Creating Custom Print Layouts for High-Fidelity Printing of Dashboard Pages

You can create custom print layouts that allow end users to produce high-quality printed dashboard content. For more information about creating custom print layouts, see "About Creating Custom Print Layouts for High-Fidelity Printing of Dashboard Pages".

To create one or more custom print layouts for a dashboard page:

1. Edit the dashboard that contains the dashboard page for which you want to create a custom print layout. For information, see "Editing Dashboards".

2. Navigate to the dashboard page.

3. Click the Tools button and select Print Properties. The Print Options dialog is displayed.

4. Click the Custom Print Layouts button and select Create Layouts. BI Publisher Report Editor opens (in a new browser window) with the autogenerated layout displayed as a thumbnail.

   
   

   Note: The administrator can control the display of the Custom Print Layouts component. For information, see "Enabling the Ability to Export Dashboard Pages to Oracle BI Publisher" in Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator's Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

   
   

5. In BI Publisher:

   1. Edit the layout as desired and save it.

   2. Create additional layouts, as desired.

   3. Exit BI Publisher.

6. If you want to make custom print layouts available in the Print menu for the dashboard page, display the Print Options dialog by clicking the Tools button and select Print Properties.

7. Select the custom print layouts that you want to make available.

8. Click OK.

9. Save the dashboard.