Left axis, containing the Department item. Data points, containing profit sum figures for each region in each department.

Using workbooks and worksheets 6-5 queries and reports. By following a few simple design guidelines, you can maximize Discoverer performance. Where possible: ■ use tabular reports rather than cross-tabular reports ■ minimize the number of page items in reports ■ avoid wide cross tabular report ■ avoid creating reports that return tens of thousands of rows ■ provide parameters to reduce the amount of data produced ■ minimize the number of worksheets in workbooks ■ remove extraneous worksheets from workbooks especially if end users frequently use Discoverer’s export option, see Notes below Notes ■ When end users export data in Discoverer Plus Relational or Discoverer Viewer, they can export either the current worksheet or all the worksheets. In other words, they cannot selectively choose the worksheets to be exported. Remove extraneous worksheets so that extra data is not included when end users export all worksheets. How to open workbooks You open a workbook when you want to access Discoverer worksheets that you have saved previously or have been shared with you. For example, you might open a sales report that you saved previously. Or, you might open a large report that you scheduled to be processed overnight. You can also open workbooks or scheduled workbook results that other users have shared with you. To open a workbook: 1. Start Discoverer for more information, see About starting Discoverer . When you start Discoverer, the Workbook Wizard: CreateOpen Workbook dialog is displayed. Hint : If you have started Discoverer, choose File | Open to display the Open Workbook from Database dialog and skip the next step.

2. Click the Open an existing workbook button to display the

Open Workbook from Database dialog . 6-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus Workbooks are displayed with a book icon. Scheduled workbooks are displayed with a clock icon.

3. Select the workbook you want to analyze from the Workbooks list.

Hint: To open a scheduled workbook, click the + symbol next to the scheduled workbook to expand the list of scheduled workbook results and select a set of results.

4. Click Open to display the selected workbook or set of results.