About Discoverer connections and Oracle e-Business Suite

14 Oracle BI Discoverer and Oracle e-Business Suite 14-1 14 Oracle BI Discoverer and Oracle e-Business Suite This chapter only applies to Discoverer Plus Relational and Discoverer Viewer. For more information about configuring Discoverer Plus OLAP, see Chapter 5, Configuring Discoverer Plus OLAP . This chapter explains how Oracle BI Discoverer provides capabilities for integrating with Oracle e-Business Suite, and contains the following topics: ■ Section 14.1, About Discoverer connections and Oracle e-Business Suite ■ Section 14.2, About Discoverer private connections, Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle e-Business Suite users ■ Section 14.3, About Discoverer preference settings for Oracle e-Business Suite For information about Discoverer and Oracle e-Business Suite certification, see Section E.3, Discoverer and Oracle Applications certification . Note : The terms Oracle Applications and Oracle e-Business Suite are used interchangeably in this chapter.

14.1 About Discoverer connections and Oracle e-Business Suite

Discoverer end users can connect to an Oracle Applications database using their Oracle e-Business Suite user ID and responsibility. End users can select an existing connection that is, a stored set of database login details or connect to Discoverer directly. For more information about connecting to Discoverer using an existing connection, see Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus. Oracle e-Business Suite users can connect to Discoverer directly by selecting Oracle Applications from the Connect To drop down list in the Connect Directly area on the Connect to Discoverer page. 14-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Figure 14–1 Discoverer Connect Directly area showing Oracle Applications selected using the Connect To drop down list When an end user connects as an Oracle e-Business Suite user by selecting the Oracle Applications option from the Connect To drop down list, if the end user has more than one Oracle Applications Responsibility, Discoverer prompts them to specify an Applications Responsibility for example, System Administrator. Notes ■ Discoverer is configured for a mixed application environment that is, where some users use Oracle e-Business Suite and some do not. In other words, in the Connect To field on the login page or Discoverer Create Connection page, end users can select Oracle BI Discoverer, Oracle Applications, or Oracle BI Discoverer Plus OLAP. ■ Oracle e-Business Suite security can only apply if you select Oracle Applications from the Connect To drop down list. It is not possible to define an Oracle BI for OLAP connection that uses e-Business Suite security. ■ You can also create public Oracle e-Business Suite connections using Oracle Fusion Middleware Control. For more information, refer to Section 3.6, How to create public connections or Oracle Fusion Middleware Control Help. ■ A default Oracle e-Business Suite Gateway User ID GWYUID, password, and Foundation Name FNDNAM is specified in the pref.txt configuration file for more information about preference settings, see Section 14.3, About Discoverer preference settings for Oracle e-Business Suite . ■ For connections when launching Discoverer from the BIS, EDW or DBI home pages, Discoverer uses a DBC file stored in a location specified by the FND_ SECURE and FND_TOP variables stored in configuration.xml. For more information about the location of configuration.xml, see Section A.1, Discoverer file locations . Note: The note above does not apply when users use Oracle e-Business Suite connections from the Connect to Oracle BI Discoverer page. For more information about Database Connection DBC files, see Oracle Applications System Administrators Guide. Oracle BI Discoverer and Oracle e-Business Suite 14-3

14.2 About Discoverer private connections, Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle e-Business Suite users