XML publisher comparison with Report Builder

XML publisher comparison with Report Builder

LAY OUT :

Data Source for report builder:

In report builder, we should always use DATA MODEL as the data source.

DATA MODEL is the place where we provide SQL statements to fetch data from the data base.

XML publisher: -

Data Template:

Using java we can develop xml output. i.e. we should define concurrent program with executable NAME ‘XDODTEXE’ .

REPORT BUILDER

PLSQL

Using java we can develop xml output. I.e. we should define concurrent program with executable type as ‘JAVA’.

JAVA

Using java we can develop xml output. I.e. we should define concurrent program with executable type as ‘JAVA’.

• In report builder we have a data model and layout, but in XML we have data model and an RTF.
• By using report builder we can get only output, but by using XML publisher we can get multiple outputs like PDF, HTML, EXCEL, and RTF.
• By using XML we can email or fax the output directly but report cannot.

Layout of an Report Builder: -

Template Of an RTF: -