Preface

Welcome to Oracle9iAS Discoverer!

This guide explains how to configure and customize Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer after they have been installed as part of Oracle9i Application Server.

This guide does not explain how to install Oracle9iAS Discoverer. For information about installation, refer to the Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide.

To use this guide effectively, we recommend you are already familiar with HTTP servers and database concepts.

For the latest information, please read the Oracle9iAS Discoverer Release Notes in conjunction with this guide.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for Discoverer Administrators.

Conventions

In this manual:

• EUL, the End User Layer^TM, refers to the metadata interface between the database and Discoverer.

• <iSUITES_HOME> refers to the directory where the Oracle HTTP Server (powered by Apache) and the JServ servlet engine software are installed, along with the Oracle RDBMS. For example, <iSUITES_HOME> might be D:\oracle\iSuites.

• <ORACLE_806_HOME> refers to the directory where products (e.g. Oracle9iAS Discoverer) that depend on Oracle 8.0.6 RSFs (Required Support Files) are installed. If no default Oracle Home exists, <ORACLE_806_HOME> is a subdirectory of <iSUITES_HOME>. For example, <ORACLE_806_HOME> might be D:\orant\6iserver.

Other conventions used in this manual are shown in the table below:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipses in examples indicate omitted information not necessary for the example.
. . .	Horizontal ellipses in statements or commands indicate omitted material not necessary for the statement or command.
boldface text	Boldface type in text indicates a command name, menu name, file name, keyboard keys, or other choice or selection.
italic text	Italic type indicates a term defined in the text, the glossary, or in both locations. It can also represent a variable, and be used to provide emphasis.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.
Menu name | Command	Text in this format conveys a sequence of choices, i.e., choose the menu, then the command under that menu.
Courier text	Text in this format indicates a command line to be typed.

Note that Oracle9iAS Discoverer is supported on Windows NT and Windows 2000 (Service Pack1). Instructions in this manual assume you are using Windows NT (unless stated otherwise). If you are using Windows 2000, replace Windows NT Start menu options with the equivalent Windows 2000 Start menu options. For example, to display the Services dialog:

• on Windows NT, you select Start | Settings | Control Panel, and double-click on the Services icon

• on Windows 2000, you select Start | Programs | Administrative Tools | Services

Oracle9iAS Discoverer Navigation and Accessibility

Keyboard Navigation

Oracle9iAS Discoverer supports standard keyboard navigation. Standard keyboard navigation includes the use of the tab key, mnemonics (using the Alt key and the underlined character), and accelerators (such as Alt+F4 to exit a window).

Documentation Accessibility

Oracle's goal is to make our products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to the disabled community with good usability. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For additional information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.