The two fundamental bursting keys are Split By and Deliver By/Delivery By . The Split By element identifies how the report data is divided into individual blocks. For example, when producing customer invoices, CUSTOMER_ID can be used as the Split By value so that a separate data block and document can be generated for each customer.
The Deliver By element determines how formatting and delivery information is associated with each split segment. Oracle's bursting engine uses this key to correlate each section with information returned by the delivery query, including template, output format, locale, delivery channel, destination, and other delivery parameters. Consequently, different recipients can receive differently formatted outputs through different delivery channels from a single report execution.
Bursting definitions belong to the Publisher data model , not exclusively to the scheduling interface. Bursting is also not restricted to one output format across all generated documents. Supported delivery mechanisms extend beyond FTP and can include email, printers, content repositories, and other configured destinations. The Diagnostic tab is not where the bursting delivery query is conceptually defined.
Thus, Split By controls data segmentation , while Delivery By controls segment-specific formatting and distribution .
Reference Topic: Managing Report Scheduling, Data Sources, Administration, and Translations — Publisher Bursting