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 Introduction

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`iscoverer is the end user adhoc query,
reporting and analysis tool, which Provides
quick development environment to develop
`ata Warehousing & Business intelligence
reports

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 `iscoverer Components






 

a racle `iscoverer Administrator

a racle `iscoverer Plus / `iscoverer 4i Plus
a racle `iscoverer 4i Viewer.

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 §eatures and Benefits

a Automated Summary Management - improving

query performance in `iscoverer Plus is now
easier with this new feature.

a racle Applications support - for users using

racle Applications security. This enables you to
connect to racle Applications EULs as well as
standard `iscoverer EULs.

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 §eatures and Benefits
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aIdentifiers - all objects in a Business Area are

now uniquely defined within each EUL by an
Identifier. Import now uses Identifiers to match
up identical EUL elements.

aChange schema owner - you can now manually

edit the schema wner attribute (for a §older) or
leave it blank.
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aSupport for racle Y Materialized Views

aAnalytic §unctions - perform complex

mathematical analysis with this extended range
of statistical functions.

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 EUL
a End User Layer is a Metadata repository for
Business areas, folders and items on which
`iscoverer workbooks or reports based on.

a The EUL is a set of database tables that

contain information (or 'metadata') about the
other tables and views in the database.

Note: A database can be racle, racle

Applications or any R`BMS.
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 Business Areas
a A Business Area is a set of folders containing
related information with a common business
purpose.

a Using `iscoverer Administration Edition, you

can tailor the grouping of data to provide users
with the proper access to the precise data they
need for ad hoc query, decision support, and
presentation of results.
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 Business Areas
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aMeet the specific data needs of the users
aUsually contain data from several different
tables or views
a
ave tables or views and their associated
columns mapped to ³folders´ and ³items´
respectively
aCan contain many simple folders and complex
folders
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aMay contain folders from one or more

physical databases

aInclude conditions, joins, calculations,

formatting, hierarchy structures, and other
custom features

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a May be accessible to one or many w


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granted access to many business areas

a Let users access data, without having to

understand the database structure

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 Exporting and Importing Business
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 §olders & Items

a §olders
The tables and views loaded into a
Business Area. §older Types - Simple,
Complex and Custom

a Items
The Columns within a Table or View

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 Item Classes

a roups of items that share similar properties

a Used to enable the following:

a List of Values
a Alternative Sorts
a `rill to `etail links

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 Îoins

a A Îoin relates two folders using common items.

a The Îoins affect the combinations of items that
can be selected during the following
operations:
1. Creating a worksheet in `iscoverer Plus.
2. Creating a Complex §older in `iscoverer
Administration Edition.

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 Conditions

a Conditions filter worksheet data, enabling

`iscoverer end users to analyze only the data
they are interested.

a Conditions are applied to the folders or items

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 Calculations and
ierarchies
a A calculated item is an item that uses a
formula to derive data for the item

a
ierarchies are default drill paths between

item that you define in `iscoverer
Administrator
a There are two types of
ierarchy in `iscoverer
Administration Edition:
1. Item
ierarchies
2. `ate
ierarchies
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 Summaries and Summary
§olders
a A summary improves query performance in
`iscoverer Plus or `iscoverer Viewer by using
pre-aggregated data created through
`iscoverer Administration Edition.

a A Summary §older is how `iscoverer

represents the underlying structure of a
summary table or MV. Each Summary §older
has one or more Items (i.e.columns from a
summary table or MV).
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 Summary §olders
a`ifference Between Summary Table and MV?
a`iscoverer - running against a pre- racle
8.1.6 database ± Summary Table
a`iscoverer - running against an racle
8.1.6+ database ± Materialized View

aou can view Summary §olders from the

Summaries tab in `iscoverer Administration
Edition
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 ASM
aAutomated Summary Management ± It delivers
fast performing queries while greatly reducing
the amount of time spent on administration.
aASM analyzes your tables, uses query
statistics (when available) and default values
(the summary policy) to determine how
summaries are created for you.
aASM is able to automatically create and
maintain the best set of summaries based on
this combination.
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 Scheduling Workbooks

aWorkbook scheduling is useful in the following

situations:
aThe user has created a report that could take
a long time to run - they can submit the report
to run overnight and view the result in the
morning.
aThe user wants to create a report that needs
to be updated at regular intervals.

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 Security and Privileges
a ne of your most important tasks, as a
`iscoverer Administrator, is defining the
access permissions and task privileges
allowed for each user or role.
a Access permissions determine who can see
and use the data in business areas.
a Task privileges determine the tasks each
user or role is allowed to perform.

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 Using `iscoverer with racle
Applications
a The following racle Applications features are
supported by `iscoverer:
a Access to racle Applications databases
using Applications user names, passwords
and responsibilities
a racle Applications Multiple rganizations

Note: These features are only available when

`iscoverer is running in Applications mode
against an racle Applications mode EUL
against an racle Applications database.
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