Introduction : Oracle provides over a thousand standard reports within the application. These standard reports are developed to cover common generic needs. Before creating any new reports, one should examine the standard report sets to determine if any meet the requirements. If requirements cannot be met with the standard Oracle report sets, tools are available to create custom reports.

The following matrix addresses reporting tool options, including:

A brief description
Who should be provided the access to the tool?
Advantages
Disadvantages
When is it appropriate to use?