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Oracle Discoverer Desktop 4iOracle Discoverer Desktop 4i

Oracle Discoverer

A presentation by

Jayashree Satapathy

Krishna Mohan

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Introduction

• Oracle Discoverer Desktop/Plus is a data access tool.

• You use it to view the information in your company’s databases.

• The whole purpose of Discoverer is to help you—the business professional—view the data you want from a database, analyze it to support your business decisions, and create reports to keep track of things.

What is Discoverer Desktop

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How Discoverer Desktop Works

• We use it to view the information in your company’s databases.

• The whole purpose of Discoverer is to help you — the business professional—view the data you want from a database, analyze it to support your business decisions, and create reports to keep track of things.

• View data in a familiar format that is easy to read and understand.

• Prepare reports of your analytical results and findings. Share data with others, and in other applications (such as Excel).

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The Discoverer Method of Data Access

Your company’s Database Administrator identifies allthe data needed by separate business areas—accounting, human resources, sales, manufacturing, projects, finance, and so forth.

The Database Administrator then organizes the data for each business area.

Workbooks in the business areas contain the specific data needed for your various analysis tasks.

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Connections can be made in two modes

Normal Mode

Apps Mode

Connectivity

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What You See on the Screen

Workbook Window :

The workbook window is where you will do most of your work with Discoverer Desktop. It shows the data in the workbook.

Four Types of Display (Layout)

Table Page-Detail Table Crosstab Page-Detail Crosstab

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Layout Details

Table Layout

The most familiar layout for data, a table, lists data in rows and columns.

Typical data for tables includes lists, such as a mailing list of customers sorted by zip code or customer name, lists of income or profit from various departments, lists of products sorted by part number or part name, and so on.

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Layout Details --- Contd

Table Layout with Page Details

A table layout with page details is a table with multiple pages of data, where each page shows various portions of the data in detail.

You set the criteria for displaying portions of data in order to see exactly what you want on each page.

Usually you use this type of layout to study data details in a specific, recurring way. For example, in the Video Store data you may always want to see monthly profits per region. In that case, each page would show one region’s

profits each month.

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Layout Details --Contd

Crosstab Layout

A crosstab, short for “cross-tabulation,” relates two different sets of data and summarizes their interrelationship in terms of a third set of data.

Every crosstab has at least three dimensions of data—rows, columns, and data points.

In Discoverer, crosstabs can show the interrelationships between many dimensions of data on the various axes.

A crosstab layout has three axes: side axis, Because each axis can hold several data items, a crosstab can display many dimensions of data.

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Layout Details --Contd

Page Detail Crosstab Layout

A page detail crosstab layout is a crosstab with multiple pages of data, so you can group the data on separate pages.

You set the criteria for displaying portions of data in order to see exactly what you want on each page,

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Layout Details --- Contd

Crosstab Layout with Page Items

                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

(a) Page Axis.

In this sample it contains a single data item--Department.

(b) Top Axis.

This top axis contains two data items--Year and Profit.

(c ) Side Axis.

This side axis also contains two data items--Region and City.

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Layout Details --- Contd

Axis Items

The page axis, top axis, and left axis on the workbook window represent the data in your database that have a relatively few, discrete values associated with them.

Axis items represent data that you can pivot on a crosstab worksheet or that can be column headings on a table

When creating a new worksheet, you identify the data that become axis items.

Data Points

The data points of a table or crosstab are the data in the "body" of the worksheet.

Data points are the data that you want to use for analysis purposes or to see listed on a table.

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Workbook & Worksheet

Think of a workbook as a binder file with specific data for specific tasks.

The workbook has pages, or worksheets, that contain data for the specific tasks.

For example, if the workbook is for sales and profit data,

one worksheet in it might be a table listing your profit for sales versus rentals.

Another worksheet might be a comparison of your profit over the last two years by sales region.

To simulate with Excel, Excel file is Workbook and Sheets in the excel file are Worksheets

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Building Workbook/Worksheet

The basic steps to create a new workbook or worksheet are as follows:

Navigation

File > New

Required Steps

Select the type of display for the new worksheet or workbook.

Select the data that belongs on the worksheet or in the workbook.

Optional Steps

Arrange the data on a table or crosstab layout.

Sort the data (for tables only).

Select conditions to apply to the data.

Select calculations to apply to the data.

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Open an existing Workbook

Open an existing workbook will prompt you to open from

My Computer

Database

Scheduling Manager

Recently Used List

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Selecting The Data

This dialog box lists the data in the business area that you can use to build the new worksheet.

To include data on the new worksheet, you move it from the Available column to the Selected column.

Select relevant columns from the table for sample report

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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AggregationsMathematical functions to aggregate the data

Text Items- Such as Customer Name, the typical aggregations are Count, Max, and Min. That is, you can count the number of text items, or find the highest or lowest (where A might be the highest and Z the lowest).

Numeric Data- The typical aggregations are Sum, Count, Max, Min, Average, and Detail.

For example, you can find the Sum or Average of the numeric data with the aggregation.

The aggregation in boldface type is the default.

The database administrator sets which aggregation is the default.

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Arranging Layouts

To change the layout of items in your worksheet click and drag them to the desired location.

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Conditions

Press button ‘New’ to add conditions.

Our sample report does not have any conditions.

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Data Sorting- Tabular Layout

Specifies how data in the current table should be ordered.

This step only applies to tables.

Apply sorting type in the sample report for tabular layout

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Calculation

Calculations defined for the items added to the Selected list appear in the final dialog box.

You can select the calculations as part of the new worksheet or workbook, or create new calculations.

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Calculation- Contd..

Used to define a new calculation or edit an existing calculation.

Use this window to create or edit Items using EUL elements, Functions, and Operators.

Calculate total price in Sample Report

Building Workbook/Worksheet -- Contd

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Workbook Window a) Tool Bar

b) Analysis Bar

c) Formatting Bar

d) Page Axis

e) Top Axis

f) Left Axis

g) Data Points

h) Worksheet Tabs

i) Tab Scroll Buttons

j) Page Scroll Bar (Horizontal)

k) Page Scroll Bar (Vertical)

Workbook Window

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Workbook Window- Contd.

a. Tool Bar- To use Discoverer’s features quickly, for example, opening a new workbook, editing a worksheet, drilling data, or sorting data.

b. Analysis Bar- To analyze data quickly, such as adding two sums together or finding the maximum value in a column.

c. Formatting Bar- To format a selected item quickly, such as aligning text in a column or changing the font and background color of a column.

d. Page Axis, e. Top Axis, f. Left Axis- Represent the data in your database that have a relatively few, discrete values associated with them.

g. Data Points- Data in the “body” of the worksheet. Data points are the data that you want to use for analysis purposes or to see listed on a table.

h. Worksheet Tabs— Click to open or view the various worksheets in the workbook. You can rename these tabs.

i. Tab Scroll Buttons

j. Page Scroll Bar (Horizontal)

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Workbook Window- Contd.

i. Tab Scroll Buttons- Click to scroll through the worksheet tabs in the workbook

j.k. Page Scroll Bar- If the worksheet is larger than the screen, it extends off the edges of the screen. Click the scroll bars to see the rest of the worksheet.

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Edit Title- Text

Use this step to Format Worksheet title text

a- Text style and alignment options.

b- Text color and background color icons.

Right Click> Edit Title

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Edit Title- Bitmap

Use this step to Format Worksheet title Bitmap Right Click> Edit Title

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Grouping

Group by Org_id Drag the item to be grouped and place

it at the page items

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Bars to Numeric Data

Add graphic bars to numeric data in tables or crosstabs to provide a quick visual comparison of the relative amounts displayed.

Example in screen print:

Larger the Ordered quantity, the larger the graphic bar

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Adding Bars to Numeric DataClicking ‘Show Graphic Bars’ displays a bar indicating each cell’s percentage of the total value for that column.

Setup in this window also specifies how numbers should be displayed. Depending on the category you choose

Format > Data

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Presenting Data in Graphs

Discoverer Plus can convert tables and crosstabs to graphs or charts

Graphs and charts of tables and crosstabs are especially effective for presentations of results

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Graphs- Types

Select the type of graph you want to display your data.

An example of the graph type you have selected is displayed at the left.

Graph> Show

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Graphs- Titles and Legends

To add titles to the graph, enter them in the appropriate boxes.

To add a legend to the graph, click Show Legend.

To format the axes labels, click the formatting button next to each feature to see the Font dialog box for that element.

Graph> Show

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Running Discoverer Workbook

Use this step to Format Worksheet title Bitmap

Right Click> Edit Title

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Group by org_id

Grouping

Group by Org_id Drag the item to be grouped

and place it at the page items

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Bars to Numeric Data

Add graphic bars to numeric data in tables or crosstabs to provide a quick visual comparison of the relative amounts displayed.

Example in screen print:

Larger the Ordered quantity, the larger the graphic bar

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Adding Bars to Numeric Data

Clicking ‘Show Graphic Bars’ displays a bar indicating each cell’s percentage of the total value for that column.

Setup in this window also specifies how numbers should be displayed. Depending on the category you choose

Format > Data

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Presenting Data in Graphs

Discoverer Plus can convert tables and crosstabs to graphs or charts

Graphs and charts of tables and crosstabs are especially effective for presentations of results

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Graphs- Types

Graph> Show

Select the type of graph you want to display your data.

An example of the graph type you have selected is displayed at the left.

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Graphs- Titles and Legends

Graph> Show

To add titles to the graph, enter them in the appropriate boxes.

To add a legend to the graph, click Show Legend.

To format the axes labels, click the formatting button next to each feature to see the Font dialog box for that element.

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Graphs- Options

Graph> Show

Compare the options shown in the figure

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Exception to Data

Right Click on Cell

A typical analysis task is to find numerical data that meets or exceeds a particular amount

In sample report, diff_order_ship_qty greater than 0 are highlighted as exception

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Totaling Numeric Data

Using the Totals tool you can sum rows and columns of numbers, find averages and standard deviation, compute subtotals and Grand Totals, and so on.

Sample report shows freight terms code sub total and grand total for all data points

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Totaling Numeric Data

Tools > Totals

Totals tool automatically places the summations at the appropriate positions on the display.

The dialog box is used Used to apply totals to selected item(s).

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Totaling Numeric Data- contd..

Tools > Totals > Edit

Create a ‘total’ for the data you choose and place it in the worksheet

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Percentages

A typical data analysis task is to calculate Item percentages.

In sample report, refer % of ordered quantity against total quantity in the screen shot.

Due to rounding of data, percentages may not add up exactly to 100. The amount of rounding depends on the number of decimal places that you specify for data. Use the Format Data dialog box to set the number of decimal places for your data.

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Percentages -- Contd

Tools > PercentagesThis dialog displays a list of Percentages that you have available for use in your Worksheets.

The Percentages displayed in the list are dependent on the Item display option selected

From here, you can also manage your Percentages, by adding, editing, and deleting them.

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Tools > Percentages

This dialog displays a list of various options of the percentage calculation

Percentages -- Contd

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Sending Reports with e-mail

File > Send

You can send worksheets, graphs, and selections of a table or crosstab as part of an e-mail message.

You can send all or part of your workbook in an email.

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Exporting to other Application

File > Export

You can export tables and crosstabs in a variety of formats to open them in other applications.

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Scheduling Manager

File> Manage Workbooks> Scheduling

With the Scheduling Manager you can see the results of a scheduled report, schedule a new report, reschedule a report, or edit a report’s schedule.

a. Discoverer reports scheduled to run.

The clock icon indicates that the reports are scheduled to run at the time specified by Date and Time.

b. Completed Discoverer report ready to open.

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Schedule Workbook

File> Manage Workbooks> Scheduling

The Schedule Wizard lets you schedule a workbook (or part of a workbook) to run at a later time.

This is helpful if your query is going to take a long time

Scheduling a workbook to run later allows you to keep working now and get your data later without even being at your computer.

You can even have the same workbook run on a regular basis so you can update the data on a regular basis without doing any additional work.

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Sharing Workbook

File> Manage Workbooks> SharingSharing a workbook grants other people access to it to view, analyze, and print the data.

You can share workbooks with other people by setting up sharing two ways:

Assign a group of people who can share one of your workbooks.

Assign one or more workbooks that one other person can share with you.

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Retrieving/Count All Rows

Rows for tables are fetched from the database incrementally in groups.

The number of rows in each group is specified in the Options dialog box based on the value set in the option “Retrieve data incrementally in groups of.”

Click the Query Governor tab on the Options dialog box to see that option (Sheet> Edit Sheet> Options)

To override that setting you can retrieve all the rows at once instead of incrementally (Sheet > Retrieve All Rows).

****Retrieving all rows applies only to tabular style reports.

To count the number of rows (Sheet > Count All Rows), A message will display the total number of rows.

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Refreshing the Worksheet

Refreshing a worksheet re-queries the database and displays the worksheet’s data based on any new data.

A primary use of refreshing a worksheet is when you’re using Discoverer in conjunction with real-time data.

To refresh a worksheet (Sheet > Refresh Sheet)

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Parameters

Parameters are placeholders used instead of specific values in the definition of a condition.

Parameters offer choices of condition value at the time the data loads.

When you open the workbook, you will be prompted to enter a value and the results you receive will be specific to that value.

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Creating Parameters

Parameters dialog box enables you to define Parameters, which are placeholders used instead of specific values in the definition of a condition.

You can create Parameters at two levels:

1. Workbook level - Here, the Parameter applies to all worksheets in your workbook.

2. Worksheet level - Here, the Parameter applies to the current worksheet only.

Tools> Parameters

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Creating Parameters- contd..

Parameters are activated when used in an active condition.

If you check the option “Create condition with operator” in the New Parameter dialog box, a new condition is created and activated.

To deactivate a parameter, deactivate the condition.

Deleting the condition or deleting the parameter also deactivates the parameter.

Tools> Parameters

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Setting Options- Formats

The Options dialog box offers a wide variety of options for setting operating features, formatting, and other aspects of your worksheets.

The give tab Specifies default formatting for sheets. You must exit and restart Oracle Discoverer for new settings to take effect.

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- General

The Dialog box displays options for viewing different types of files, and for opening workbooks.

Click the Viewer check boxes if the worksheets include files with videos, images, and sound (audio). Those viewers open automatically from within Discoverer to run the files.

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- Query Governor

Displays options for maximizing the efficiency of working with larger worksheets,

Limiting the amount of time a query runs, and

Limiting the number of rows retrieved.

You can also choose whether to use Summary data to improve the performance of Discoverer.

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- Table/ Crosstab

This dialog box displays options for the overall table or crosstab layout.

you can add or remove gridlines, column headings, row numbering, and so forth.

Removing various table or crosstab features is particularly helpful when printing a worksheet as a report.

Tab options differ according to whether your worksheet is a Tabular or Crosstab worksheet.

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- Cache

This dialog box displays options for the memory cache, disk cache, and cache directory for Discoverer.

Generally these options should not be changed without assistance from the database administrator.

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- Connection

This dialog box displays options for setting the EUL types that can be used.

you can also change the default Gateway User ID and Foundation Name, (see your Discoverer Administrator for details).

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- Advanced

This dialog box displays options for configuring Automatic Querying, Fan-trap Detection, and Multiple Join Path Detection.

When you open Workbooks, Discoverer can run queries automatically or not, or can request confirmation before running queries.

Tools> Options

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Setting Options- EUL

This dialog box displays the default EUL setting.

Use the option on this tab to select a default EUL (End User Layer).

Check with your database administrator for the correct EUL to select.

Tools> Options

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Command Line Options

You can run Discoverer from the command line and perform a limited number of tasks automatically, for example, opening or printing a Workbook.

To run a command line option:

1. From the Windows Start menu, choose Run.

2. Type:

<drive>\orant\discvr4\dis4usr.exe /connect me/mypassword@mydatabase<option>

Where ’me’ is your Discoverer ID,

’mypassword’ is your Discoverer password,

’mydatabase’ is the Oracle database to which you want to connect

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SQL Statement for Worksheet

You can analyze the SQL statements that Discoverer executes against the database.

You can also open workbooks with your own SQL programming statements.

SQL Inspector shows the SQL statements used to create your current worksheet.

Click Export to export the statements to another file for use later with another SQL program.

View> SQL Inspector

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SQL Statement for Worksheet

The Plan tab displays the Oracle Server Execution Plan chosen by the Oracle Server for a query request.

The Execution Plan defines the sequence of operations that the Oracle Server performs to execute the SQL statement.

View> SQL Inspector> Plan

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Importing SQL

If you have written an SQL program to open a workbook, importing the program executes the SQL statement and opens the Discoverer workbook.

NOTE: If you are importing an SQL script that contains join definitions, the joins must have been created first by your Discoverer Administrator using the Discoverer Administration Edition.

File> Import SQL

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To run the workbook as report from Oracle Applications register the workbook as function in Application developer responsibility of Oracle Apps.

Attach the function to a menu of self service responsibility

Register Workbook in Apps

Go to Application Developer

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Register Workbook in Apps – contd..

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Register Workbook in Apps – contd..

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

Properties:

Type :SSWA plsql function

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

Give the user function name

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Running Discoverer From Oracle Applications

Run the report from the appropriate responsibility

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