Developing Basic Reports in Oracle Discoverer Plus
Guide to Developing Basic Reports
using Discoverer PlusCreated by Reporting Support Team
July, 2008
mailto:[email protected] Discoverer for BeginnersAudienceThis training is for Oracle Discoverer beginners.
Prerequisites-
Duration2 hours
ObjectivesOn completion of training, users will be able to:
Create connections Set up options Create basic reports
ContentTopics CoveredPage No.
1Create Connection4
2Set up Options7
3Create Basic Reports10
Create ConnectionTo create connection, type in the username, password (banner password) and the database instance (e.g. DMSP). Click Apply and Connect.
If the pop-ups are turned on, the connection will be created but not opened and the following error will appear.
To turn pop-up blocker, click on Tools--Pop-up Blocker--Turn Off Pop-up Blocker.
Click on the created connection and enter the password.
Due to IE settings, this message will appear during each login. Click yes to proceed.
Set up OptionsSelect ToolsOptions.
Always select Inline for Crosstab style.
Select Disable fan-trap detection, Disable multiple join path detection.
Create Basic ReportsSelect Create a new workbook.
Select SDM Course Section Term Star from the drop down list of Business Areas.
Select the required fields.
On selecting an item from a folder, all other folders joined to it will appear black. The ones not joined will appear grey. To select the folders that are grey, select an item from a folder that it is joined to. Once all the required items have been selected, click on the Conditions tab.
Select New Condition.
To add a sort, click Add and then select the field for the sort.
To save the workbook created, select File-Save As.
Type in a title for the new workbook and save.
To edit the title of the worksheet, double click on the title space.
To add the workbook name and the system date in the title, click Insert and select workbook name and date.
Select EditWorksheet Properties to change the title of the sheet.
Other properties like Show row numbers and Show null values as: can also be changed.
To change the column heading, right click on the column and select Edit heading.
Type in the desired column heading.
Format of the column heading and data can also be changed.
To change a table column to a page item, select Edit Worksheet-Table Layout. Click and drag the desired column to the page items space.
Click Ok and run the worksheet.
To add a new worksheet, select EditAdd Worksheet.
Or select Edit-Duplicate Worksheet, which will add a new duplicate sheet of the existing sheet.
Select ToolsRetrieve all rows of available data to retrieve all rows of the data.
To view the available items in a report, select ViewAvailable Items Pane.
To view selected items in a report, select ViewSelected Items Pane.
To see folders that have been selected in the report, select the Show Folders option.
To exit Plus, select FileExit. Closing the browser will leave a session on the server.
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Created by Reporting Support Team, 2008
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