Discoverer 10g

------------------It is reporting tool.

Discoverer reports are used for decision making of an organization.
Hence it is called Business Intelligence tool.

Three components
-------------------1) Discoverer Administrator
2) Discoverer Desktop
3) Discoverer Viewer

1) Discoverer Administrator
---------------------------------It is used to create EUL ( End User Layer ) and Business Area
EUL
-----It is a logical layer over the database.
Discoverer tool communicates to EUL rather than complex database.
EUL acts like a insulater and hides complexity of the database.
EUL is created by the user "Apps"
Business Area
------------------It is collection of tables, used to develop the report.
2) Discoverer Desktop
----------------------------It is used to develop reports.
Discoverer reports is in the form of rows and columns. They are are called as W
orkbooks.
Discoverer reports are saved with extension .dis
We can save teh discoverer report in local machine or in database.
3) Discoverer Viewer
------------------------This component is used to view the reports,
which are registered in Oracle Apps.

Ex:
--------Inv_item_id

Org_id

Condition: org_id = 207

Item_number

Desc

Creation_date

Step 1:
Open Discoverer Administrator, create EUL
Step 2:
Create Business Area
Name -- INV_BA1
-- mtl_system_items_b
Step 3:
Open Discoverer Desktop, create new report.
Save the report with extension ITEM_DETAILS27.dis

Ex 2:
-----------Invoice ID

Vendor_ID

Invoice_NUM

Invoice AMt

Amt_paid

Condition: Invoice Amt between 1000 and 2000

Step 1:
Create Business Area
Name: AP_BA1
Step 2: Create report and Save.

Edit report
-----------------Sheet ---> Edit sheet
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Adding table to Business Area
Insert ---> Folder ---> From database
Note: When business area is collection of tables, we need to define
join between them.
Insert ----> Join
Creating custom folder
-------------------------------------

Creating folder using the query.