Sorting in Discoverer Viewer ?

The on-line help for Discoverer Viewer says that it is possible to sort values in a column by clicking on a triangle, and also mentions a "sort link."
I don't see such things. Where is that?

We have also encountered the same question. I have been able to find the sort link on a tabular layout, but not on a cross tab layout.
The question remains...How does one sort in Discoverer Viewer.

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Hi,
A report was developed in Discoverer Desktop. It is having some 10 columns as data points. The summarized columns for those 10 columns are required. But only 3 columns should be displayed in Detailed Data Points. So we shrinked(brought together) all the unwanted columns keeping 3 datapoints displayed. Now it is working fine in the discovere Desktop. But when we open the same report in the Discoverer Viewer, all the 10 columns are displayed in the Detailed Data Points as well.
Thanks in Advance
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hi Michael,
good morning..hope u had a good sleep.
as per your last thought y'day, even though i create a function for the sum of season values n select those columns into the report, those will not be shown as summarized columns on right hand side of the report. they will be shown as datapoints for every month in that selected season.
i think the only possible solution for like this report is to hide those unwanted columns. for this we have hidden checkbox option in tools->sort while developing. but this option is available only for tabular reports.
if u come up with any fresh solution for the fresh day...i am glad.
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_Rakesh.

No data found in the discoverer Viewer from Apps responsabiltiy

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We have built a new responsibility for the discoverer reports, that is we directly access the discoverer viewer from the separate responsibility,all the report that shared with the users can be viewed from this responsibility,
but when the user tries to run the report it is saying no data found.but for example if the user is trying to run the hrms report from this discoverer reasonability he get no data found but if we attach the function to the HRMS manager menu and try to access the report from the HRMS manager responsabilty we are able to get the data.
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I'm not 100% familiar with HR security, but sounds like profile option setup related to security - perhaps Business Group or Initialization SQL Statement - Oracle / Custom? Check the profile options set for the HRMS Manager responsibility and setup the same for your new responsibility.
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Hi,
I'm using Discoverer 10.1.2.1 in conjunction with E-business Suite 12.1.3.
I have a report that runs fine in Desktop or Plus, but when run in viewer (either from the application or from the stand-alone viewer link) it ends with the following error after running for approx 4 minutes:
The application encountered an invalid state.
OracleBI Discoverer Viewer was unable to find the necessary data for displaying the results of this event. Please correct any errors and try again.
I recreated the report from scratch, using the same underlying data, and adding exactly the same items, conditions and sorting. The same responsibilities have been given access, and I verified that the SQL produced in both reports is exactly the same.
However my new report works! From what I can see the only difference is the name and workbook identifier.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing my error? I have searched for the error on this forum and others but haven't found the answer.
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Hazel

Hi Hazel
This has come up before and I found this thread that I was involved in several years ago: https://forums.oracle.com/message/3682002
Here's another one, this time relating to static IP addresses: https://forums.oracle.com/message/1199457
There's also a document on Oracle Support: The application encountered invalid state.Oracle BI Discoverer Viewer was unable to find the necessary data for displaying the results of this event" (Doc ID 884965.1)
Also, were you using Portal? I've seen instances where Viewer was unable to run a report that was linked via Portal because the report had changed since it was placed on the Portal.
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Discoverer Viewer Graphs

Is there a way to display graph in discoverer viewer
right next to the worksheet rather than below the worksheet?
Also , how do we suppress the sort option on discoverer viewer?

I don't know if this will work for you or not, but try modifying this line in $ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/htdocs/disco4iv/html/disco4iv.xml:
from
<application show_graphs="false"/>
to
<application show_graphs="true"/>
This is in A90219-05 Oracle 9i Application Server Release Notes Addendum.
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Discoverer Viewer Graph Size problem

Hi all,
We are facing a problem with the graph size in discoverer viewer. The size which is seen in Plus is different in viewer (which is very very small) and is not presentable. Is there any special setting required in Application Server or any parameters that are required to be setup?
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Edited by: Ozy on Oct 1, 2009 3:40 AM

Hi Ozy, I haven't tried this fix but try looking in the pref.txt file which is in the in the Oracle home for your middle tier. You may find it at this location:
$ORACLE_HOME\Discoverer\util,
According to Michael Armstrong-Smith of ascbi.com:
+"There is a known Java bug (or unwanted feature depending on how you look at it) that causes a worksheet's results to display in a different font in Plus and Viewer and the chart size may have a similar fix...+
+After you save the pref.txt you will need to apply your preferences by executing applyprefences.sh (if running on Linux or Unix) or running applyprefences.bat (if running on Windows). The applyprefences file can be found in the same folder where pref.txt resides. A sort of one stop shopping...+
+Having changed and applied your preferences you need to stop and restart the Discoverer middle tier. "+
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Saving report in discoverer viewer

Hi all,
i have the discoverer viewer and i have a little question.
i know that if i re-sort the data in the report or if i change the columns order, than i can save this changes.
my question is if i use a stoplight on my report in order to
display certain fields with red, green or yellow colors, can i save it too?
i tried to save a report with a stoplight, but it saved all the other changes and not the stoplight and i wanted to know if there's any way that i can save it with the stoplight?

Hi;
Please see:
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Hi,
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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ASIM

I cant see the graph in discoverer viewer whith was created in the desktop

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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;
“Oracle BI Discoverer don’t had to found the necessary values to show the events…”
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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]
Good Luck!
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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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Discoverer viewer displaying all the reports instead of one report

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I have created one menu and attached 4 reports to that.after that that menu is attached to the main menu.This menu is attached to the one xyz responsibility.
Now i am facing the problem is : After logging to the responsibility,i clicked on individual report ,but it is not displaying only one report.It is showing all the reports in the discoverer viewer.
Can you please help me in this issue..

Please post the details of the application release, database version and OS.
I have created one menu and attached 4 reports to that.after that that menu is attached to the main menu.This menu is attached to the one xyz responsibility.
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How to Create a Link to a Discoverer Workbook in Apps R12 [ID 471303.1]
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Discoverer Viewer Report with Page Items Slow Performance

I created a report in Discoverer User that has page items and parameters and runs fine (under 3 minutes) in Discoverer User, but when I try and run it in Discoverer Viewer it takes a long time. It took over 70 minutes before manually terminating it. I made a copy of the report and removed the page items and tried to run it again in Discoverer Viewer and now the report runs in under 3 minutes. Any idea why a report with page items would run in Discoverer user fine, but not discoverer viewer?
I am using Oracle Business Intelligence Plus 10g (10.1.2.55.26)

As long as you can access the middle-tier server where Discoverer Viewer is running, you should be able to run and view Discoverer worksheets.
While it is difficult to even start guessing what the problem might be, if the machine you installed Discoverer on has DHCP addressing, you will run into problems.
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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

Timeouts for Discoverer Viewer and SSO

We've enabled SSO for Discoverer Viewer 9.0.4. We set the Viewer timeout in the web.xml file to 120 minutes. We set the SSO Global user Inactivity Timeout to 240 minutes. Viewer sessions don't timeout at 120 minutes. Does the GUIT timeout override the Viewer timeout?
--- Steve

Hi
As far as I know, the Viewer sessions don't time out using the Discoverer settings. These only affect Discoverer Plus. The SSO timeouts will apply though. Out of interest can you tell in which folder was the web.xml you modified?
By the way, 240 sounds an awful long time to allow an SSO connection to stay active.
Best wishes
Michael

Error of access denied opening a workbook in discoverer viewer 10.1.2

When I open a workbook in discoverere viewer in the html page shows this message:
OracleBI Discoverer Viewer no ha encontrado los datos necesarios para mostrar los resultados de este evento. Corrija los errores y vuelva a intentarlo.
- access denied (java.lang.RuntimePermission oracle.discoverer.connections)
However data seems correct, but I don't know how to delete this message.
Thanks,
Carlos

Hi Carlos,
Metalink has some information regarding what sounds like a solution to your problem under Doc Id : 265228.1. Have a read and let us know if this is for you and whether you get it working in a development environment.
Symptoms
Discoverer 10g (9.0.4) Plus and Viewer throws 'page cannot be displayed'
Other symptoms
A.) Discoverer Plus shows a file download dialog with virus warning "Some files can harm your computer. If the file information below looks suspicious, or you do not fully trust the source,do not open or save the file."
Opening or cancelling will again throw "page cannot be displayed"
B.) Plus throws a blank page and Viewer throws 500 internal server error
Cause
Installation failure on configuring discoverer in OC4J_BI_Forms may caused the problem.
Using pre-production / beta code (M16b shiphome) will cause the problem.
Fix
1.) Edit the file $ORACLE_HOME(midtier)/j2ee/OC4J_BI_Forms/config/java2.policy
2.) Add the below lines at the end of the file
================================
grant codebase "file:${oracle.home}/discoverer/lib/discoverer5.jar" {
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "oracle.discoverer.connections";
grant codebase "file:${oracle.home}/j2ee/home/-" {
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "oracle.discoverer.connections";
grant codebase "file:${oracle.home}/portal/jlib/pdkjava.jar" {
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "oracle.discoverer.connections";
grant codebase "file:${oracle.home}/portal/jlib/ptlshare.jar" {
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "oracle.discoverer.connections";
===========================
3.) Restart OPMN.
4.) Invoke Discoverer Plus or Viewer.
Let us know how you get on.
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