Discoverer FAQ
From Oracle FAQ
Oracle Discoverer FAQ:
What is Oracle Discoverer and what is it used for?[edit]
Oracle Discoverer provides end users easy access to data and allow them to do data analysis and set-up ad-hoc queries.
Oracle Discoverer (like Oracle Reports and Express Objects) is part of Oracle's Business Intelligence set of tools.
Can one access non-Oracle databases via Discoverer?[edit]
Oracle Discoverer provides native connectivity to the Oracle Database Server and Oracle Rdb via Net8.
Connection to other databases are supported via ODBC.
What are the components of Oracle Discoverer?[edit]
- (Web) Viewer Edition: The Viewer Edition is used to view pre-defined reports. Viewer Edition is currently available for the Web only.
- User Edition: The User Edition is used by end users to perform ad hoc-query, reporting, analysis and web publishing.
- Plus Edition: The Plus Edition is similar to User Edition, except this is being accessed over web.
- Administration Edition: The Administration Edition is used to create and maintain the "End User Layer" (EUL) which is a metadata layer that hides the complexity of the database from end users.
