Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting

Building complex reporting solutions is simplified using Oracle APEX and this remarkable tutorial. Written for intermediate to advanced users of APEX, it includes real-life business scenarios to make the lessons relevant and easily assimilated.

Overview

• Provides an introduction to the APEX architecture and is a step-by-step guide to setting up the APEX environment on Weblogic
• Integrations of the reports with the most popular reporting technologies and generation of exotic and typical reports alike
• Packed with complex APEX applications to help you learn newer ways of fulfilling reporting requirements in APEX

In Detail

The biggest challenge in the reporting world is to reduce the overall project cost by picking a tool that minimizes effort and time and to ensure an enriching user experience. Oracle APEX, a 4GL technology, with its unique features such as low implementation time and flexibility, aids us in creating performance-tuned applications with minimum hassle.

"Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting" is a unique blend of fascinating solutions and intriguing integrations which gives you a 360 degree view of the reporting solutions available to you on the market. It showcases advanced APEX solutions that will empower you to fulfill all kinds of tricky requirements of the reporting world. Live applications support the discussions in the text, enabling you to perform your own experiments on prebuilt applications to take your learning to new heights.

"Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting" will help you build a well-founded understanding of Oracle APEX along with most of the reporting technologies used today. It is written with the idea of being as practical as possible so that you reap the benefits from day one.

Starting with a brief introduction to the architecture of APEX and installation to enable you to see the applications provided with the book in action, we then move on to the uses of Classic and Interactive reports and explore the advanced features of APEX. We will also explore the most widely used reporting solutions, which is then followed by a brief discussion on BPEL, which is like the glue that can gel any number of tools together. Oracle 4.2 APEX Reporting concludes with several ways of tuning an APEX application, as good performance is the heart of customer satisfaction.

What you will learn from this book

• Get to grips with the APEX architecture, its configurations, and how to set up an APEX environment on Weblogic
• Explore the uses of the very old Classic reports and learn to implement almost all possible reporting requirements using Classic reports
• Understand and work with a number of technologies that can be freely used with APEX to help you reduce your licensing cost
• Discover how to do a lot of new things using a combination of JavaScript, HTML, and Interactive reports
• Get to know the advanced features of APEX along with a few Oracle 11g database features
• Learn about a number of techniques to tune an APEX application that will improve your customer satisfaction

Approach

"Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting" is a practical tutorial for intermediate to advanced use, with plenty of step-by-step instructions and business scenarios for understanding and implementing the ins and outs of making reports.

Who this book is written for

"Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting" is for you if you design or develop advanced solutions in APEX or wish to know about the advanced features of APEX. If you wish to have a 360 degree view of reporting technologies or work in a complex heterogeneous enterprise, this is a must-have.

使用Oracle APEX可以簡化建立複雜報表解決方案，這本非凡的教程專為APEX的中高級用戶而寫，包含真實的商業場景，使得學習內容具有相關性並易於理解。

概述：
- 介紹APEX架構，並逐步指南在Weblogic上設置APEX環境
- 將報表與最流行的報表技術進行整合，生成各種常見和特殊報表
- 包含複雜的APEX應用程序，幫助您學習在APEX中實現報表需求的新方法

詳細內容：
報表領域最大的挑戰是選擇一個能夠減少項目總成本、減少工作量和時間、確保用戶體驗豐富的工具。Oracle APEX是一種4GL技術，具有低實施時間和靈活性等獨特功能，有助於我們創建性能調優的應用程序，並最大程度地減少麻煩。

《Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting》是一個獨特的解決方案和引人入勝的整合，讓您全面了解市場上可用的報表解決方案。它展示了高級APEX解決方案，使您能夠滿足報表領域各種棘手需求。書中的實時應用程序支持文本中的討論，使您能夠對預先構建的應用程序進行自己的實驗，將學習提升到新的高度。

《Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting》將幫助您建立對Oracle APEX以及當今大多數報表技術的扎實理解。它的寫作理念是盡可能實用，讓您從第一天就能受益。

從對APEX架構和安裝的簡要介紹開始，讓您能夠看到書中提供的應用程序的實際操作，然後我們將介紹Classic和Interactive報表的用途，並探索APEX的高級功能。我們還將探索最廣泛使用的報表解決方案，然後簡要討論BPEL，它就像能夠將任意數量的工具結合在一起的膠水。《Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting》最後介紹了幾種調優APEX應用程序的方法，因為良好的性能是客戶滿意度的核心。

本書將逐步指南和商業場景，提供實用的教程，適合中高級使用者。如果您在APEX中設計或開發高級解決方案，或者希望了解APEX的高級功能，或者希望全面了解報表技術，或者在複雜的異構企業中工作，這本書是必不可少的。