Oracle9i Discoverer

This 2-day course will teach students the purpose and capabilities of the Discoverer 9i Desktop tool. Users learn to create fully customized ad-hoc queries. They will also learn how to modify the display, drill to data at several levels, analyze the data graphically, and perform other various tasks such as scheduling, importing and exporting workbooks. Administrators should attend this course first.

Target audience

The target audience for this course is end users and administrators of the Oracle 9i Discoverer Desktop tool. There are no prerequisites to this course

Course content

Creating queries Starting discoverer desktop • Command line options • Online help • The workbook wizard • The results window

Query management Managing workbooks • Adding and duplicating workbooks • Moving/copying workbooks • Editing workbooks • Renaming and deleting workbooks • Managing items

Modifying the display Adding a report title • Page setup options • Formatting headings • Changing heading text • Modifying heading properties • Formatting data • Changing default column size • Displaying images in background • Modifying data display properties • Printing the report

Working with conditions and parameters Viewing, applying, displaying conditions • Creating new conditions • Using the new condition dialog • Multiple and nested formula conditions • Subqueries • Create conditions using the Analysis bar • Editing conditions • Working with parameters • Viewing, applying and disabling parameters • Creating new parameters • Executing the query with the parameter wizard

Working with exceptions and calculations How exceptions are used • Viewing, applying and disabling exceptions • Creating and editing exceptions • Working with calculations • Viewing, displaying and hiding calculations • Creating calculations using the edit calculation dialog • Creating calculations using the analysis bar • Editing calculations

Working with sorts, totals and percentages Creating column sorts • Creating group sorts • The sort table dialog • Working with totals • Viewing, displaying, hiding tools • Creating/editing totals using the total dialog • Working with percentages • Viewing, displaying, hiding percentages • Creating/editing percentages • Using the percentage dialog • Using the analysis bar to create percentages

Drilling the data Using the drill dialog • Specifying drill options • Drilling to a related item • Drilling to details in another sheet • Drilling to external applications

Graphing data Creating a graph • Selecting a graph type • The graph window • Customizing the graph • 3D view properties • Scale and numbers • Editing the graph

Workbook maintenance Scheduling workbooks • Schedule workbook dialog • Scheduling manager • Opening scheduled workbooks • Exporting discoverer output • Using the export dialog • Sending workbooks via e-mail

Working with SQL and setting options Viewing, exporting and importing SQL • The SQL inspector and plan display • Setting discoverer options • General options • Query governor options • Table/crosstab options • Format options • Cache options • Advanced options • EUL options • Connection options

Using SQL functions in discoverer Function categories • Types of functions • String functions • Numeric functions • Numeric comparison and presentation functions • Date functions • Nesting a function

Introduction to analytic functions (optional)

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