Invoking Discoverer

Author : Mr Vijay Dhapola
http://oracle.anilpassi.com

This article from Vijay Dhapola details the steps to invoke Discoverer Report from
Oracle Applications eBusiness Suite.

First Create Report in Discoverer.

Login to Discoverer Administration Edition.

Enter the Existing Business Area or Create any new Business Area as required..

Open the Business Area

Create a Custom Folder

Insert Folder Custom


Write the SQL for discoverer Report and Name the Custom Folder
Then Validate the SQL


Now Apply Security to the Custom Folder

Tool Security


In Tab Business Area User Tab
Select Your Business Area then
Select the User/Responsibilities to whom you want to give access to this Report
Select User/Responsibilities from Available User/Responsibilities Use to
transfer to Selected User/Responsibilities.


Also you can make a Business Area accessible to any User or Responsibility

Go to User Business Area Tab

Select User/Responsibility in Drop Down list of User/Resp

The Checkbox Users and Resps are use to Show User or Responsibility or Both
In the dropdown list for User/Resp

Now Select the Business Area from Available Business Area and
Use to transfer to Selected Business Area for your selected User
Once done Press Apply then Ok


Once Security is given You must provide the Privileges to your User or Responsibility

Tool Privileges

Select your User Under Privileges tab
Provide the Privileges you want to give to your User
Once done Press Apply then OK.


Now Login Discoverers Desktop Edition

Click on Create a New Workbook then Select the type of Workbook .


Click Next

Select the Business Area from Available Drop Down


Then Select Your Folder Created previously in Admin Edition
And Use to transfer to Selected


Click Next
As Required you can Use the Checkbox Show Page Items and Hide Duplicate Rows

Click Next

Here You can place some Condition to your Fetched Records
Click New and

Enter Description

Enter Item from Drop Down List ,
Enter your Condition and the Values


Click OK and Next

Then You can Sort your data
Click Add and Select the Column
You can also Add multiple Columns

Click Next

Here You can Perform some Calculation by Click on New


Click Finish

Once finish it will run the query and display the results


Although my query entered in Admin Edition results 3 Records but bcoz of applying the
condition Transaction_type_code=ADDITION it show only One record.


Once this is done..
Now its Time to make the report available in Application

Login to Application Developer Function


Enter Function , User Function Name, Description(Optional) in Description Tab


In Properties Tab

Select Type SSWA plsql function
Maintenance Mode Support None
Context Dependence - Responsibility


In Form Tab

Paramters -
Enter the Workbook name created previously

workbook=TEST_WORKBOOK1

incase you want to give some parameters then you can use

workbook=TEST_WORKBOOK1&Parameters=age~26*salary~1000*

syntax
workbook=<workbook_name>&parameters=<Parameter_name1>~<value1>*<Parameter
_name2>~<value2>*<Parameter_name3>~<value3>*


In Web HTML Tab

Enter HTML Call - OracleOasis.RunDiscoverer


Add the Function in Any existing or new Menu..


Navigate to Responsibility which contain this Menu.





Please Note Discoverer Report is not invoke when youve direct login into
Application Server through http://<url>:<port number>/dev60cgi/f60cgi

You need to access through web server
Otherwise it will give Error


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