Link from Discoverer (Plus/Viewer) to Reports?

Is it possible to create a link from a cell on a Discoverer sheet to an Oracle Reports report? I.e. doubleclick on cell value "A" and run report with "A" as parameter?
Regards,
-Haakon-

Access links should be like this.
Discoverer Plus - http://<your domain>:<port>/discoverer/plus
Discoverer Viewer - http://<your domain>:<port>/discoverer/viewer
<port> default port is 7778.
Try now.
Your Administrator is responsible for you to provide the links for both. Check with him.

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Please let me know why these transactions that are appearing when the report is run from discoverer desktop are not appearing in discoverer plus. Is there any setup in discoverer plus for this?
Regards,
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Pretty hard to answer a question like this. Best bet would be to copy the existing discoverer plus book and start removing conditions, fields, etc until those two rows from desktop show up and see if you can work it out.

Discoverer Plus/Viewer from menu item in Oracle Applications errors.

Starting Discoverer Plus/Viewer from menu item in Oracle Applications R12 errors.
Here is some general config information that is suspected to be the issue.
1. Running Oracle Applications R12 over HTTPS.
2. Running Discoverer Plus/Viewer over HTTP.
3. Calling menu item that calls a function to start Plus/Viewer.
Function Definition called by the menu item is listed blow.
Properties Tab: Type=SSWA jsp function Context Dependence=Responsibility
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You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.
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Hi,
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I am trying to export reports from Discoverer Plus and Viewer to XCEL
but the Header's Formatting like Bold and Background Color etc are
not being exported as seen in Plus.
Could you please advice on how to make this happen.
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i tried this option..but the problem is as follows
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122124     9752          7 METRO NORTH     716 MIDWEST REGION     DODGE CITY/ANDERSON TOYOT      LEXUS OF ROCKFORD
122124     9752          7 METRO NORTH     716 MIDWEST REGION     DODGE CITY/ANDERSON TOYOT      LEXUS OF ROCKFORD
122124     9752          7 METRO NORTH     716 MIDWEST REGION     DODGE CITY/ANDERSON TOYOT      LEXUS OF ROCKFORD
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Date : 22-APR-10                            Page: 1
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Default the sender name while sending email from discoverer 11g viewer

Hi,
Can we put a default value of a sender in the email which are sent from discoverer 11g viewer.??

Hello
Yes, you can do this but you have to edit one of the UIX files to do it. The following is taken from my new Discoverer 11h Handbook which will be out later in the year.
If you want to force users to send Discoverer reports from a prespecified e-mail account, use the following workflow:
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NOTE: In my system the name of the tmpfolder was 51oeh7. You may have a different name for <tmpfile> on your system and so may need to do a search for Email.uix.
Make a safe backup of Email.uix.
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<contents>
<messageTextInput required="yes" name="sender" disabled="true"
tip="[email protected]" columns="40"
prompt="${uix.data.nls['email.text.sender']}" text="[email protected]"/>
NOTE: In the above, you will be replacing text="${uix.eventResult.sender}" with your default email address like: text="myemail.mycompany.com"
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<formValue name="event" value="sendEmail" />
<formValue name="sender" [email protected] />
NOTE: Make sure the domain name you provide is the same domain you are using for the SMTP server; otherwise, your Discoverer Viewer users will not be able to send e-mail.
Take a backup of the modified file and place it somewhere safe.
Stop and restart the WLS_DISCO server in the WebLogic Server Administration Console.
Notes concerning editing of UIX files:
Never make any changes without first backing up the UIX file you intend to work on. You need to go slowly and carefully, making backups as you go and trying your modifications on a test system first.
Any changes you make to a UIX file will not be supported by Oracle, and if you run into any problems with changes you make to a UIX file, you will be on your own, which is why you need a backup.
If you need future support, you will need to be able to prove that the issue you are encountering is not because of any changes you have made. You will basically need to have a clean instance to prove that the issue is still there.
Any upgrades or patches that you subsequently apply may overwrite any custom changes that you have made to the UIX files. It will be your responsibility to keep copies of any changes you have made, and it will be your responsibility to make sure these changes are still valid after any upgrade or patch.
NOTE: I cannot be held responsible if you tamper with your UIX files and mess up your system. You have been warned! That said, there are many examples for editing UIX files on Oracle’s Support site. So long as you are careful and heed the warnings mentioned, you should be fine
Best wishes
Michael

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HI, Friends,
I tried to display the binary file saved in the database in BLOB column with the *.doc or *.xls fomats, but it seemed not work at all. I can display them in discoverer DESKTOP, but not the web version PLUS or VIEWER. MY Discoverer PLUS/VIEWER version is 9.0.4.45.02 and the database is 9.2.0.4. Are there any special setting/configuration in somewhere (Discoverer administration/Applicaiton server/PLUS/VIEWER?)
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I need to upgrade Oracle Discoverer Administrator & Desktop edition to release 4.1.45.08.00.
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I need to know what patch I must apply to the Discoverer Plus & Viewer.
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Problem opening excel files exported from Discoverer Plus 10.1.2.48.18

I can't open excel files (xls) exported from Discoverer Plus 10.1.2.48.18 when I enable macros. The application (Excel) hangs up.
Someone have any idea about this?
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Hi Meifang
I did some more research and found a document on MetaLink 250820.1 that talks about Discoverer not being able to call Excel if Discoverer is running via an IP address instead of a qualified domain name.
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1. Open a new MS IE browser
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5. Click the OK button
6. Click the OK button again
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1. Open a new MS IE browser
2. Navigate to: Tools | Internet Options | Security where you will see the Local Intranet icon (computer icon against a globe)
3. Click the Local Intranet button
4. Click the Sites button
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7. Click the Add button
8. Click the OK button
9. Click the OK button again
10. Click the OK button a third time
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1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Navigate to: Tools | Folder Options | File Types tab
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6. Click the OK button
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8. Re-boot the PC
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Emailing from discoverer plus 10g

Hi,
Please help on the ff question posed to me from our client who just had Discoverer Plus 10g implemented at their sites.
1. The old vs 3.1 desktop had the ability to send a report in an e-mail attachment to many recipients as a .dis file. This feature is no longer available. Is there plans to include this in future releases?
2. The old 3.1 vs was also able to save and open reports from the file system. This is no longer available on plus 10g. Is there plans to also include this feature in newer releases of plus.
pls advise.
thanks
saliha

Hi Saliha
The new 10g Desktop still has the email feature, as does the 10g Viewer tool. I doubt very much that Oracle will add emailing to Plus because Viewer is where the users are supposed to run their reports. Plus is a developer tool so I think you will be out of luck. Many folks that I go to initially say they don't like Viewer but that is because they have no idea what it can do. After I have given training every company so far tell me they will be using Viewer for end users (viewers), with Plus being reserved only for the report writers.
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Sorry about this, please don't shoot the messenger :-)
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How to open a defult workbook from Discoverer Plus

Hi all,
Is it possible in Discoverer Plus for a user to open a pre defined worksheet in a workbook when he logs in without having to select the workbook and then select the worksheet?
Please advise how to achive this.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all.
Yjk

Hi Yjk
This is possible but you will have to alter the URL call to do it and add the workbook name to the end of the URL.
You can use either the names of workbooks and worksheet or unique IDs of workbooks and worksheets. Using unique IDs is easier and helps avoid encoding problems with long names. Unique IDs are language independent. The following are the URL parameters to use while working with workbooks and worksheets.
Discoverer Plus Relational:
Workbooks:
opendbid=<workbook ID>
opendbname=<workbook name>
Worksheets:
sheetid=<worksheet ID>
sheet=<worksheet name>
Discoverer Viewer:
Workbook:
wbk=<workbook ID>
wb=<workbook name>
Worksheet:
wsk=<worksheet ID>
ws=<worksheet name>
Discoverer OLAP:
Workbooks:
workbookname=<workbookname>
Worksheets:
sheet=<worksheet name>
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Examples below:
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1. Launch the Open Workbook from Database wizard
2. Right-click the workbook name
3. Select Properties.
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Alternatively, when the workbook is open, select File | Workbook Properties.
To find the unique ID of a worksheet, use this workflow:
1. With the worksheet open, select Edit | Worksheet Properties
2. The Worksheet Properties dialog box opens.
3. Click the General tab.
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http://<machine.domain>:<port>/discoverer/viewer?cn=cf_a101&wbk=MONTHLY_SALES&wsk=156
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In Plus, the same command is:
http://<machine.domain>:<port>/discoverer/plus?cn=cf_a101&opendbname=MONTHLY_SALES&sheet=156
Does this help?
Regards
Michael

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http://servername.domain.com:7777/discoverer/plus
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http://ipaddress:7777/discoverer/plus
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1. Right click on Windows Start button and from pop upmenu select Explore
2. Navigate to the folder called Windows/system32/drivers/etc
3. Locate the file called HOSTS
4. Edit this file with Notepad
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myserver.mydomain.com 192.168.1.100
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Does this help
Regards
Michael

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Søren,
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