Server Reports Services (a component of the Oracle Application Server).

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Output formats

The report output can be delivered directly to a printer or saved in the following formats:

HTML
RTF
PDF
XML
Microsoft Excel

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History

Oracle RPT

Oracle RPT was an early, primitive predecessor to SQL*ReporWriter. .....

SQL*ReportWriter

Character based report writing tool.
The software was purchased by Oracle from a third party

Oracle Reports 1

New GUI mode IDE
Major rewrite

Oracle Reports 2.0

Oracle Reports 2.5

Release April 1995. New Object Navigator. New Toolbars. New Menus.

Still no undos.

More stable IDE.

Oracle Reports 6i

New features added in 6i:

WebDB integration
XML Output
HTML Parameter Form Extensions
SQL Access to the Reports Server Queue
EXEC_SQL Integration

Oracle Reports 9i

New features added in 9i:

XML report definition
Query types: XML, JDBC, Oracle9i OLAP, text files
Pluggable Data Sources
Java Importer
Oracle9i JDeveloper Integration
Oracle9i SCM Integration
Integration with BI Beans
Oracle9iAS Portal Report Import
Edit Oracle9iAS Discoverer Worksheet Export.

Oracle Reports 10g

New features added in 10g:

New output format SPREADSHEET, output to Microsoft Excel.
Extended HTML formatting customisation
Compliant to HTML 4.01 and XML 1.1 standards...

Creating Matrix Report Manually using Developer 6i Reports - YouTube

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References

oracle Report : How to create formula column - YouTube