How to start Discoverer using an existing connection

When you start Discoverer using an existing connection, you can use one of the following:

• an existing public connection created by the Discoverer manager (available for Discoverer Plus Relational only)

• an existing private connection that you created earlier

To start Discoverer using an existing connection:

1. Display the Discoverer Viewer connections page (for more information, see "How to display the Discoverer Plus connections page").

2. Select the name of a connection name in the Connection column to start Discoverer.

   Hint: To confirm that you are using the correct login, click Show in the Details column to display more information about a login. To hide additional information, click Hide.

   You can now begin to analyze data using Discoverer's powerful analysis tools.

Notes

• For information about how to create and save a private Discoverer connection, see "How do I create and save login information in a Discoverer connection?".

• You can use only private connections with Discoverer Plus OLAP. Public connections are not supported. However, you can use public connections with Discoverer Viewer and Discoverer portals to access worksheets that you have created with Discoverer Plus OLAP.

• If you have already used Oracle's Single Sign-On functionality to establish a database connection, you will not be prompted for password information when you start Discoverer Plus.