BI Publisher

1) How do you create sub reports in BI Publisher?

eg I have a report in OBIEE Answers with five columns - Year, Region, District, Product Type, Brand, Revenue

How do you create a BI Publisher report with two sub reports
a) Year, Brand, Revenue
b) Region, District , Revenue




OBIEE Report is as follows



Create the BI Publisher Report



Login into bi publisher through word and open the BIP report




Insert the table wizard

Add the columns Year, Brand and Revenue

In the Group by select Year and Brand

click the radio button of Group left


click on finish.

delete the ones indicated in circles



create a table with 2 rows and 3 columns

Give the column headings in the first row

copy paste the following indicated by the arrow mark





apply the necessary formating and delete the first table


give the necessary aggregation as shown below




create the other sub report similarly


publish the template

view it in bi publisher



Thus we can create sub reports in BI Publisher

2)How do we create subtotals and Grand Total in BI Publisher?

eg I have a report in OBIEE Answers with three columns - Brand,Type , Revenue.

How do I create a BI Publisher report with subtotals and Grand Total?

OBIEE Report is as follows





Create the BI Publisher Report


Login into bi publisher through word and open the BIP report


Insert the table wizard and Add the columns Brand, Type and Revenue



In the Group by - select Brand



click the radio button of Group left



click on finish.


For the above steps refer the screenshots provided in the above question.



create a table with 4 rows and 3 columns



Give the column headings in the first row



copy paste the following indicated by the arrow mark





Insert the following Fields


Addins- Insert - Field-





Type Total beside inserted field




Type Grand Total in the place shown




Insert the field Revenue and double click on it



specify the aggregation as sum and the number format




delete the first table

apply the necessary formating in the second table through word.

publish the template




view it in bi publisher



Thus we can create subtotals in BI Publisher

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