A
“publication” is a collection of
documents intended for distribution to a mass audience. Before the documents
are distributed, the publisher defines the publication using a collection of
metadata. This metadata includes the publication source, its recipients, and
the personalization applied.
Publications can help you send information through
your organization more efficiently:
They allow you to easily distribute information
to individuals or groups of users and personalize the information each user or
group receives.
They provide delivery of targeted business
information to groups or individuals through a password-protected portal,
across an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.
They minimize database access by eliminating
the need for users to send process requests themselves.
You can create different types of publications
based on Crystal reports,
Desktop Intelligence
documents, or
Web Intelligence documents.