User A shares the scheduled workbook with User B, User C, and User D. User B, User C, and User D can access the scheduled workbook results sets in

Sharing workbooks 20-5 How to share multiple workbooks with a single Discoverer user You share multiple workbooks with a single Discoverer user when you want another user to access workbooks using Discoverer. For example, you might want to enable a Discoverer user to access several sales workbooks that you have created. To share multiple workbooks with a single Discoverer user: 1. Choose Tools | Manage Workbooks to display the Manage Workbooks dialog .

2. Select a workbook in the list and click Share to display the

Share Workbooks dialog: Workbook - User tab .

3. Display the

Share Workbooks dialog: User - Workbook tab Hint : In the User list, database users are represented by a person icon. Database roles are represented by a mask icon. 4. Click Select User to display the Select User dialog . 20-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus 5. Use the Select User dialog to search for and select a database user or role to share the workbooks with. The Shared list now displays workbooks if any that are shared with the currently selected user or role. 6. To share additional workbooks with the selected database user or role, move workbooks from the Available list to the Shared list. Hint: You can select multiple workbooks by pressing the Ctrl key and clicking another workbook. 7. Click OK to share the selected workbooks with the database user or role and close the Share Workbooks dialog. Discoverer users connecting as the database user or role that you selected can access the workbooks when they next connect to Discoverer. Part IV Part IV Advanced Discoverer Plus Relational features This part covers Discoverer Plus Relational’s advanced features, such as scheduling, lists of values, SQL, and changing default settings. 21 Advanced Discoverer Plus Relational Features 21-1 21 Advanced Discoverer Plus Relational Features This chapter explains how to use some of Discoverer Plus Relational’s advanced features, and includes the following topics: ■ Using scheduled workbooks ■ Using lists of values LOVs ■ Changing default settings ■ Using SQL Using scheduled workbooks This section describes how to improve productivity using Discoverer’s scheduling facilities, and includes the following topics: ■ What are scheduled workbooks? ■ When to use scheduled workbooks ■ An example of using a scheduled workbook ■ About accessing scheduled workbook results sets ■ About how scheduled workbooks are processed ■ About scheduled workbooks and aggregation ■ How to schedule workbooks ■ How to edit scheduled workbooks ■ How to copy a scheduled workbook ■ How to unschedule a scheduled workbook ■ How to delete scheduled workbooks and scheduled workbook results sets What are scheduled workbooks? A scheduled workbook is a read-only copy of a workbook that Discoverer processes at a particular time and frequency. For example, you might want to process worksheets in a workbook called Monthly Sales Report at midnight on the first day of each month. You typically use scheduled workbooks to produce regular reports or to produce complex reports that must be processed at off-peak times.