This class will teach students the purpose and capabilities of the Discoverer 9i Desktop tool. Users learn to create fully customized ad-hoc queries. They will also learn how to modify the display, drill to data at several levels, analyze the data graphically, and perform other various tasks such as scheduling, importing and exporting workbooks.

This class will present a thorough knowledge of the Discoverer Desktop tool. Thereafter each user can learn to apply this knowledge to the company's internal data model.

NOTE: Administrators are required to attend this 2-day session first!

Oracle Training Prerequisites

None.

Suggested Next Courses

The course Oracle 9i Discoverer Administrator

Oracle Training Audience

End users and Administrators using Discoverer on the Desktop

Oracle Training Course duration

2 Days

Oracle Training Course outline

CREATING QUERIES • STARTING DISCOVERER DESKTOP • COMMAND LINE OPTIONS • ONLINE HELP • THE WORKBOOK WIZARD • THE RESULTS WINDOW

QUERY MANAGEMENT • MANAGING WORKBOOKS • ADDING AND DUPLICATING WORKSHEETS • MOVING/COPYING WORKSHEETS • EDITING WORKSHEETS • RENAMING AND DELETING WORKSHEETS • MANAGING ITEMS

MODIFYING THE DISPLAY • ADDING A REPORT TITLE • PAGE SETUP OPTIONS • FORMATTING HEADINGS • CHANGING HEADING TEXT • MODIFYING HEADING PROPERTIES • FORMATTING DATA • CHANGING DEFAULT COLUMN SIZE • DISPLAYING IMAGES IN BACKGROUND • MODIFYING DATA DISPLAY PROPERTIES • PRINTING THE REPORT

WORKING WITH CONDITIONS AND PARAMETERS • VIEWING, APPLYING, DISABLING CONDITIONS • CREATING NEW CONDITIONS • USING THE NEW CONDITION DIALOG • MULTIPLE AND NESTED FORMULA CONDITIONS • SUBQUERIES • CREATE CONDITIONS USING THE ANALYSIS BAR • EDITING CONDITIONS • WORKING WITH PARAMETERS • VIEWING, APPLYING, AND DISABLING PARAMETERS • CREATING NEW PARAMETERS • EXECUTING THE QUERY WITH THE PARAMETER WIZARD

WORKING WITH EXCEPTIONS AND CALCULATIONS • HOW EXCEPTIONS ARE USED • VIEWING, APPLYING, DISABLING EXCEPTIONS • CREATING AND EDITING EXCEPTIONS • WORKING WITH CALCULATIONS • VIEWING, DISPLAYING, HIDING CALCULATIONS • CREATING CALCULATIONS USING THE EDIT CALCULATION DIALOG • CREATING CALCULATIONS USING THE ANALYSIS BAR • EDITING CALCULATIONS

WORKING WITH SORTS, TOTALS, PERCENTAGES • CREATING COLUMN SORTS • CREATING GROUP SORTS • THE SORT TABLE DIALOG • WORKING WITH TOTALS • VIEWING, DISPLAYING, HIDING TOTALS • CREATING/EDITING TOTALS USING THE TOTAL DIALOG • WORKING WITH PERCENTAGES • VIEWING, DISPLAYING, HIDING PERCENTAGES • CREATING/EDITING PERCENTAGES • USING THE PERCENTAGE DIALOG • USING THE ANALYSIS BAR TO CREATE PERCENTAGES

DRILLING THE DATA • DRILLING UP AND DOWN • DRILLING FROM THE WORKBOOK WINDOW • USING THE DRILL DIALOG • SPECIFYING DRILL OPTIONS • DRILLING TO A RELATED ITEM • DRILLING TO DETAILS IN ANOTHER SHEET • DRILLING TO EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS

GRAPHING DATA • CREATING A GRAPH • SELECTING A GRAPH TYPE • THE GRAPH WINDOW • CUSTOMIZING THE GRAPH • 3D VIEW PROPERTIES • SCALE AND NUMBERS • EDITING THE GRAPH

WORKBOOK MAINTENANCE • SCHEDULING WORKBOOKS • SCHEDULE WORKBOOK DIALOG • SCHEDULING MANAGER • OPENING SCHEDULED WORKBOOKS • EXPORTING DISCOVERER OUTPUT • USING THE EXPORT DIALOG • SENDING WORKBOOKS VIA EMAIL

WORKING WITH SQL AND SETTING OPTIONS • VIEWING, EXPORTING, AND IMPORTING SQL • THE SQL INSPECTOR AND PLAN DISPLAY • SETTING DISCOVERER OPTIONS • GENERAL OPTIONS • QUERY GOVERNOR OPTIONS • TABLE / CROSSTAB OPTIONS • FORMAT OPTIONS • CACHE OPTIONS • ADVANCED OPTIONS • EUL OPTIONS • CONNECTION OPTIONS

USING SQL FUNCTIONS IN DISCOVERER • FUNCTION CATEGORIES • TYPES OF FUNCTIONS • STRING FUNCTIONS • NUMERIC FUNCTIONS • NUMERIC COMPARISON AND PRESENTATION FUNCTIONS • DATE FUNCTIONS • NESTING A FUNCTION

INTRODUCTION TO ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS (OPTIONAL)