Select an End User Layer from the End User Layer drop down list. Click Finish.
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How do I know what Single Sign-on ID is being used in Discoverer Plus?
To find out the Single Sign-on ID being used in Discoverer Plus, choose Help | About Discoverer to display the About Oracle BI Discoverer dialog, and look in the
Connected As area.
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About the Discoverer Plus Relational work area
This chapter introduces the main dialogs that you work with when you use Discoverer Plus Relational, and includes the following topics:
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About the work area
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About Discoverer’s drag and drop features
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About Discoverer menus
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About Discoverer toolbars
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About icons used in the Discoverer item navigator
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What are axis items?
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About data points
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What is the Discoverer Worksheet Wizard?
Note : The examples in this chapter use the sample Video Tutorial Workbook that
comes with Discoverer. The specific tables, charts, data, and other items you see on your screen depend on the actual data in your database, and the workbooks
designed by your organization’s Discoverer manager.
About the work area
The work area is where you do most of your analysis work with Discoverer. The work area displays the current worksheet and tabs for other worksheets in the current
workbook. Discoverer’s navigation facilities make it easy to find your way around workbooks and worksheets to find the information you want.
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Figure 5–1 The Discoverer work area
Key to figure: a.
Menu bar. Click a menu item for example, File to display the menu options.
b. Standard toolbar. To display toolbars, choose View | Toolbars and choose the
toolbar to display. c.
Available Items Pane also referred to as the Discoverer item navigator, showing the folders and items in the selected business area. To display the Available Items Pane,
choose View | Available Items Pane. d.
Selected Items Pane, showing the items included in the worksheet and graph area. To display the Selected Items Pane, choose View | Selected Items Pane.
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Tabs for worksheets in the workbook. Click on another worksheet tab to display that worksheet.
f.
Worksheet title area also referred to as the worksheet header. To display the worksheet title area, choose View | Title.
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Page items area. To display the page items area, choose View | Page Items.
h. Worksheet and graph area. To display the worksheet area, choose View | Table on
a table worksheet or View | Crosstab on a crosstab worksheet. To view the worksheet graph area, choose View | Graph. The graph can be positioned as required
for example, above, below, to the right of the worksheet area. i.
Worksheet text area also referred to as the worksheet footer. To display the worksheet text area, choose View | Text Area.
j.
Business area list, showing the business areas you can access. You can analyze data in the Discoverer work area in different ways:
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using drag and drop for more information, see About Discoverer’s drag and
drop features
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using menus for more information, see About Discoverer menus
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using toolbars for more information, see About Discoverer toolbars
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using the worksheet wizard for more information, see What is the Discoverer
Worksheet Wizard?
About Discoverer’s drag and drop features
When you are working in Discoverer, use the following drag and drop features:
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add items to a worksheet by dragging and dropping the item from the Available Items pane onto the worksheet for more information, see
About dragging and dropping items in the Discoverer work area
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reposition items on a worksheet by dragging and dropping items into position for more information, see
About repositioning items in the Discoverer work area
About dragging and dropping items in the Discoverer work area
As well as using the menus to add and remove items, you can drag and drop items on a worksheet. The example below shows how to add an item to a worksheet by
dragging an item from the Available Items pane onto the worksheet.
Figure 5–2 Adding an item to a worksheet
To remove a worksheet item, you can also drag and drop the item off the worksheet drag to anywhere outside of the worksheet area except the Selected Items pane, if
displayed.
About repositioning items in the Discoverer work area
As well as using the menus to add and remove items, you can reposition a worksheet item by dragging it from one area of the worksheet to another area of the worksheet.
In the example below, the Department item is dragged from the left axis to the top axis.