Creating a new workbook in Oracle Discoverer

I am not very familiar with Oracle Discoverer but have had to be involved in it recently. What i am trying to do is create a new business area. I logged on to the Oracle Discoverer administrator and followed these steps
- Create a new business area from online dictionary
- Selected the schema user
- Selected the tables/views i wanted to include in the business area
- Click finish
Now i have included the tables in the business area. When the user logs on to Oracle Discoverer he can see the 3 tables/views i selected. If they try to create a new workbook they can only include one of the tables in the workbook but not all 3 at the same time. If i include one table, the other two tables become 'disabled' and cannot be included in the workbook.
Any ideas why this is happening?

Hi ziggy
It sounds like you did not create any joins between the 3 folders. Those have to be in place in order for a user to be able to create reports from more than one folder.
If you are new to Discoverer administration I would suggest you get some training. Oracle offer great training at numerous locations around the country and there are numerous self-help locations that you can find if you plus Discoverer Training into any Google search box.
My company also has e-learning for Discoverer and you can find out more by visiting this website: http://ascbi.com
Best wishes
Michael

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