Discoverer desktop version

I created the worksheet using oracle discoverer desktop version in report developer suite.How can i publish it to the web?

In the Desktop version did you save your workbook to the database? There's an option to save to Database and after you do that you can share the workbook to other users. Once that is done, authorized users can view the workbook through Discoverer Plus or Viewer.

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Window Sizing for Discoverer Desktop -- version 10.1.2.45.46c

I have something weird happening now with Discoverer desktop. I can only use it in Maximized screen mode. This just happened a few days ago.
Any suggestions

Did actually figure this out. These are the basic steps :
Minimized the screen
Clicked Alt and spacebar (this pops up a menu).
Selected Move.
Using cursor keys I arrowed down and right a couple of times (cursor starts in top left)
Then I clicked on screen and the Desktop window showed up. I resized to where I wanted it.
Did this process a couple of times until when I opened up a new window it came up to the size I wanted.

Discoverer Desktop (4)- Receiving error Attempt to Open Workbook Failed

Hi,
The reason for this error is multiple people are opening same workbook. This has never been a problem before as the user would receive message: "Open Workbook as Read Only..."
Now they only get the message: "Attempt to Open Workbook Failed."
We have tested here and have determined it is not a generell issue because we have the problem only on two workstations.
I check the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER for diffenerence between the workstations but without any success.
There is no file access problem
Any idea?
Thx
Arnd

Hi all,
We are having exactly the same problem. I've come to the point that there's a problem between Discoverer Desktop 4i and XP SP3.
The scenario we have is:
a) If an user with SP2 creates a workbook and saves it into the network shared folder,
a.1) It can be opened by users with SP2 as many times as the want. They just receive the "Open Workbook as Read Only" warning message.
a.2) Users with SP3 can open it only if the workbook is not open by any other user. After that all users receive the "Attempt to Open..." error message.
a.3) If a user with SP3 makes any change to the workbook and saves it, it doesn't matter which SP version you have, the file becomes "corrupt" and only one user can open it at the same time.
b) If an user with SP3 creates a workbook and saves it into the network shared folder it can only be opened by one user at the same time
I've also made tests and the same error occurs if the .dis file is located in a local directory (c:\My Documents for example). I can not open it twice in my computer in two different discoverer desktop instances, and I have SP3, while another user with SP2 can.
Any ideas? Our Discoverer Desktop version is 4.1.48.06.00
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Discoverer Desktop installation fails on Windows 7

Hi All,
We are installing Discoverer Desktop version 10.1.2.00 on Windows 7 32-bit version 6.1, runing the setup.exe gives error
ERROR:
Starting Oracle Universal Installer...
Checking installer requirements....
Checking operating system version: must be 5.0, 5.1 or 5.2 Actual 6.1
Failed <<<<
Exiting Oracle Universal Installer
Is Dis Desktop 10.1.2.00 on Windows 7 ? any additional patched to be applied?
Kindly suggest
Thanks
SK

You can install Discoverer using XP SP2 compatibility mode. Right click the install.exe file and go to the compatibility tab. You should be able to get it from there.
Setup should proceed as normal. You may, however, get an error when trying to login to Discoverer. I am still confounded with this error;
Failed to connect to database - ORA-02248: invalid option for ALTER SESSION.
Since Discoverer is not certified with Windows 7, good luck trying to find a solution. I have been working on the problem for days now without any luck.
Mike

USING DISCOVERER DESKTOP CAN'T EXPORT AND GET ERROR ORA-00000

we use a win 2000 server to export discoverer reports by command-line methods.In the past ,everything is ok. But from last week , we found some reports always keep in export phase and can't export anything, also with ora-00000 error.
there are 2 things should be mentioned:
1. in the past , these reports can export without any error
2. we can export the same reports normally on another server(but we don't want to change server for some reason)
I know Oracle suggest we update to discoverer 10g, but it can't tell me why another client can export normally
so where is the cause?
Discoverer Desktop version - 4.1.46.08.00
EBS version - 11.5.9

Hi
Presumably you have tried rebooting?
If you have windows updates set to automatic it is possible that one of the recently applied updates has done this.
Best wishes
Michael

Discoverer Desktop 9i - how to find worksheet id

Hi,
I'm using Oracle9i Discoverer Desktop version 9.0.2.0.0.
I miss some information to create the url needed to launch the workbook from internet explorer.
The url is composed in this way:
http://DNS/discoverer/viewer?nlsl=it-it&cn=connection_acronym&wb=workbook&wsk=worksheetID&qp_param1...
I don't know how to get the worksheet ID, can somebody help me?
Is there any other standard way to compose the url?
Thanks for your help.

Hi
I think you will be unlucky because I don't know of a way to get this information in 9i. Even in 10g R2 you cannot get at this information from within Desktop. You have to use Plus.
To find out the unique ID of a worksheet in Discoverer 10.1.2 Plus:
1.Start a Web browser.
2. Run Discoverer Plus and open the worksheet.
3. Choose Edit | Worksheet Properties to display the Worksheet Properties dialog.
4.Display the General tab and look at the value in the Identifier field.
With regards to looking at the options for the URL, take a look at chapter 8 of the 9iAS Discoverer Configuration Guide:
http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/html/A95458_02/urlstart.htm#1004903
I hope this helps

Discoverer Desktop enviroment installation

what platforms can discoverer desktop version be installed to beside Microsoft Windows?

None. Discoverer Desktop is a client-server product available on Microsoft Windows.
The web versions of Discoverer - Plus and Viewer - are available on additional platforms.
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Oracle Discoverer Desktop 10g screen layout

Hi,
I am using discoverer desktop version 10g. After I select workbook I am not able to Item Navigator, Parameter, conditions window ?
Basically whatever in Tools menu I used to see that in the left side of the screen. I am not seeing that. Please help to get the navigation window back.
thanks
vdhandap

Thank you for your reply.
Under the view menu I am seeing these options Toolbar,Formatting bar, Analysis bar, Status bar, Page Items , Item clipboard and SQL Inspector.
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v

Discoverer Desktop Graphing Questions

I have several questions about the graphing tool in Discoverer Desktop:
1. I'm bringing in a customer id field which I convert with a to_char in the query from a numeric field. Most of them are 5-digit, but some are 4. I notice in the x-axis the customer id's appear only for the 5 digit id's, and for the 4-digit ones the identifier appears. i.e. if the 5th record has an id of 1508, instead of displaying 1508 it displays 5. Does anyone know how to correct this?
2. In the y-axis values, is it possible to display more than 5 decimal places? (We're dealing with very small percentages). When I try to enter 6 or higher as the decimal value in Options, it says invalid number.
3. When I open an existing workbook, it readjusts the y-axis scale to a max of 1, when I've set it to .0001. How I can I make this retain my scale values?
4. Is it possible to display the y-values in the graph area itself next to the plot points?
Thanks for any help!!!!

Hi paul,
Its a good idea to upgrade from 4i to 10g 4i is no more used by many and their are some issues or bugs with it.The latest version is 11g which has been released 1 week back.If not go with 10g version available.
1) Do all reports have to be stored on the database to allow them to be accessed by Plus or Viewer? Can only the 10G client version open files from a local hardrive or shared network drive?Yes they have to stored in the database so any ened user can access them from plus or viewer.
Can only one report be open at any given time with Plus or Viewer? In client it is possible to have 2 reports open at the same time to facilitate easier comparisons.Yes,if the reports are registered as different reports and if the end user has access to both the reports thn he can open and compare it OR if both reports are in same workbook as different sheets than its easy to view or compare.
NULL values are still showing the word "NULL" even though in Tools Options we have set it to show blank, existing reports are still using the NULL value.It should show blank,might be some problem.In discoverer 10g i think you will not find this issues.
Hope this helps you.
Best Wishes,
kranthi.

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

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

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

Error when running a report in Discoverer Desktop

All -
I run a report in discoverer desktop and got the following warning message: This sheet currently contains no data.
I generated the query by using the sql inspector tool and run the query in the database and, to my surprise, it showed the correct records.
I don't know what is causing this error.
I checked all items (in discoverer administrator) that are used in by report and everything seems to be ok.
Any idea?
Thanks,
Daniel.

Hi,
There could be many reasons for this, what is in the query you are running?. It could be a bug in your version, what version are you using? Does it happen with one workbook or all workbooks? It could be an NLS Language problem, check that the calculation USERENV('LANG') returns the language you are expecting in Discoverer desktop. It could be a problem with the context for your session, are you using an apps mode or database mode EUL?
Rod West

HELP !!! Discoverer Desktop/Plus Slowness

We have a view build on wip_discrete_jobs_v and hr_all_organization_units in APPS. When the view runs it returns at a very good speed. Then we build a disco report, the first time we open the report, it took 10 seconds yesterday. However, when we try to open the same report today from Desktop or Plus, it will takes *15-20 min* to get any result.
I'm not sure where the issue is: Could it be a bug in Disco? Or this is version issue? Or is there anything missing Administrator?
It seems the view itself is good in SQL.
Please advise.
OracleBI Discoverer Administrator - Version 10.1.2.00.00
Discoverer Administrator Client 10.1.2.45.46c
OracleBI Discoverer 10g (9.0.4.00.00)
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus 10g (10.1.2.48.18)
Discoverer Model - 10.1.2.48.18
Discoverer Server - 10.1.2.48.18
End User Layer - 5.1.1.0.0.0
End User Layer Library - 10.1.2.48.18

Hi,
The Apps views such as wip_discrete_jobs_v are not really designed for reporting. This view contains calls to security packages and calls to project packages to fetch details project details. The time taken to process a call to these packages is very dependent on your Apps environment, for example, what responsibility you are using and the organisation for that responsibility. Also the number of calls made to these packages can change greatly depending on how the SQL is processed.
Discoverer uses a lot of in-line views and these views can be materialized within the query so that all the information in the view is stored in temporary space. There are also some large tables being queried here, therefore the execution plan can change dramatically depending on the database statistics stored for these tables. So for example, you can find that the query is run from Discoverer, Oracle decides to full scan the tables and materialized a view in the query forcing all the package calls to be made for every row in the table, hence the query takes ages to run.
On the other hand if the SQL is just run from SQL*Plus then a flattened version of the SQL is run without the in-line views and so there are many less calls to the packages, and these calls are quicker because the session hasn't been initialised with a responsibility.
So to summarise, I wouldn't recommend using these Apps views in reporting, it is better to write your own to do exactly what you want and achieve a better, more consistent response time. Secondly, you have no idea what is happening here unless you monitor the SQL being processed in the database, either by monitoring the V$SESSION and V$SQL_TEXT views or by tracing the session so that you can see the actual SQL and all the associated recursive SQL being run by the packages. Only when you understand how Oracle is processing your query will you will able to take action that will reliably improve performance.
Rod West

Parameter default value doesn't work in Discoverer Desktop 4i

Hello,
I have a parameter called 'Organization' in discoverer report.
I want to set its default value to one organization from the list of values. I edited the parameter
and selected that value from the list in the Default value field. But,when I run
the report, it shows the recently used value for that parameter,
instead of showing the default value.
I have the same problem with all parametrs in workbooks in Discoverer.
I am using Discoverer Desktop 4i (4.1.41.05.00).
Is there anything i can do to make Discoverer show me the default value for the parameter every time i run the workbook?
Thanks in advance!

Thanks Rod!
Unfortunately it seams that seting that p[reference doesn't work for my version of Discoverer.
That option is introduced with version 4.1.43 and we are using version 4.1.41.05.
I suppose i can't solve that problem on another way in this version of Discoverer Desktop..?
Best regards!

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