R12: Understanding XML Payment Templates and Formats [ID 562806.

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Modified 25-APR-2011 Type HOWTO Status MODERATED

In this Document
Goal
Solution
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References

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and therefore has not been subject to an independent technical review.

Applies to:

Oracle Payables - Version: 12.0.0 and later [Release: 12.0 and later ]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

The goal of this article is to provide information about XML publisher .

Solution

Financial institutions, payment systems, and/or countries have specific formatting requirements for
funds capture transactions, funds disbursement transactions, payment documents, and payment-
related reporting.

Formats are created within Oracle Payments to represent these requirements. Each format in Oracle
Payments corresponds to one Oracle XML Publisher template. Oracle Payments uses Oracle XML
Publisher templates to format funds capture and funds disbursement transactions according to the
formatting requirements of specific financial institutions or payment documents.

Some seeded payment formats shipped with standard product are:

Name Code
Standard Check Format IBY_PAY_CHK_STANDARD_1
US NACHA Generic Format IBY_PAY_EFT_NACHA_US

A basic business requirement is to modify / create a payment format as the seeded ones will not
suffice.

1. XML data extract (Nothing but data wrapped in XML tags)

2. XML Publisher template (A word file with extension .rtf dictating how data pulled from XML
extract should be arranged)
3. Oracle BI Publisher Desktop (Software which plugs into Microsoft Word and helps us to
design the template)

Note:- Oracle BI Publisher Desktop software can be downloaded from the following link:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/index.html#tools

Here goes the logic behind how XML publisher combines all these elements to create payment format
Payment format is generated by XML Publisher engine which combines XML Data extract and XML
Publisher template at run time to generate the payment format.

Let's have a look at the standard check format

Follow the below navigation from seeded AP Menu

Query for standard Check format and click on Update icon

Here we can see what are the elements this format is comprised of ie. Data extract and XML Publisher
Template.

On pulling these elements to have a closer look on it.

1. Rich Text Format (.rtf) Template

On clicking on download button you can able to save this file to your system.

On opening this RTF(Rich Text File) on MS Word you can able to see the arrangement of fields.

These fields are nothing but data mapped to XML data extract.

Note:-
On Left top corner we can see the Oracle BI Publisher Plug-in (Data - Insert - Preview - Tools - Help)

2. XML Data Extract

Trickiest part is to get the data extract.

a) Query the 'Standard Check Format' and choose the XML Publisher Template to 'Extract Identity'.

b)Query the the concurrent program 'Format Payment Instructions' from System Administrator
responsibility and change the output of it from pdf to XML.
On creating a Quick payment using a 'Payment Process Profile' and 'Payment Document' using this
modified 'Standard Check Format' will trigger 'Format Payment Instructions' program which will give
the required XML data extract.

The output of this concurrent program is the XML Data extract which you are looking for

You may download the extract from the following link to create your own template:

XML Data Extract

Now the real business need..

Instead of the conventional output seen below

We want the output of the payment format to be as below

How to achieve this mission?

At this point you will appreciate the beauty and robustness of BI Publisher (Previously known as XML
Publisher)
"Oracle XML Publisher is a template-based publishing solution delivered with the Oracle E-Business
Suite. It provides a new approach to report design and publishing by integrating familiar desktop word
processing tools with existing E-Business Suite data reporting. At runtime, XML Publisher merges the
custom templates with the concurrent request data extracts to generate output in PDF, HTML, RTF,
EXCEL (HTML), or even TEXT for use with EFT and EDI transmissions"

Our mission can be made easy by just creating an RTF template with the help of 'Oracle BI Publisher
Desktop' software plug-in and the XML Data extract gathered before and attaching this RTF template
to the payment format will do.

The RTF template designed to make our mission possible can be downloaded from the following link:

RTF Template

Open this template in MS Word and add / delete fields in 2 easy steps

1. Load the XML data extract - Navigation (Data - Load XML data)
2. Insert / Delete fields - Navigation(Insert - Fields)

Collaborate with and learn from your peers, industry experts and Oracle Support Product
Specialists using the "My Oracle Support" Payables Community!
You can access the main Oracle Communities page at http://communities.oracle.com (If you are
enrolled, the Payables community will be listed on your left. If you're not already enrolled in the
Payables community, you can do so by clicking on the link Edit Subscriptions).

OR

from "My Oracle Support" as follows:

1. Log into My Oracle Support (Flash or Classic).

2. Click the "Community" link at the top of the page.
3. Click [Enter Here] on the following page.
4. Select the community from the "My Communities" list on the top-left.

References

NOTE:316447.1 - About Oracle XML Publisher Release 5.5

NOTE:465389.1 - R12: How to Create Or Modify A Payment Format Using XML Builder

Attachments

Conc (94.14 KB)

Conc2 (34.58 KB)
Conv (12.46 KB)
E2 (115.99 KB)
Extract (48.79 KB)
Log (54.27 KB)
Navigation from AP responsibility (90.11 KB)
Out (22.72 KB)
RTF (310.98 KB)
Standd (70.52 KB)
Template1 (93.91 KB)
Template2 (88.88 KB)
Template3 (74.03 KB)
Word (102.06 KB)
XMLE (11.87 KB)
Related

Products

• Oracle E-Business Suite > Financial Management > Procure to Pay > Oracle Payables

Keywords
BI PUBLISHER; FORMAT PAYMENTS; PUBLISHER; TEMPLATE; XML; XML PUBLISHER

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