Oracle XML Publisher offers a feature called Delivery Manager which delivers documents through e-mail, fax, and other delivery channels. This capability is present for single requests and request sets using the Forms-based request submission UI, and for single requests in the HTML-based request submission UI.
Users can direct the output of their concurrent requests to any of the channels that Delivery Manager supports. A user can use the Preferences Page to set the email server user and email server password, so that Delivery Manager can connect to the email server on the user's behalf to deliver the reports through email.
For more information on Delivery Manager and related setup in Oracle XML Publisher, see the Oracle E-Business Suite online help.
Note: Delivery options using the HTML-based request submission UI is not supported currently for request sets.
In the Forms-based Standard Request Submission (SRS) window, users can enter their delivery options in a Delivery Options window available from a button in the "Upon Completion ... region in the SRS window. In the HTML-based request submission UI, delivery options in the Delivery step.
The following delivery channels are possible:
IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printer
Fax
FTP
WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning)
Custom (defined using the Create Delivery Option HTML page)
At the time of request submission, a user can enter details for the chosen delivery option(s) as described below.
Username/Password - A user can enter a username and password for the selected IPP printer, if required. These will override any default values entered by the system administrator when the IPP printer was registered.
Copies - The number of copies. This must be greater than 0.
Orientation - Portrait or Landscape.
Language - Users can select a specific language or "All languages".
The email delivery option requires that an Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host and port be defined in the profiles FND: SMTP Host (FND_SMTP_HOST) and FND: SMTP Port (FND_SMTP_PORT), respectively. The profile values for these can be viewed and updated on the site and user level by a System Administrator, and can be viewed and updated by users themselves.
From - The user's default e-mail ID.
Subject - Populated with a default value composed of the Oracle E-Business Suite instance, program name, and name of the user submitting the request.
To add a recipient for the e-mail, the user must click the Add Another Row button and add recipients.
"To" Recipients - Required. Comma-separated e-mail IDs are supported.
"Cc" Recipients - Optional. Comma-separated e-mail IDs are supported.
For Language - The language for the report. If different languages are desired, additional rows can be used.
Printers that support faxing must be registered. See: Managing Delivery Options.
The Fax option here will list only those IPP printers that support faxing.
IPP Printer/Fax Server - Required.
Username/Password - A user can enter a username and password for the selected IPP printer, if required. These will override any default values entered by the system administrator when the IPP printer was registered.
Fax Number
For Language - The language for the report.
If different fax servers or languages are desired, additional rows can be used.
Both FTP and SFTP are supported. Secure FTP is indicated by checking the box "Secure FTP". Only password-authenticated SFTP is supported.
Host Name - Required.
Port - The default port value is 22.
User Name - Required.
Password - Required.
Remote Directory - Required. If this is left blank, the file is transferred to the remote home directory.
For Language - The language for the report.
Secure FTP
Additional rows can be used for sending output to additional servers.
Enter the following for WebDAV.
Host Name - Required.
Port - The default port value is 22.
Encoding - Optionally choose 'SSL'.
Remote Directory - Required. If this is left blank, the file is transferred to the remote home directory.
For Language - The language for the report.
Additional rows can be used for sending output to additional servers.
This option can be used if a custom delivery type has been registered in the Create Delivery Option page.
Enter the following:
Custom Delivery Command - Use the LOV to specify the custom delivery option command.
For Language - The language for the report.
Additional rows can be used to specify more custom delivery commands.