Re: Discoverer

Jason,

> > How much training does the administrator require, inorder to support
> > Discoverer?

Discoverer is split across two applications - Administration Edition, creating folders, joins, grants etc..etc

and the User Edition - creating the worksheets graphs etc..etc..

You will need minimum of one user that has been trained on the Administration Edition - pref someone experience in basic dba roles - grants and permissions stuff.

> > Do the end users require formal training?

Depends on the level of literacy amongst your users, Disco User is fairly intuitive.

You could have one person trained on User Edition and get them to role it out to your users (possibly the Disco Administrator).

You can find associated costs on the Oracle Website.

> > How long does Discoverer take to setup, does it require it's own box, or
> can
> > it be run of the same box as the database.

Runs on the same database under a different schema. Can be installed in as little as an hour.

> > If anyone has any opinions on Discoverer, they would be greatly
> appreciated.

Excellent tool if used correctly - put simply it generates SQL displays the results. It ain't a reporting tool as advanced as Oracle Reports, but it can be made to do some quite complex stuff.

Hope this helps.

ps. feel free to email with any more questions

"Rui Brito" <rumanuel_at_netc.pt> wrote in message news:3c323aeb_at_212.18.160.197...
> Discoverer is a good and nice tool.
> It a Excel like. You can make graphics, sorts, changes Fonts and colors
with
> conditions, etc..
> You can export to Excel too.
> The administrator work is define Layers, wich mean, create groups of
tables
> co-relationed, changing their names (tables and columns) to a "mortal"
name
> identified by end users and publishe them layers.
> The End users can create reports using the Layers made by Administrator.
> It´s easy.
> You can put a icon in desktop, click in and voilá ...
>
> See the tutorials come with product.
> Same database ? Sure. Create a user and install the Repository of
Discoverer
> in that user. After, create a Work Area referenced your production tables
of
> your application who have the data to query and WORK.
>
> Rui Brito
>
>
>
> "Jason Onyskiw" <jonyskiw_at_phrd.ab.ca> wrote in message
> news:75XX7.10780$e4.3249466_at_news0.telusplanet.net...
> > I have been asked to prepare a proposal on discoverer. I think the Gods
> > must hate me, since I know nothing about Discoverer. I am the junior
> > Analyst, with just over one year of Oracle experience. I have to figure
> out
> > what our startup and ongoing cost would be if we descided to go ahead of
> > with it. We are an organization with ~150 users, only about 20 users
> would
> > be using Discoverer. It should also be mentioned, that we are already
> > licensed for discoverer, so there is no cost for the program. But I need
> to
> > figure out the other costs.
> >
> >
> >
> > How much training does the administrator require, inorder to support
> > Discoverer?
> >
> >
> >
> > Do the end users require formal training?
> >
> >
> >
> > How long does Discoverer take to setup, does it require it's own box, or
> can
> > it be run of the same box as the database.
> >
> >
> >
> > If anyone has any opinions on Discoverer, they would be greatly
> appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 03 2002 - 15:24:23 CET