Oracle Discoverer / Portal

Hi,
I should know the answer to this question but during my recent adventures I have become confused by various product offerings.
We currently use Oracle Reports and Oracle Discoverer for various reporting requirements. We are missing a publishing option and naturally we think Portal could fit the bill. However, SSO is a bit of a nightmare so we would like to bypass this and just use basic user authentication i.e. user enters username & password.
Can Portal be used in this way? If so, how? Can anyone point me in the direction of a white paper or configuration guide?
Many thanks,
Rhys David

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Don't be wary of Portal and its interaction with Discoverer. Until the acquisition by Oracle of Siebel and the introduction of what is now called OBIEE, the Discoverer / Potral combination was Oracle's flagship reporting mechanism. It works very well and you can produce excellent dashboards. If you have no budget or need for linking with BI Publisher then this is the way to go. If you have a full 10g Application Server complete with metadata repository (affectionately known as the Infrastructure) then Portal is already included at no further charge. If you only have a stand-alone Discoverer then you will need to upgrade to the full application server, install the metadata repository and link Discoverer to it. The latter will mean an additional fee to get the appropriate license.
By the way, Oracle Portal development is not typically for the faint hearted and I would recommend you have someone get really familiar it, maybe even taking one of Oracle's courses.
While my company offers what some consider to be among the best Discoverer training we don't offer Portal training. The Oracle Education classes for Portal are really excellent and worth the money. I know because I have attended them.
Best wishes
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