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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Intended Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Oracle BI Discoverer Keyboard Navigation
Related Documents
Conventions
JGoodies License Agreement
1
Introducing Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Viewer
1.1
What is Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer?
1.2
Why use Discoverer Viewer?
1.2.1
Easy-to-use Interface
1.2.2
Consistency with Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Desktop
1.2.3
Familiar Browser Facilities with Discoverer Viewer
1.2.4
Database Security
1.2.5
Integration and Customization
1.2.6
JavaScript Enhanced User Interface
1.2.7
Language Support
1.2.8
Publish to Oracle Portal
1.3
What are the new features in Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Viewer 11
g
Release 1 (11.1.1)?
1.4
What are workbooks?
1.5
What are worksheets?
1.6
About Discoverer worksheet types
1.6.1
About table worksheets
1.6.2
About crosstab worksheets
1.7
What are the components of a cube?
1.7.1
What are measures?
1.7.2
What are dimensions and dimension members?
1.7.3
What are dimension hierarchies?
1.7.4
What are dimension attributes?
2
Starting Discoverer Viewer
2.1
What is a Discoverer connection?
2.2
About starting Discoverer Viewer
2.3
How to display the Discoverer Viewer connections page
2.4
How to start Discoverer Viewer using an existing connection
2.5
How to start Discoverer by connecting directly
2.6
How to exit Discoverer Viewer
2.7
Frequently asked questions
2.7.1
What is the End User Layer (EUL)?
2.7.2
What are database accounts?
2.7.3
How do I create and save login information in a Discoverer connection?
2.7.4
How do I edit a Discoverer connection?
2.7.5
How do I delete a Discoverer connection?
2.7.6
What are public connections?
2.7.7
What are user-defined connections?
2.7.8
When and why should I change my password?
2.7.9
How do I change the password for a connection?
2.7.10
How do I change the End User Layer for a Discoverer connection?
2.7.11
What is Single Sign-On?
2.7.12
What is the difference between Single Sign-On and Discoverer passwords?
3
Analyzing data with Discoverer Viewer
3.1
How to open a Discoverer worksheet
3.2
How to save worksheets
3.3
How to preview worksheets before printing
3.4
How to print worksheets
3.5
Exporting Discoverer worksheets
3.5.1
How to export Discoverer worksheets
3.5.2
What are the implications of using different export formats?
3.5.2.1
What does Discoverer do when you export worksheet data using the XLS file format?
3.5.2.2
What does Discoverer do when you export worksheet data using the CSV file format?
3.5.2.3
About exporting Discoverer worksheets to Microsoft Excel Web Query format
3.5.3
How to configure a client machine to automatically open exported Excel files
3.6
How to send Discoverer worksheets in an e-mail
3.7
How to format worksheet items and cells
3.8
Using conditional formatting in Discoverer
3.8.1
What is a conditional format?
3.8.2
What is a stoplight format?
3.8.3
What is a conditional header format?
3.8.4
How to activate and deactivate conditional formats
3.8.5
How to change the precedence of conditional format
3.8.6
How to create a conditional format
3.8.7
How to create a stoplight format
3.8.8
How to create a conditional header format
3.8.9
How to edit conditional formats
3.8.10
How to delete conditional formats
3.9
Using graphs in Discoverer Viewer
3.9.1
About using graphs
3.9.2
How to edit a graph
3.9.3
How to display or hide a graph
3.10
Using parameters in Discoverer Viewer
3.10.1
About using indexes and values in parameters
3.10.2
How to apply different parameter values to worksheets
3.10.3
About error when using lists of values
3.11
How to sort items and measures in a worksheet
3.12
About drilling in Discoverer Viewer
3.13
How to drill down in worksheets
3.14
How to drill up in worksheets
3.15
How to change the layout of a worksheet
3.16
How to apply saved selections
4
Dialog Reference
About Viewer page
Choose attachment type (send as email attachment)
Choose export type page
Component Disabled page
Conditional Formats (Table/Crosstab) page
Create Conditional Cell Format page
Create Conditional Header Format page
Create Stoplight Format page
Drill page
Edit Parameters page
Error page
Export Ready page
Format Cells page
Format Worksheet data links page
Logged Out page
Multiple Sort page
PDF Ready page
PDF Sample Ready page
Preferences page
Printable Page Options page: Content tab
Printable Page Options page: Page Setup tab
Query Canceled page
Query Confirmation needed page
Query Progress page
Save Warning page
Save Workbook As page
Search and Select page
Send Email page
Specify page
Table / Crosstab Layout page
Worksheet Display page
Worksheet Display page: (Actions and Worksheet links)
Worksheet Display page: (Graph tools)
Worksheet Display page: (Page level tools and controls)
Worksheet Display page: (Table/Crosstab tools)
Worksheet List page
Worksheet Options page
Index
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