ERP BI REPORT - XSLT vs BIP Tags | BI publishers

XSLT vs BIP Tags:

• Simple BI Publisher RTF template can be developed with BIP tags. BIP Tags are easier to use even who does not have XML or XSLT experience.
• Behind the scene, BIP tags are translated to XSL code at runtime.
• To develop rich functionality such as Charts, Graps XSLT is used, wizards can be used to define simple charts and graps but to customize the only option is XSLT coding.
• XSLT and BIP Tags can co-exist in the RTF template. Custom functions can be created in XSL template and can be invoked from RTF template.

Example of XSL :

<OrderNum>

  <xsl:value-of select="/Data_DS/G_1/Order_Number"/>

</OrderNum>

<xsl:for-each select="DATA_DS/G_1">

  <SalesOrder>

    <OrderNum>

      <xsl:value-of select="Order_Number"/>

    </OrderNum>

  </SalesOrder>

</xsl:for-each>

Example of BIP tags :

<OrderNum>

  <?/Data_DS/G_1/Order_Number?>

</OrderNum>

<?for-each select="DATA_DS/G_1"?>

  <SalesOrder>

    <OrderNum>

      <?Order_Number?>

    </OrderNum>

  </SalesOrder>

<?end for-each?>