1.4 About Transparently Using R on Oracle Database Data

Oracle R Enterprise has overloaded open source R methods and functions that you can use to operate directly on data in an Oracle Database instance. The methods and functions are in packages that implement a transparency layer that translates R functions into SQL.

The Oracle R Enterprise transparency layer packages and the limitations of converting R into SQL are described in the following topics:

• About the Transparency Layer

• Transparency Layer Support for R Data Types and Classes

See Also:

"Getting Started with Oracle R Enterprise"