diff --git a/developer_guide/introduction.md b/developer_guide/introduction.md index abad310..77dd480 100644 --- a/developer_guide/introduction.md +++ b/developer_guide/introduction.md @@ -2,7 +2,24 @@ ## Introduction -Blitz Report is an Oracle Forms based software, fully integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite. It enables your IT team to easily store and edit SQL scripts for reports, and to make them available to your business users. Blitz Report runs as a concurrent process and generates output files in XLSX or text delimited CSV format. Upon completion, reports automatically download and open in Excel. +Blitz Report is a reporting and data loading solution fully integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite. It provides both Oracle Forms and OAF (Oracle Application Framework) web interfaces. The solution enables your IT team to easily store and edit SQL scripts for reports, and to make them available to your business users. Blitz Report runs as a concurrent process and generates output files in XLSX or text delimited CSV format. Upon completion, reports automatically download and open in Excel. + +### For Developers and IT Teams + +Creating new reports is fast and straightforward: simply enter an SQL query directly in the report setup screen and immediately generate Excel output. This allows rapid development and prototyping without complex configuration. + +### For DBAs and System Administrators + +Blitz Report includes a library of technical reports useful for database performance tuning and system administration: + +- **AWR Performance Summary**: Identifies the top SQL queries consuming the most CPU and I/O resources. By tuning the top 10 problematic queries, you can often reduce server load by 40% or more, enabling cost savings on cloud infrastructure through reduced CPU core requirements and database licensing. +- **System Monitoring Reports**: Various reports for tracking concurrent requests, user activity, and system health + +### Version Compatibility + +Blitz Report supports a wide range of Oracle EBS versions: +- Oracle E-Business Suite 11i through R12.2 +- Oracle Database 11g onwards With Blitz Report, we created the most efficient and easy to use operational reporting solution for Oracle EBS. Optimized for skilled IT professionals to better organize and maintain their reporting queries, and for business users to quickly access EBS data in a format they love without having to learn new skills. diff --git a/documentation_map.md b/documentation_map.md index 5436578..2299328 100644 --- a/documentation_map.md +++ b/documentation_map.md @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ This document provides a detailed map of the project's documentation. Use it to Contains information for end-users on how to effectively use Blitz Report to run, manage, and customize reports. - **`introduction.md`** - - **Topics**: High-level introduction to Blitz Report, its integration with Oracle E-Business Suite, output formats (XLSX, CSV), and general benefits for business users. - - **Keywords**: Overview, What is Blitz Report, Oracle Forms, E-Business Suite, SQL scripts, XLSX, CSV, operational reporting solution. - - **Common Queries**: "What is Blitz Report?", "How does Blitz Report integrate with Oracle EBS?" + - **Topics**: High-level introduction to Blitz Report, its integration with Oracle E-Business Suite, interface options (Forms and OAF web), output formats (XLSX, CSV), key features including seamless integration, templates, data loading, high performance exports, and Financial Statement Generator. + - **Keywords**: Overview, What is Blitz Report, Oracle Forms, OAF, web interface, E-Business Suite, SQL scripts, XLSX, CSV, operational reporting solution, Excel icon, parameter defaulting, templates, pivot tables, dashboards, charts, slicers, data loading, bulk processing, high performance, 100000 rows, Financial Statement Generator, FSG, drill-down. + - **Common Queries**: "What is Blitz Report?", "How does Blitz Report integrate with Oracle EBS?", "What interfaces does Blitz Report have?", "How fast is Blitz Report?" - **`part1_running_blitz_report.md`** - **Topics**: Detailed steps for running a Blitz Report, including selecting reports, entering parameter values, viewing output, customizing runtime options, managing templates, and scheduling reports. @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ Contains information for end-users on how to effectively use Blitz Report to run Contains technical, in-depth information for developers on how to create reports, integrate with APIs, and leverage advanced features of Blitz Report. - **`introduction.md`** - - **Topics**: High-level introduction to Blitz Report for IT professionals, its role in Oracle EBS, and core functionalities for report creation and maintenance. - - **Keywords**: Overview, Developer Guide, Oracle Forms, E-Business Suite, SQL scripts, IT team, operational reporting solution. - - **Common Queries**: "What is the developer guide about?", "Blitz Report for developers." + - **Topics**: High-level introduction to Blitz Report for IT professionals, its role in Oracle EBS, core functionalities for report creation and maintenance, DBA and system administrator use cases, performance tuning capabilities, and version compatibility information. + - **Keywords**: Overview, Developer Guide, Oracle Forms, OAF, E-Business Suite, SQL scripts, IT team, operational reporting solution, DBA, database administrator, AWR Performance Summary, SQL tuning, CPU optimization, cloud cost reduction, performance tuning, EBS 11i, R12, R12.2, Oracle Database 11g. + - **Common Queries**: "What is the developer guide about?", "Blitz Report for developers.", "What versions of EBS does Blitz Report support?", "How can Blitz Report help DBAs?", "Performance tuning with Blitz Report." - **`part1_creating_report.md`** - **Topics**: Detailed instructions on creating a Blitz Report, including SQL definition, anchor types (`n=n`, `&lexical`, `:bind`), dynamic SQL examples, report header properties, parameter setup (display sequence, types, LOVs, default values, dependencies), assignments, multi-language support, and security aspects like access profiles and VPD. diff --git a/user_guide/introduction.md b/user_guide/introduction.md index 9e60983..b609ffd 100644 --- a/user_guide/introduction.md +++ b/user_guide/introduction.md @@ -2,7 +2,17 @@ ## Introduction -Blitz Report is an Oracle Forms based software, fully integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite. It enables your IT team to easily store and edit SQL scripts for reports, and to make them available to your business users. Blitz Report runs as a concurrent process and generates output files in XLSX or text delimited CSV format. Upon completion, reports automatically download and open in Excel. +Blitz Report is a reporting and data loading solution fully integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite. It provides two interface options: an Oracle Forms interface and an OAF (Oracle Application Framework) web interface. Users access Blitz Report directly from within the EBS navigation without requiring a separate login. + +The solution enables your IT team to easily store and edit SQL scripts for reports, and to make them available to your business users. Blitz Report runs as a concurrent process and generates output files in XLSX or text delimited CSV format. Upon completion, reports automatically download and open in Excel with the first row frozen and autofilter enabled, ready for immediate use. + +### Key Features + +- **Seamless Integration**: Access reports directly from Oracle Forms screens via an Excel icon, with automatic parameter defaulting from your current screen context +- **Flexible Templates**: Create custom column layouts, sheet breaks, pivot tables, and Excel dashboards with charts and slicers +- **Data Loading**: Upload data into EBS with color-coded Excel files, LOV validation, and bulk server-side processing that handles large datasets efficiently +- **High Performance**: Export 100,000+ rows in seconds with automatic overflow to multiple Excel sheets for very large datasets +- **Financial Statement Generator**: Create custom financial statements with drill-down to subledger transaction details With Blitz Report, we created the most efficient and easy to use operational reporting solution for Oracle EBS. Optimized for skilled IT professionals to better organize and maintain their reporting queries, and for business users to quickly access EBS data in a format they love without having to learn new skills.