Tracking BI Publisher Report Print/Email Status for Purchase Orders

Summary:

Hi Community,

We would like to raise a clarification regarding tracking BI Publisher (BIP) report usage in Oracle Fusion Applications.

Business Requirement:
Our client requires a way to determine whether a BI Publisher report has already been printed or sent to the supplier via email. This is needed for Purchase Orders (POs), where they want to monitor the print/email history to avoid duplicate distributions.

Reference Behavior in AR:
We noticed that in the Receivables module, this functionality already exists. Specifically, the AR transaction tables contain a PRINT_COUNT column, which is automatically updated when an invoice is generated and distributed (via Scheduled Process → Print Receivables).