Part I

Preparing Your Environment

Part I contains overview information about the OracleAS Reports Services environment and provides practical information about preparing that environment for running reports. This includes starting and stopping OracleAS Reports Services, configuring Reports-related OracleAS Reports Services components, font related information in Oracle Reports, configuring destinations for OracleAS Reports Services, configuring and using the JDBC PDS, setting up OracleAS Reports Services Security, OracleAS Single Sign-On, and deploying reports in OracleAS Portal.

Part I includes the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Understanding the OracleAS Reports Services Architecture"

• Chapter 2, "Starting and Stopping OracleAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 3, "Configuring OracleAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 4, "Managing Fonts in Oracle Reports"

• Chapter 5, "Printing on UNIX with Oracle Reports"

• Chapter 6, "Using PDF in Oracle Reports"

• Chapter 7, "Resolving Cross-Platform Porting Issues"

• Chapter 8, "Configuring Destinations for OracleAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 9, "Configuring and Using the JDBC PDS"

• Chapter 10, "Securing OracleAS Reports Services"

• Chapter 11, "Configuring and Administering OracleAS Single Sign-On"

• Chapter 12, "Deploying Reports in OracleAS Portal"