BI Discoverer Install

Please help. Does anyone know how to install BI Discoverer. I had an old version and downloaded the BI version. The Administrator part is fine, but the new Discoverer User menu item (off stat/programs //BI etc) does not show up.
All and any ideas are desired. Please email me at [email protected]
Thanks.

Hi,
you may be more successful asking this question on a BI related forum. This forum is for Oracle Forms related questions
Frank

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BI Discoverer install problem

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steps to install Discoverer
OS - Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2 64 bit
Download files are as follows
V18772-01_1of4.zip
V18772-01_2of4.zip
V18772-01_3of4.zip
V18772-01_4of4.zip
p13643211_111160_Linux-x86-64.zip
wls1036_generic.jar
p14142550_1036_Generic.zip
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V18772-01_2of4.zip
V18772-01_3of4.zip
V18772-01_4of4.zip
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==================
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<Feb 28, 2013 1:19:06 PM PST> <Info> <J2EE Deployment SPI> <BEA-260121> <Initiating distribute operation for application, discoverer#11.1.1.2.0 [archive: /u01/applf1111/MiddleWare/prfd_binaries/discoverer/deploy/discoverer.ear], to cluster_disco .>
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*** [Deployer:149194]Operation 'distribute' on application 'discoverer [Version=11.1.1.2.0]' has succeeded on 'WLS_DISCO' ***
*** [Deployer:149194]Operation 'distribute' on application 'discoverer [Version=11.1.1.2.0]' has succeeded on 'WLS_DISCO' ***
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Connecting to AdminServer ...
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Successfully connected to the AdminServer ...
getMBeanServerConnection ...
Connecting to AdminServer ...
trying to connect to prod-app12.jha.local 7001
Successfully connected to the AdminServer ...
getMBeanServerConnection ...
Connecting to AdminServer ...
trying to connect to prod-app12.jha.local 7001
Successfully connected to the AdminServer ...
getMBeanServerConnection ...
Connecting to AdminServer ...
trying to connect to prod-app12.jha.local 7001
Successfully connected to the AdminServer ...
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at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.AbstractProvisioningTask.execute(AbstractProvisioningTask.java:26)
at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.ApplicationDeploymentTask.execute(ApplicationDeploymentTask.java:118)
at oracle.as.install.classic.ca.standard.StandardProvisionTaskList.execute(StandardProvisionTaskList.java:61)
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at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.client.ConfigAction.execute(ConfigAction.java:371)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.run(TaskPerformer.java:88)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.TaskPerformer.startConfigAction(TaskPerformer.java:105)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.ActionRequest.perform(ActionRequest.java:15)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.action.RequestQueue.perform(RequestQueue.java:64)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.standard.StandardConfigActionManager.start(StandardConfigActionManager.java:160)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.boot.ConfigurationExtension.kickstart(ConfigurationExtension.java:81)
at oracle.as.install.engine.modules.configuration.ConfigurationModule.run(ConfigurationModule.java:86)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
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at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.Engine.processEventResponse(Engine.java:596)
at oracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain.deployApp(ASDomain.java:2350)
at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor._deployApp(WorkFlowExecutor.java:978)
at oracle.as.provisioning.engine.WorkFlowExecutor._deployApps(WorkFlowExecutor.java:910)
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at oracle.as.provisioning.util.ConfigException.createConfigException(ConfigException.java:123)
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at oracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain.deployApp(ASDomain.java:2327)
... 18 more
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at oracle.as.provisioning.weblogic.ASDomain._deployApp(ASDomain.java:2400)
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progress in calculate progress3
progress in calculate progress3
==========================
opmnctl status is as follows
./opmnctl status -l
Processes in Instance: pfrd_inst_1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------
ias-component | process-type | pid | status | uid | memused | uptime | ports
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------
emagent_pfrd_inst_1 | EMAGENT | 18793 | Alive | 1235104352 | 106088 | 0:28:06 | N/A
RptSvr_prod-app12_pfrd_inst_1 | ReportsServerComp~ | 18626 | Alive | 1235104351 | 106088 | 0:28:17 | N/A
Discoverer_pfrd_inst_1 | PreferenceServer | 13272 | Alive | 1235104350 | 90888 | 0:33:43 | N/A
Discoverer_pfrd_inst_1 | ServicesStatus | 13271 | Alive | 1235104349 | 11548 | 0:33:43 | N/A
webcache1 | WebCache-admin | 13095 | Alive | 1235104348 | 346728 | 0:33:51 | http_admin:8091
webcache1 | WebCache | 13094 | Alive | 1235104347 | 894376 | 0:33:51 | http_stat:8092,http_invalidation:8093,https_listen:8094,http_listen:8090
ohs1 | OHS | 12975 | Alive | 1235104346 | 149264 | 0:33:58 | https:8889,https:8890,http:8888
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Hi,
hopefully this might help...
1) create a new database ( i.e. in Enterprise Manager)
2) create a new database user 'eul_owner' and give them a password and default tablespaces (in the new database) in Enterprise Manager.
3) grant the database roles to the new user (as explained in the Discoverer documentation) i.e. connect + resource privileges to create tables , views, procedures etc
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6) Proceed and install a new End User Layer (EUL).
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The issue is that we're not able to access the discoverer viewer pages
The URL:
http://<machine>.<domain>/discoverer4i/viewer?
just hangs
Discoverer Plus is working fine. It can be accesssed.
Which made me believe that maybe there is a problem with the Jserv. Bounced the apache.
Still no luck..
Any suggestions on what can be possibly checked?
I don't see much useful in apache error_log ..
( Please don't suggest upgrading to disco 10g :-) )
Message was edited by:
itzz.me

Hi,
Firstly i want to ask u a Question is u r discoverer installed on the same node then u can check the opmn.xml file to see the setting of Jserv if its works then kool,
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./opmnctl startall
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Discoverer throwing ORA-02248 at logon

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On to the question....
I have been able to successfully install Discoverer Desktop 9.0.4.43.17 on a Windows 7 x86 client machine.
I am using a known good tnsnames.ora file from a WinXP SP3 machine running the exact same Discoverer build (which works perfectly).
I know the Discoverer install works with the Windows 7 machine as I can run the sample data without a problem.
When I try to connect to the database, I get a ORA-02248: invalid option for ALTER SESSION.
The database parameter is AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252.
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Nothing works. I know there is most likely a very simple fix for this, but I cannot figure it out. Somebody out there has got to be running Discoverer Desktop on Window 7 x86 clients and know what needs to be done.
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Item of interest: If I login incorrectly, I get an access denied / invalid user account/password message. This tells me that the connection is there.
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The age-old "Discoverer vs. Crystal" question

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Thanks

Hi
Asking whether Discoverer is the tool within a Discoverer forum is an interesting question because you'll get a loaded answer. There's a lot of different factors to be taken into consideration and I'm sure you will have some answers suggesting OBI EE's tool which is BI Answers.
The short and the long of it is that Discoverer is a relatively cheap (pricewise) BI tool, probably one of the cheapest in the market and certainly one of the easiest to use. OBIEE is a very sophisticated toolset which can certainly handle complex reports but is rather pricy - approximately 8 times more per CPU than Discoverer. Does it have 8 times the functionality? Now there's another loaded question. Having worked with Discoverer now for the best part of 12 years I can honestly say that I do not see an 8 times improvement in OBIEE when compared to Discoverer. Now of course I'm biased - I will openly admit that.
I will also say that I have a full in-depth understanding of Discoverer and can generally get it to do things that others say it cannot do.
I do not have the same in-depth understanding of OBIEE so I will have to focus my answer on Discoverer.
In my opinion, Discoverer is the perfect launch point for business intelligence. Coming as it does as part of the Oracle BI suite you will not be locked into it should you wish to upgrade down the road. Oracle is constantly adding inter-operability to Discoverer and very soon you will be able to use many of the OBIEE tools sitting on top of and pulling data provided by Discoverer. There are 1000s and 1000s of Discoverer licenses in use and Oracle knows this.
Personally, if you already have Discoverer in-house I would say go for it and attempt to build the complex reports you are referring to. You'll probably need to do some database work behind the scenes, maybe creating a data mart to support the requirements. Then you can take advantage of the BI features within the database, features such as partitioning, bitmap indexes and materialized views to name but three.
If you yourself have not yet mastered Discoverer either as an administrator or as an end user you will struggle. However, this is not the fault of the tool. What you need is to get some training. This way you will maximize your company's investment and you'll be able to decide whether it can give you what you need, at least in the short term. There are many places you can go to get training and my company is one of them. I like to think that we know it a little better than most because I wrote the Oracle Discoverer10g Handbook.
It's your decision though but I would strongly consider getting yourself trained. You also want to make sure that you have the most up to date version of Discoverer installed otherwise you're already setting yourself up for failure.
Does this help?
Best wishes
Michael Armstrong-Smith
URL: http://ascbi.com
Blog: http://learndiscoverer.blogspot.com

Discoverer BEFORE or AFTER 8i ?

I need to install Oracle Standard Edition 8.1.7 and Discoverer Admin Edition 4.1.37 on Windows 2000 Pro.
1/ should I first install Oracle or Discoverer ?
2/ should I install both in the same Home or in separate Homes ?
Thank you.

Yes, the Oracle database must exist first.
The products will need to be installed into seperate Oracle homes.
Discoverer does not like to share.
Oracle metalink document # Note:200740.1 talks about how to
get Discoverer installed with existing (local) Oracle products.
Regards,
John Hagel

BI Discoverer Install

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