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The language that should be used in Discoverer In the example shown in
Figure 3–1 , a connection named Customer Reports has been
created. This connection contains login information to enable end users to connect to the database containing customer reports, without having to enter login details.
Figure 3–1 Connections page in Oracle BI Discoverer Plus
Notes
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A connection is visible to both Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer end users.
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If end users do not want to store login details in a connection, they can enter login details directly by using the Connect Directly area of the Discoverer connections
page.
3.1.1 About Discoverer private connections and Single Sign-On
If single sign-on is enabled, Discoverer private connections work as follows:
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When Discoverer end users select a Discoverer private connection for the first time, they are prompted to enter their Oracle Single Sign-On or Oracle Access
Manager details if they have not been authenticated.
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After Discoverer end users have been authenticated by Oracle Single Sign-On or Oracle Access Manager, they can select a Discoverer private connection without
entering the Discoverer password.
For more information about single sign-on for Discoverer, see Section 13.8.1, Using
Discoverer with Oracle Single Sign-On and
Section 13.8.2, Using Discoverer with Oracle Access Manager
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3.2 What are the types of Discoverer connections?
Discoverer supports the following types of connections:
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Private connection
Private connections are created and maintained by Discoverer end users. They have the following characteristics:
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Private connections are private to the Discoverer end user that created it.
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Discoverer end users create and maintain their own private connections. For more information about controlling what types of connection Discoverer
end users can use, see Section 3.5, About specifying whether Discoverer end
users can create their own private connections.
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If single sign-on is enabled, Discoverer end users can use their private connections from any client machine. If single sign-on is not enabled, private
connections are stored as cookies, and are accessible only on the machine and browser on which they were created. For more information about Single
Sign-On, see
Section 3.1.1, About Discoverer private connections and Single Sign-On.
For information about creating private connections, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus.
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Public connection
Public connections are created and maintained by Discoverer middle tier managers.
For example, if you want to provide Discoverer end users with access to the Discoverer sample workbooks, you might create a public connection called
Sample workbooks.
Public connections have the following characteristics:
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A public connection is available to Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer end users.
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Public connections enable Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer end users to access data to which the PUBLIC role has access.
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Discoverer Plus and Viewer users cannot add, edit, or delete public connections.
For more information about how to create public connections, see Section 3.6,
How to create public connections.
In a secure Discoverer environment you might want to use only public connections, so that you can restrict database access to login details that you specify. In other words,
Note: When you create a public connection to a multidimensional
data source, the public connection is available only to Discoverer Viewer and Discoverer Portlet Provider users. Public OLAP
connections are not available to Discoverer Plus OLAP users.
Note: In a secure Discoverer environment you might want to use
only public connections, so that you can restrict database access to login details that you specify. In other words, you might want to
prevent Discoverer end users from creating private connections. For more information, see
Section 3.6, How to create public connections.
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you might want to prevent Discoverer end users from creating private connections. For more information, see
Section 3.5, About specifying whether Discoverer end users can create their own private connections.
3.3 About managing Discoverer connections
