Summary

OracleAS Discoverer 10 g gives end users incredible flexibility when viewing complex reports over the Web. By having the complex aspects of SQL encapsulated in the Discoverer End- User Layer, you enable end users to manipulate reports without having to master the intricate details of SQL syntax. By giving end users the power to manipulate reports, multiple benefits are realized, including these:

• Empowering end users to make decisions quicker and with greater confidence

• Decreased burden on programming, QA, and implementation staff

• Increased understanding of data through the use of graphs

• The ability to export data into tools like Excel for further analysis and reporting

OracleAS provides a production-quality web-based development environment, Discoverer Plus, which decreases Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by reducing licensing fees and maintenance fees involved in maintaining client PC configurations. Discoverer Plus provides wizards for virtually every aspect of Discoverer report development, allowing developers to change aspects of their reports on the fly before saving the finished product to the database. As Discoverer Workbooks and Worksheets are stored within the database, viewing them over the Web requires no conversion work whatsoever, something that is not true for Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports.

Discoverer Viewer is a powerful web-based application that allows end users to view Discoverer Workbooks and Worksheets over the Web. All advanced Discoverer features used in Discoverer Plus, such as drill- downs and LOVs, are available to end users in Discoverer Viewer. Discoverer Viewer includes a powerful export feature that allows end users to export Discoverer data into various formats for further analysis or reporting.

The features, along with OracleAS Discoverer 10 g ˜s integration with Oracle Identity Management and Oracle Web Cache, make Discoverer a true world-class solution for virtually any organization s reporting needs.