1 Introducing Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer

This chapter introduces Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer (OracleBI Discoverer), and includes the following topics:

• "What is OracleBI Discoverer?"

• "Why should I use OracleBI Discoverer?"

• "How do I access information using OracleBI Discoverer?"

• "What is a typical workflow with OracleBI Discoverer?"

• "What are the different components of OracleBI Discoverer?"

• "Who is the Discoverer manager and what do they do?"