Why should I use OracleBI Discoverer?

Comparing OracleBI Discoverer with other ways of accessing data that you might have used will help you understand why OracleBI Discoverer is so powerful. Imagine that you want to analyze information in a database. In the past you typically had to:

• understand databases and a programming language called SQL to find the data (or ask a programmer to find the data for you)

• wait a long time for the data to be retrieved

• reformat the data to analyze it (often by exporting the data to a spreadsheet package, graphics package, or statistical analysis package)

With OracleBI Discoverer, you simply open a workbook containing the data you want to see and start analyzing. You do not have to know anything about databases. You do not have to wait a long time to get information. You do not have to use another application to analyze your data.

OracleBI Discoverer's powerful and intuitive user interface enables you to:

• find data that you know is in the database

• access data quickly without waiting for the computer to search through the entire database

• view data in a familiar spreadsheet-style format that is easy to read and understand

• analyze data using a variety of powerful techniques including:

  • drilling up and down through data

  • finding data that meets certain conditions or that falls within ranges that you specify

  • sorting data

• prepare reports showing the results of your analysis

• share data with other people, and in other applications (e.g. Microsoft Excel)