At its basic level, BI Publisher allows users to create professional looking reports using PSQuery data in PeopleSoft.
This video will show the basics of creating a BI Publisher report in PeopleSoft. We start with creating a PSQuery for the data. Use that data to build a report template. Then create the configuration in PeopleSoft to run that report whenever needed. And then we run that report in PeopleSoft.
Jump to specific sections:
1:12 Prerequisites
1:41 Demonstration Premise
3:00 Create PSQuery
3:58 Create XML File from PSQuery
4:22 Create RTF Template
9:12 Create RTF Template the simple way
11:26 Create BI Pub Datasource in PeopleTools
12:16 Create BI Pub Report Definition
13:52 Run BI Pub Report in PeopleTools
14:17 Schedule BI Report in PeopleTools
15:07 Wrap Up
Links:
Install BI Publisher Desktop in MS Office
Create Excel Templates for BI Publisher
Invoking BI Publisher with PeopleCode
Lots of other BI Publisher demos and videos