AUDIENCE:   This course is for Oracle Administrators supporting Discoverer. PREREQUISITES:   Attending Verhoef’s Oracle SQL Part 1 or equivalent knowledge is essential. DURATION:   3 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This class will teach students the purpose of, capabilities and how to use the Discoverer Administrator tool. This tool allows users to create an End User Layer, which serves as a metalayer between the data source and Discoverer. Students will also learn how to create and manage business areas, which will hide the complexity of the data source and provide a user-friendly view of the data for end users. This class will present a thorough knowledge of the Discoverer tool. Thereafter, each user can learn to apply this knowledge to the company's internal data model. Data administrators are in the best position to explain the company's data model. COURSE CONTENT:   Module Creating Queries Query Management Modifying the display Working with conditions and parameters Working with exceptions and calculations Working with SORTS, TOTALS, Percentages Drilling the Data Graphing Data Workbook maintenance Working with SQL and setting options Using SQL functions in Discoverer Introduction to the analytic functions (optional) Creating and Managing Business Areas Discovering components Installing the EUL Starting Oracle Discoverer Administrator Using the CREATE EUL Wizard Deleting and End User layer Creating a Business Area using the LOAD Wizard The Work Area Managing Business Areas Opening a Business Area Closing Business Areas Adding Business Areas Deleting Business Areas Business Area Properties Online Help Working with Folders and Joins Working with Folders Adding Folders with the LOAD Wizard Managing Folders Deleting Folders Creating Custom Folders Adding an empty COMPLEX Folder Creating COMPLEX Folders Working with Joins Creating Joins Editing Joins Deleting Joins Join Properties Sorting Folders Working with ITEMS and ITEM CLASSES Working with ITEMS Creating CALCULATED ITEMS Editing ITEMS Deleting ITEMS Sorting ITEMS Registering PL/SQL Functions ITEM Classes Creating ITEM Classes with the ITEM Class Wizard The ITEM Classes tab The EFFECT on the ITEM Class Editing ITEM Classes Deleting ITEM Classes ITEM Class Properties Working with Conditions and Hierarchies Working with Conditions Creating Conditions Editing Conditions Deleting Conditions Condition Properties Working with Hierarchies Creating ITEM Hierarchies with the Hierarchy Wizard Creating Date Hierarchies with the Hierarchy Wizard The with the Hierarchies Tab The effect of the DATE Hierarchy Editing Hierarchies Deleting Hierarchies Hierarchy Properties Security, Privileges, And Summaries Business Area Security User privileges Summaries and Materialized Views Creating and maintaining Summaries Registering an external summary table The Summaries Tab Editing and Refreshing Summaries Deleting Summaries Summary properties What is Automated Summary Management? Accessing the Underlying Materialized View Business Area Maintenance Exporting, Importing Managed Scheduled Workbooks Refreshing a Business Area Setting the Default EUL Command Line Options Using EUL Status Workbooks