Oracle Reports is a business intelligence tool developed by Oracle Corporation. It allows users to design and generate various types of reports based on data retrieved from Oracle databases. One of the output formats supported by Oracle Reports is XML.

When setting the Oracle Reports report output to XML, the generated report is in the XML format. XML (Extensible Markup Language) is a popular data interchange format that provides a structured representation of data. It uses tags to define elements and their relationships, allowing for flexible and standardized data representation.

By choosing XML as the output format in Oracle Reports, users can leverage the advantages of XML for data integration, sharing, and processing. The XML output can be easily parsed and consumed by other applications or systems that support XML processing. It allows for seamless integration with other XML-based technologies and facilitates data exchange between different platforms and programming languages.

Setting the report output to XML in Oracle Reports enables users to extract data from their Oracle databases and transform it into a structured XML format. This XML output can be further utilized for various purposes, such as data analysis, data integration with other systems, web services, or any other scenario where XML is the desired data format.
  1. Log in to your E-Business Suite instance. 

  2. Open the System Administrator responsibility.

  3. Click the Define link from Concurrent: Program.
  4. Click Run, if the Warning - Security window is displayed.

  5. The Concurrent: Programs window


  6. Find Program. 

  7. Change the Output Format field to XML by using the drop-down list.