In-Process Reports Server

From time to time I am receiving questions concerning the Oracle In-Process Reports Server which come by default with the configuration of Oracle Forms & Reports.

Mainly the questions are, how can start or stop the In-Process Reports Server or how to disable the default In-Process Reports Server completely?


Start and Stop of the In-Process Reports Server

To start, simple open a Browser and point to http://<your_server_name>:<Port_of_ManagedServerReports>/reports/rwservlet/startserver

To stop just use http://<your_server_name>:<Port_of_ManagedServerReports>/reports/rwservlet/stopserver


Disable the In-Process Reports Server

In order to completely disable the default In-Process Reports Server, you have to edit the rwservlet.properties file, which is located under $DOMAIN_HOME/config/fmwconfig/servers/<Name_ManagedServerReports>/applications/reports_12.2.1/configuration

#
# Align the line from
<inprocess>yes</inprocess>
# to
<inprocess>no</inprocess>

After that restart the ManagedServer for Reports and you are done.

In Oracle Reports 11.x Releases, you can disable the default In-Process Reports Server via the Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control under the Reports Menu. 

But in Oracle Reports 12.x the management of Reports is no longer available within the Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, so you will have to do it manually directly in the rwservlet.properties file.