Broken Link to Discoverer Desktop Edition 4.1.37 (Part of Oracle9iDS v1.0.2

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Checkbox in discoverer desktop edition

Hi,
The query we are executing created for cross tab report have plenty of views and is returning null data which needs apps intialization which cannot be done from discoverer.
I think loging into Discoverer desktop edition with oracle applications user would resolve the same.
I have checked the checkbox in desktop edition and logged in as operations/welcome. but it is showing as invalid user name /password.
please help in setup that must required to check and login to oracle applications user. Also Provide if there is any alternative.
I would be very much thankful if you could help me on this.
Best Regards,
Katty.
Edited by: karthik.thadakamalla on May 10, 2009 11:49 PM

Hi,
The apps initialization can be done by Discoverer provided that you are connecting to an Apps mode EUL with an applications username and password.
You must specify that you want an Apps mode EUL when the EUL is created. Then when you connect to Disco Admin as the owner of the EUL you will be able to grant access privs and security to the Application users and responsbilities.
If you have an apps mode EUL and still get an invalid username/password then this could be because the application is running in secure mode. Then you need to copy the .dbc file to a local directory. Search this forum for details on how to do this.
Rod West

Problem while installing discoverer desktop edition

HI
I find few error messages while installing discoverer desktop edition..
When i give oracle home as
name:OracleHome92
Location: DiscovererDesk
it gives me a error
" oracle discoverer doesnot support multiple installations thus it cannot be installed on oracleHome92.It can only be installed on 'OraHome92'"
When i give oracle home as
name:OraHome92
It automatically takes my 9i oracle home path i.e E:\oracle\ora92 and gives me a error like
"The location specified 'E:\Oracle\ora92', is already used an oracle home for an
'Oracle 82 beta'.It cann't be used as an oracle home for nt."
I have oracle 9i and form6i,report 6i installed in my system.
Please suggest me ..
Regards,
Satya

Hi
The easiest way to get a fully working TNSNAMES in a version 4 environment is to use the Net 8 Configuration utility.
Here's a workflow:
1. From the Start button, select Start | Oracle for Windows NT | Oracle Net8 Easy Config
2. When it starts, check Add New Service and in the little box to the right type the name by which you want this connection to be known
3. Click the Next button
4. Select TCP/IP (Internet Protocol) and click the Next button
5. Enter the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the server that contains the database
6. In Port, enter the port number - it defaults to 1521
7. Click the Next button
8.In Database SID enter the name of the database, then click the Next button
9.Click the Test Service button
10. Provide a username and password for an account on the database, then click the Test button
11. If you see: Connecting.... The test did not succeed you got the username/password combination wrong or some other part of the setup
12. When you see: Connecting.... The connection test was successful click the Done button
13. Click the Next button
14. Click the Finish button
You should now have a valid TNSNAMES connection for use by Discoverer 4
Best wishes
Michael

LOV in Discoverer Desktop Edition 4.1 Vs. LOV in Discoverer 4i Viewer

I have developed an LOV for a parameter in Desktop Edition 4.1 which allows the user to either select a value from the LOV or enter a parameter from the keyboard. It is working perfectly.
However, when this same workbook is executed by the Discoverer 4i Viewer, it will only allow the user to select from the LOV and does not let the user enter any value from the keyboard.
I have not found any entries in metalink regarding this problem. Any help will be appreciated.
Regards,
John

Hi John
I'm afraid this is a feature of Discoverer Viewer. The same "feature" has been carried through into 9ias and 10g so I'm sorry to say that upgrading will not help you either.
The newest Discoverer though, codenamed Drake, does allow this and you can either select from a list of values or you can key your own value.
By the way, the new Discoverer also does not force you to enter any value. If you omit a value in a Drake parameter, Discoverer will assume you want all values.
Now the bad news is that Drake has not been released yet. You should expect to see an announcement sometime in January though.
Hope this helps
Regards
Michael

Discoverer Desktop

Hi
Can u tell about the uses of Oracle Discoverer Desktop......
Regards,
Sankar.C

Oracle Discoverer Desktop Edition is an ad-hoc query, analysis and reporting tool for the Windows platform.
For documentation see this Oracle Discoverer Documentation link.

Oracle Discoverer 10g desktop edition Release 2 (10.1.2.0.0)

hi,
Does anyone know where i can find out the documentation or tutorial about oracle discoverer 10g desktop edition?
any hits are welcome
thanks and regards
ling

And some more useful links:
BI on Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/bi/
BI on OTN : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/
Discoverer : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/discoverer/
Documentation: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/appserver1012.html
BI Samples : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/bi/samples/
BI Software : http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/ias/devuse.html
Thanks
Abhinav
Oracle Business Intelligence Product Management
Blog : http://oraclebi.blogspot.com/

Discoverer Report: A number field displays # when open in Desktop Edition

Hi Guys
I have created a folder in Admin Edition. I set Default Aggregation to Detail for Numeric fields.
I have created a workbook in Desktop Edition. When I open workbook(report) it displays # in numeric fields.
ANy idea why?
Cheers
Vijay

Hi Vijay
Any format change you make inside the EUL will generally only apply to new reports.
If the report already exists it will have picked up the format as it was at the time. You will have to manually adjust the format of the column inside the report.
Before you do this these is one more thing to check. Just grab the edge of the column and make it bigger just in case this is the cause. Desktop will not display part of the number so if the width of the column is not big enough to display the number Desktop will insert # instead. If this is not the case then right-click in the column and select Format Data. Using the Number tab increase the setting.
Best wishes
Michael

Any experience with the Discoverer Desktop on Vista

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone was using the Discoverer Desktop 10.1.2 on Vista.
Are there any specific patches required?
Did you encounter any bugs in the Discoverer Desktop when moving from Win XP to Vista?
Reagards
Maurice

So I found the answer to my question: if you want to use the discovere desktop don't migrate to Vista :-(
Subject: Information On Discoverer Certification With Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System
Doc ID: Note:456426.1 Type: HOWTO
Last Revision Date: 19-SEP-2008 Status: PUBLISHED
Discoverer 4.1.37 to Discoverer 10.1.2.2 are not certified with Windows Vista. It is not recommended to install Discoverer Plus, Viewer, Desktop or Administrator 10.1.2.2 or previous versions on Windows Vista because of several internal bugs specific to Windows Vista dynamic link libraries (.dlls) and memory pointers.
Discoverer 10.1.2.2 and previous versions will not be certified with Windows Vista.
Discoverer 10.1.2.3 is currently certified with Windows Vista. But currently, we are not recommending Patchset 10.1.2.3 to customers for two primary reasons:
Due to the code freeze time-line of 10.1.2.3, there is a delta between the code corrections/enhancements in Discoverer 10.1.2.2+CP7 and 10.1.2.3. Discoverer Development is currently working on cumulative patch 1 over 10.1.2.3. This note will be updated once it is available.
Edited by: Maurice Muller on Nov 5, 2008 1:57 PM

Oracle Discoverer Desktop Report output showing unicode characters

Hi,
Oracle Discoverer Desktop 4i version Report output showing the below unicode characters.
kara¿ah L¿MAK HOLD¿NG A.¿
We ran the same query in sql at that time the data showing correctly.
Please let me know, is there any language settings/ NLS settings are need to set
Thanks in Advance.

Hi
Let me give you some background. In the Windows registy, every Oracle Home has a setting called NLS_LANG. This is the variable that controls, among other things, the numeric characters and the language used. The variable is made up of 3 parts. These are:
language_territory.characterset
Notice how there is an underscore character between the first two variables and a period between the last two. This is very important and must not be changed.
So, for example, most American settings look like this: AMERICAN_AMERICA.WE8MSWIN1252
The second variable, the territory, controls the default date, monetary, and numeric formats and must correspond to the name of a country. So if I wanted to use the Greek settings for numeric formatting, editing the NLS_LANG for Discoverer Desktop to this setting will do the trick:
AMERICAN_GREECE.WE8MSWIN1252
Can you please check your settings? Here's a workflow:
a) Open up your registry by running Regedit
b) Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE
c) Look for the Oracle Home corresponding to where Discoverer Desktop is installed. It's probably called KEY_BIToolsHome_1
d) Clicking on the Oracle Home will display all of the variables
e) Take a look at the variable called NLS_LANG - if it is correct Exit the registry
f) If its not correct please right-click on it and from the pop-up select Modify
f) Change the variable to the right setting
g) Click the OK button to save your change
h) Exit the registry
Best wishes
Michael

Links in Discoverer Reports

I am new to Discoverer Reports so i want know, how to implement links in discoverer reports, I have two worksheets/links/pages in a
Discoverer Report, in the first worksheet/page some data will be displayed,
i want to display links for a particular column, if i click on the column value/cell value, it should take me to another page/worksheet with the column value
/cellvalue as parameter to the next page/link.
Provide me a solution for creating this discoverer report.
Thanks,
Manju.

Manju,
I'm not sure which version of Discoverer are you using. If you are using Discoverer 10gR2 then you can follow these steps fot that. I'm assume you want to show header(Eg; PO) information on one sheet and when user click on it you want to show the (PO)line information. Taking the PO report as example follow these steps in discoverer plus.
Create 2 worksheets with the necessary information.Keep the PO Number in both the sheets. Select PO Number then goto Tools-->Manage Links and select the destination workbook and sheet. Give a name to the link. This will give you the information you need but will still show you line level information for all the PO's. Create a condition in both sheets for PO Number go back to edit link and the parameters button is enabled select the PO# parameter there. Hope this helps.

Cannot log in as an application user on Discoverer Desktop

Hi
I have Discoverer Desktop 4.1.37.00.0 on a laptop. When I try to log in as an application user, when in connect field I enter database name, I get the following error message:
ORA-12154:TNS:could not resolve service name
When instead of databse name I input connect string in tnsnames.ora file, I get another error message:
Unable to connect to Oracle Application Database:Invalid username/password
Please note that the checkbox 'oracle application user' is enabled while attempting to log in.
Secondly, in my Administration Edition in Tools>options>connections
the following settings have been done:
Connect to both standard and applications EULs
Gateway User Id (GWYUID)/Password : APPLSYSPUB/PUB
FNDNAM : APPS
Similar seetings have been done for the desktop.
Also note that I cannot even log in as a database user. The error message I receive is
'You do not have access to any End User Tables.'
The database user name I'm using to log in is the one who has created EUL(apps mode) and owns business areas in that EUL.
Can someone please guide me on this problem?
Regards,
Aparna

Hi
The solution to my problem was exactly the same: I needed to apply the patch 3201601.
This patch is available on http://metalink.oracle.com
While installing the version 4.1.48.06.00 on my laptop, as I have XP, I came across some DLL errors.
For this refer to the note 297750.1, DLL Copy Errors when Trying to Patch Discoverer Administrator/Desktop 4.1
The note is also available on the metalink.
Regards,
Aparna

How to restore broken links after server migration in Indesign CS3???

Hi All,
I have used my google skills to no avail and everything I have read here has been a dead end for me. I can't be the only person in this situation, so hopefully someone can help!
My marketing department has reached the storage limits of our shared network drive. Located on this drive is our (HUGE) image library which acts as a single central respository serving up our indesign links (read here: we don't package files - to conserve space). We have decided that in an effort to create a true archive and have more space for our image library we need to migrate the library to a new 16 terabit Drobo (yay!).
The problem is that every INDD file that links to the current library will now suffer from broken links. We literally have hundreds of INDD files and thousands of links. The good news is...the file structure isn't changing at all! Just the server location is changing. Is there any way to to a batch update of the links that tells INDD to look for the exact same file path on a different drive?
In short:
current image library (old server): marketing/image library/photos/products/multiple product folders
new image library (new server): drobo/image library/photos/products/multiple product folders
I want to point InDesign to the new server and have it pick up the file path without having to navigate to each and every file individually. Voila!
Is this even possible? Is there any 3rd party software to help? Other architechture solutions that might be suggested?
Thanks so much for the help!
Alex

I wrote several scripts to solve this problem, here is one of them.
// Change paths of links.jsx
// Script for InDesign CS3 and CS4 -- changes the path of each link in the active document.
// Version 1.0
// May 13 2010
// Written by Kasyan Servetsky
// http://www.kasyan.ho.com.ua
// e-mail: [email protected]
var gScriptName = "Change paths of links";
var gScriptVer = 1;
var gOsIsMac = (File.fs == "Macintosh") ? true : false;
var gSet = GetSettings();
if (app.documents.length == 0) {
     ErrorExit("No open document. Please open a document and try again.", true);
var gDoc = app.activeDocument;
var gLinks = gDoc.links;
var gCounter = 0;
if (gLinks.length == 0) {
     ErrorExit("This document doesn't contain any links.", true);
CreateDialog();
//======================= FUNCTIONS =============================
function CreateDialog() {
     var dialog = new Window("dialog", gScriptName);
     dialog.orientation = "column";
     dialog.alignChildren = "fill";
     var panel = dialog.add("panel", undefined, "Settings");
     panel.orientation = "column";
     panel.alignChildren = "right";
     var group1 = panel.add("group");
     group1.orientation = "row";
     var findWhatStTxt = group1.add("statictext", undefined, "Find what:");
     var findWhatEdTxt = group1.add("edittext", undefined, gSet.findWhatEdTxt);
     findWhatEdTxt.minimumSize.width = 300;
     var group2 = panel.add("group");
     group2.orientation = "row";
     var changeToStTxt = group2.add("statictext", undefined, "Change to:");
     var changeToEdTxt = group2.add("edittext", undefined, gSet.changeToEdTxt);
     changeToEdTxt.minimumSize.width = 300;
     var btnGroup = dialog.add("group");
     btnGroup.orientation = "row";
     btnGroup.alignment = "center";
     var okBtn = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "Ok");
     var cancelBtn = btnGroup.add("button", undefined, "Cancel");
     var showDialog = dialog.show();
     if (showDialog== 1) {
          gSet.findWhatEdTxt = findWhatEdTxt.text;
          gSet.changeToEdTxt = changeToEdTxt.text;
          app.insertLabel("Kas_" + gScriptName + "_ver_" + gScriptVer, gSet.toSource());
          Main();
function Main() {
     WriteToFile("\r--------------------- Script started -- " + GetDate() + " ---------------------\n");
     for (var i = gLinks.length-1; i >= 0 ; i--) {
          var currentLink = gLinks[i];
          var oldPath = currentLink.filePath;
          oldPath = oldPath.replace(/:|\\/g, "\/");
          oldPath = oldPath.toLowerCase();
          gSet.findWhatEdTxt = gSet.findWhatEdTxt.replace(/:|\\/g, "\/");
          gSet.changeToEdTxt = gSet.changeToEdTxt.replace(/:|\\/g, "\/");
          gSet.findWhatEdTxt = gSet.findWhatEdTxt.replace(/([A-Z])(\/\/)/i, "/$1/");
          gSet.changeToEdTxt = gSet.changeToEdTxt.replace(/([A-Z])(\/\/)/i, "/$1/");
          gSet.findWhatEdTxt = gSet.findWhatEdTxt.toLowerCase();
          gSet.changeToEdTxt = gSet.changeToEdTxt.toLowerCase();
          if (File.fs == "Windows") oldPath = oldPath.replace(/([A-Z])(\/\/)/i, "/$1/");
          var newPath = oldPath.replace(gSet.findWhatEdTxt, gSet.changeToEdTxt);
          if (File.fs == "Windows") {
               newPath = newPath.replace(/([A-Z])(\/\/)/, "/$1/");
          else if (File.fs == "Macintosh") {
               newPath = "/Volumes/" + newPath;
          var newFile = new File(newPath);
          if (newFile.exists) {
               currentLink.relink(newFile);
               gCounter++;
               WriteToFile("Relinked \"" + newPath + "\"\n");
          else {
               WriteToFile("Can't relink \"" + newPath + "\" because the file doesn't exist\n");
     WriteToFile("\r--------------------- Script finished -- " + GetDate() + " ---------------------\r\r");
     if (gCounter == 1) {
          alert("One file has been relinked.", "Finished");
     else if (gCounter > 1) {
          alert(gCounter + " files have been relinked.", "Finished");
     else {
          alert("Nothing has been relinked.", "Finished");
function GetSettings() {
     var settings = eval(app.extractLabel("Kas_" + gScriptName + "_ver_" + gScriptVer));
     if (settings == undefined) {
          if (gOsIsMac) {
               settings = { findWhatEdTxt:"//ServerName/ShareName/FolderName", changeToEdTxt:"ShareName:FolderName" };
          else {
               settings = { findWhatEdTxt:"ShareName:FolderName", changeToEdTxt:"//ServerName/ShareName/FolderName" };
     return settings;
function ErrorExit(myMessage, myIcon) {
     alert(myMessage, gScriptName, myIcon);
     exit();
function WriteToFile(myText) {
     var myFile = new File("~/Desktop/" + gScriptName + ".txt");
     if ( myFile.exists ) {
          myFile.open("e");
          myFile.seek(0, 2);
     else {
          myFile.open("w");
     myFile.write(myText);
     myFile.close();
function GetDate() {
     var myDate = new Date();
     if ((myDate.getYear() - 100) < 10) {
          var myYear = "0" + new String((myDate.getYear() - 100));
     } else {
          var myYear = new String ((myDate.getYear() - 100));
     var myDateString = (myDate.getMonth() + 1) + "/" + myDate.getDate() + "/" + myYear + " " + myDate.getHours() + ":" + myDate.getMinutes() + ":" + myDate.getSeconds();
     return myDateString;
You can specify a platform-specific path name, or a path in a platform-independent format known as universal resource identifier (URI) notation, or Mac OS 9 path name (for Mac).
For example any of the following notations are valid:
Windows
c:\dir\file (Windows path name)
/c/dir/file (URI path name)
//10.44.54.70/Test/images (uniform naming convention (UNC) path name of the form //servername/sharename)
//Apple/Test/images
\\10.44.54.70\Test\images (Windows path name)
\\Apple\Test\images (Windows path name)
where 10.44.54.70 IP address of the server, Apple -- DNS name of the server, Test -- share name
Mac
The following examples assume that the startup volume is MacOSX, and that there is a mounted volume Remote.
/dir/file (Mac OS X path name)
/MacOSX/dir/file (URI path name)
MacOSX:dir:file (Mac OS 9 path name)
/Remote/dir/file (URI path name)
Remote:dir:file (Mac OS 9 path name)
Remote/dir/file (Mac OS X path name)
You can just copy a part of the path in Links panel and paste it to the script's dialog. In CS4, make sure to choose "Copy Platform Style Path" in context menu.
The case of the characters doesn’t matter: you can type both in upper and lowercase in the script's dialog. For example — Test, test, TEST, TeSt — are all the same for the script.
Regards,
Kasyan

Cascading LOVs in discoverer desktop 10

Hi
Is it possible to create Cascading parameters in Discoverer Desktop 10?
i know the possibility in discoverer plus but didn't find the "filter the lov based on the selected condition" radio button while creating the paramenter in Desktop10.
Thanks

Hi,
You do not have to upgrade the desktop or administrator (you can if you like to).
can i install Plus as client?No, the plus is installed on IAS or weblogic
you can search this forum for links to download, and it will need installation and configuration.
the same schema, reports, configuration will work on Plus?Yes it will as long as the configuration is right.
Tamir

Preview Pane and broken link issues in CS2 for Mac. Please help!

I posted this a few days ago - but would love to have some insight on how we can resolve this issue
When I am working on html documents, both old and new, I have lost all of the 'preview pane' buttons.
I can still see and have access to the layout and source panes, but the two preview (pdf and regular) are missing.
In the body of the editor all of the images that were there now show just a broken link image (but when you save and go to view the file in a browser all changes and updates are there. The source shows all of the right info and links
Also when you place a new image - the image icon doesn't show the image or even change to the proper size that the image is. You have to do that manually and then still only shows a broken icon in the new size.
Has anyone seen this before? Did I accidentally altered a mode in GoLive....is there a way to fix it?
Thanks!!!

When you have ADE (digital editions) open with "bookshelves" page with a "Getting Started with Adobe Digital Editions" booklet in it,
enter cmd-shift-U, or menu/Help/Authorize Computer.
That will ask for your Adobe ID and password and authorize the computer.
Once that has been done you shouldn't need to do it again.
Sometimes you do need to if things go wrong, but you certainly shouldn't have to do it at all regularly.
When that has been done, plug in the Kobo; it should show up in the left pane of ADE.
Use "menu/Help/Authorize Device" and that will authorize your Kobo with the Adobe ID from the Mac.
You can then copy books by drag-dropping onto the Kobo within ADE

I am not able to see the Business area in Discoverer desktop

Hi,
r
I am new to Discoverer
I have created a business area in EUL with user name and password as dewip/dewip in Discoverer administrator and now when I am logging in to Discoverer Desktop with the same user name and password to create workbook I am able to log in but I am not able to find the Business area in the Discoverer desktop.
After creating the business area do we need to do anything ( We don't even have save option to save also).
In Discoverer admin -> tools-> privilages I checked to see the privilages for this user ,but I could not see this user name(dewip) only.
Please help me ,its urgent.
Thanks,
gsr

Hi gsr
If you are working on Desktop and you change the default EUL but it doesn't stick this means that you don't have Admin rights over your machine.
In order to make these setting stick you need to have permission to update the system registry.
If you really cannot be given these rights then I suggest you ask you system admin to change the registry setting for you on your machine so that it reflects the correct EUL. You will find it here:
1. From the Start button, use Run | regedit
2. Open your registry to display HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Software | Oracle | Discoverer 10
3. Expand the folder called Database
4. Inside here you will see one set of settings that begin with AEUL and another with UEL. The format is like this:
AEUL_username_database and UEUL_username_database
5. You should see the name of the default EUL in the column called Data
6. Right-click on the setting you want to change and from the pop-up select Modify
7. Type the name of the EUL that Desktop should default to for that user in the database, making sure you type it in UPPERCASE
8. Click the OK button
9. Close the registry
When you now connect to Discoverer Desktop you should be in the correct EUL.
Note: this is only required if you don't have admin rights on your PC. If you do have admin rights then Discoverer will set this for itself.
By the way, if you or anyone reading this is unsure about manually editing your registry you should back it up first. Here are the steps:
To backup your registry, follow this workflow:
1. From your PC, click Start | Run
2. In the Run dialog box, type "regedit" and press the Enter key
3. The registry will now be displayed
4. From the registry menu bar, select Registry | Export Registry File
5. When the Export Registry File dialog box opens, give a name to the file you want the registry to be saved as
6. In Export Range, check "All" or "Selected Branch" - Selected Branch will export the current folder, so if you happen to have already navigated down tp the appropriate Discoverer Administrator folder you will be able to back it up
7. Click the Save button
8. Close the registry editor
To restore your registry, follow this workflow:
1. From your PC, click Start | Run
2. In the Run dialog box, type "regedit" and press the Enter key
3. The registry will now be displayed
4. From the registry menu bar, select Registry | Import Registry File
5. Navigate to the folder in which your registry is saved and locate the file
6. Click the Open button - the registry will be restored
7. Close the registry editor
Best wishes
Michael

Broken Link to Discoverer Desktop Edition 4.1.37 (Part of Oracle9iDS v1.0.2

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