Discover plus vs Discoverer Viewer

Hi ALL,
Can someone tell me the difference between Discover plus
and Discover Viewer. Does Discover Viewer require
J-initiator?
Thanks in advance
Joe

Try this FAQ http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/discoverer/index.html
I guess you could say that Plus is Java-based and Viewer is browser-based.

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Discoverer Viewer - Calendar usage

Hi,
I am working with Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer. I have a report defined with a parameter of type DATE. When working Discoverer Plus I see the calendar icon near the parameter and I can use it to easily choose a date. However, when I run the same report in Discoverer Viewer I don't get the calendar icon and I must type the date value. Any idea why and how to fix it?

Calendar is only available in plus.

Discoverer Viewer/Plus does not work with Custom EUL owned by APPS user

I am facing a unique issue with one of my customers. They have a custom EUL named XX_EUL_US and this does not allow connecting through discoverer viewer or discoverer plus.
I have worked with custom EULS before at other customers and this was never the case. I am being told that this issue is happening as the EUL owner is APPS instead of some other user. Is this the case? Can discoverer viewer not be used with EULs owned by apps user?
Please not that the Default EUL in ICX profiles is set to this EUL and no other EUL profiles are set.
Appreciate any thoughts on this.

Hi,
I am not sure what you mean when you say you have a "custom EUL named XX_EUL_US". The EUL table should be created in a schema named XX_EUL_US. This will then be the EUL owner. You will then need to connect to Discoverer Administrator as the EUL owner and grant privileges to Apps users and/or responsibilities.
The user should then be able to connect to Discoverer Plus/View using their apps username, responsibility and password.
To be able to connect directly from an apps menu you need to have the ICX parameters set correctly. The ICX: Discoverer Default End User Layer Schema Prefix should be set to XX_EUL (without the _US). The ICX: Discoverer End User Layer Language Override should be set to US or not set at all.
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Workbook works fine in discoverer plus but shows error in discoverer viewer

Hi,
I have some issues with the parameter of a report.
one of the parameters is
mgr_id (eg: 1,2,3) -- from database table.
manager names are not available in the database but they are known to users like
1 - david
2 - alan chris
3 - peter
so the requirement is
(i) the input parameter wud be entered as 1 or 2 or 3 or null ( or in multiple combination or all).
But the report shud have parameters in the header of the report.
for eg: if the input parameter is mgr_id = '1' then the report shud have manager name: 'david' in the header.
if the input is mgr_id = '1',' 2', '3' then on the report header, it shud display as manager name: 'david','alan chris','peter'
(ii) the default value of mgr_id shud be 'ALL'. if the user enters mgr_id as 'ALL' then it shud take all the values of mgr_id and pull all the values of mgr_id (like 1,2,3)
and the report header shud display as department name: 'ALL'
i have developed a custom query where i used,
select dept_id, decode(mgr.mgr_id,'1','david','2','alan chris','3','peter') as mgr_name, ..... etc.
in discoverer admin,
I have created LOVs (item classes) for mgr_name.
after that going to properties of mgr_name, i have selected mgr_id as indexed item.
and in the report i have created parameter dept based on mgr_name and selected the option -- allow to select both indexes and values.
and in the default value i mentioned 'ALL'.
after that i changed the condition as
((mgr_name = :manager name) OR (mgr_name LIKE DECODE(:manager name,'ALL','%')))
and in the header, i used &department name --- then it displays correctly.
but the problem is ---
the report works fine in plus. the problem is only when parameter value is 'ALL'
when i run the report from discoverer viewer for the very first time (after logging in), the report works fine with correct data.
but when i run the same report second time with parameter value 'ALL', it gives an error ---
Invalid value "''" for parameter "department name"
i dont understand, why it works for first time and doesn't afterwards. If i logout and login again, it works fine in viewer.
am i doing anything wrong in conditions or declaring the parameters?
I came to know that, the very first time, when we enter 'ALL' it is taking '%' but when we run for the second time, it is taking NULL. since NULL isn't there in mgr_id or mgr_name, it is throwing that error.
How do i fix this error?
Thanks

Hi Puppethead,
I have tried with your suggestions.
the following condition -- did not work
( (mgr_name = :manager name)
OR (mgr_name LIKE DECODE(:manager name, 'ALL', '%', NULL)))
but for the other condition ---
( (mgr_name = :manager name)
OR (mgr_name LIKE DECODE(nvl(:manager name, 'ALL'), 'ALL', '%', NULL)))
is wrong because, :manager name cud be null, when it is null, it takes 'ALL' i.e. '%' which shud not be the case.
if the user enters null, it has to display records with null only but with the above condition it takes '%'
The main issue which i dont understand is, the report works fine for the first time. for the second time, the report takes null values . why is it taking null values for the second time.
Thanks

Discoverer Viewer/Plus 10g after a migration from Discoverer 4i

Hi, I upgrated Discoverer4i to Discoverer 10g with Ebusiness Suite 11i ( 11.5.9) without installin AS 10g
I followed the note: http://oracle-magic.blogspot.com/2006/11/upgrading-discoverer-4i-to-10g-on-apps.html
If I use Discoverer Administrator and Desktop it works perfectly (I connect as an Oracle Application User)
Now, I want to see my reports with Discoverer Viewer/Plus but I don't understand how to do it (always connecting with an Oracle Application user).
My previous URL (with Discoverer4i) was: http://gnvdev.ote.gr:8025/discoverer4i/viewer
Now, after the Discoverer 10g installation I can connect to the "Welcome to Oracle Business Intelligence 10g (10.1.2)" page with the following URL:http://gnvdev.ote.gr:7779/
I didn't understand how Ebusiness Suite 11i ( 11.5.9) can communicate with Discoverer 10g in order to see reports from the web
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Thank you
Alex

If you have followed all the steps in "Note: 313418.1 - Using Discoverer 10.1.2 with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i" then you should be able to access Discoverer Plus/Viewer through the following links:
Discoverer Plus:
http://gnvdev.ote.gr:7779//discoverer/plus
Discoverer Viewer:
http://gnvdev.ote.gr:7779//discoverer/viewer
The above links will prompt for some input, all what you need to provide is:
- Applications Username
- Applications Password
- Database (SID)

Cannot start Discoverer Viewer and Discoverer Plus on client.

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try to start from many clients. It was error too.

Hi,
Were you able to find the solution to this problem? I have installed 9ias successfully. I could log to OEM and created a public connection but I cannot go to
http://hostname.domain:7779/discoverer/viewer
I get an error "Internal Server Error".
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Vani

Discoverer Viewer vs Plus

Hi,
What is the difference between Discoverer Viewer and Plus?
I'm using Oracle Discoverer Plus 9.0.2.
Thanks,

Viewer is for viewing and analyzing reports only. You cannot add or remove fields.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/discoverer/files/viewlets/10121_viewer.html
Plus is for creating reports (you can view and analyze too, but the main purpose is for creating reports). http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/discoverer/files/viewlets/1012_plus_relational_create_workbook.html
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Hi,
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After I had changed the Infra & MidTier to use new ports, Discoverer Viewer is no longer avaialable? The Virtual host for the server is still available, but the Viewer, or Plus cannot open anymore.
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Regards
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I built an EUL with discoverer desktop and administrator and now I want to post some result in a web page,is discoverer viewer or
discoverer plus more helpful in this case?
thank you

Hi
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Discoverer Plus is very much akin to Discoverer Desktop except it is much more powerful with a lot more features. A few years ago I presented a paper at ODTUG explaining all of the features of Discoverer 10g. That paper won best paper in the show and is available as a download free from my website here: http://ascbi.com/downloads/downloads.htm
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Hi,
Contact the Administrator of Oracle Application Server. He has the possibility ton stop Discoverer Viewer and Plus

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Hi,
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The following error occurred: "OracleBI Discoverer has not been started or has been stopped. Discoverer was stopped by your Administrator."
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Hi,
Contact the Administrator of Oracle Application Server. He has the possibility ton stop Discoverer Viewer and Plus

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Hi,
We have created some report in oracle discover plus. Can we use the existing report using BI beans?
If yes? What is the BI Bean tag do I need to use.
pl. help us .
regards

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If you mean open a presentation of Discoverer for OLAP stored in D4OSYS, no it is not possible. I would recommend to use Discoverer Plus for OLAP to create presentations and Discoverer Viewer for OLAP to view those presentations.
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Discoverer viewer -- export to pdf doesn't retain page settings.

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The report output in discoverer viewer is much different from that of plus. I am concerned abt the report headers. In discoverer plus, the headers are left, center and right aligned.
But in viewer, every thing is aligned center. How can I get the report o/p (same as that of plus) in viewer??
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boyz

Hi there
did you fix it in Viewer?
I am also getting the same issue, I have made my page setting in Discoverer Plus , when I go use Discoverer Viewer use the Printable page to get the PDF file, the layout does not shows the same page settings what I did in Discoverer Plus.
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I cant see the graph in discoverer viewer whith was created in the desktop

Hi,
I need your help!! I have a problem to see a graph in Discoverer viewer. I will detail you the steps that I follow;
It was a difficult calculate report to results by Discoverer so, I create a view in the data base which show 3 field, Periodo(number) which is a union whit other field from other folder, State(varchar), Requirement(number).
From the discoverer desktop y have a crosstab worksheets and a graph, there I can see it without problem, but in the Discoverer viewer I can see the graph.
I tried to set the worksheets options in “show options” to show me the graphs too, but this options didn’t appeared there. Somebody know what I should have to do to see it?
On the other hand I changed the “show null values show” option since null to empty, and when I wanted to save the change this error appeared;
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Thanks for your help!
Regards
Dora

Hi Dora,
The graphs that you create using Discoverer Plus will show nicely in Viewer. Everything you develop in Pluys works in Viewer. They are companion products.
You must realize that Discoverer Plus/Viewer and Desktop are two seperate product sets and they use different techniques for graph creation. There are other differencies between the two that suggests that you need to develop all reports using Discoverer Plus in stead of Discoverer Desktop.
I have experienced workbook created in Plus being destroyed when opened and saved using Desktop. So for a long time I have simply forgotten all about Desktop. If your company is relying on both Viewer and Dersktop I suggest that the time has come to change strategy and technique.
If you need sparring please mail to [email protected]
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