Discoverer and Oracle apps

Can someone pls tell me how different the resulting output can be when connected to an apps database as a native database user instead of an apps user in Oracle discoverer.
Cheers

Hi,
When you connect to an Apps database as a native database user your database session is not Applications aware and so although you can write Discoverer reports from the underlying database tables you cannot use any Applications security and many of the Applications views.
If you connect as an Apps user database session is initialised as the Apps user and therefore you can apply the same security that is applied in Applications. You can also use responsibilities to secure workbooks and business areas in your EUL. Users will only be able to see the organisations, segments etc that they can see in Applications. Also many views with built in security and packages for doing complex calculations will be available to you if you use an Apps mode EUL.
That's a brief overview to a complex topic.
Rod West

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