Oracle BI Discoverer 11g

Question

hi ,
i have oracle database 11g as warehouse (O/S; windows xp Sp2) .
i am going to use Oracle BI Discoverer 11g as BI tools , i can not find it's software in OTN to download .
i have download "biee_windows_x86_101341.zip" and installed it but discoverer is not in that zip file .
regards
Padideh

Answer 1

Hi Padideh
You will only see the pubic connection link if you install a full-blown appplication server and attach Discoverer to an infrastructure database. That database would have the OID schema.
You can certainly use Discoverer against a data warehouse. In fact working with star schemas is the best way to get Discoverer working well. You simply launch the Discoverer Administrator tool and create one or more business areas by importing object definitions from your target data warehouse. You do not need a patch for this.
May I give a word of advice? If you don't know how to go about creating good business areas and making database content available to users via Discoverer then you should get some training. Trying to make Discoverer work well against a data warehouse with no knowledge of Discoverer or OWB will give you problems and could cause you to have an unsuccessful implementation. My company does training in the US at good rates (http://ascbi.com/training) if you are interested, or you can go to an Oracle University class (http://education.oracle.com and type discoverer into the serach box at top right) or just look on line where you will find lots of companies offering training courses. If you are outside the US I know of several places in the UK or, as I say, take a look at the Oracle University offerings.
In a previous part of this thread you asked about the metadata repository and repositort assistant. Those both belong to Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) and have nothing to do with Discoverer.
Best wishes
Michael Armstrong-Smith