Preface

Welcome to Discoverer Plus - the complete business intelligence (BI) analysis tool that works over the Internet.

Discoverer Plus enables you to query complex databases without having to understand the database language SQL (Structured Query Language). You can use Discoverer Plus to retrieve and analyze data, and produce reports in printed format or a range of electronic formats.

This tutorial is designed to enable a new Discoverer user to quickly learn the basics of using Discoverer. The tutorial takes you step-by-step through the most familiar business intelligence tasks that you need to analyze data.

Intended Audience

Use this tutorial when you want to learn how to use Discoverer to view and manipulate business intelligence data to support business decisions.

Structure

This tutorial contains the following lessons:

Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Table 0-1 Conventions

Convention	Meaning
File \| New	Menu options are shown with a vertical bar separating the menu and the name of the option. For example, File \| New indicates the selection of the New option from the File menu.
bold type	Bold type is used to distinguish field names in Discoverer dialogs.
italic type	Italic type is used for the names of other Oracle publications. Note: Italic type is also used on reference dialogs to refer to areas of a dialog that have no label.
< >	Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names.
`monotype`	Characters you type are shown in monotype.

Discoverer often gives you several ways to perform an operation. For example, to create a new condition you could:

choose Tools | Conditions
click the Conditions toolbar button

Since you might not be using a mouse, the Discoverer documentation always tells you the menu and menu option to choose.

Oracle9iAS Discoverer Navigation and Accessibility

Keyboard Navigation

Oracle9iAS Discoverer supports standard keyboard navigation. Standard keyboard navigation includes the use of the tab key, mnemonics (using the Alt key and the underlined character), and accelerators (such as Alt+F4 to exit a window).

Changing font sizes and colors for enhanced readability

You can change the font size and color of worksheet items, headings, and totals to make them more readable.

To change the default font size and color of new worksheet items, headings, and totals, choose Tools | Options and specify appropriate settings on the 'Options Dialog: Default Format tab'. To change the font size and color of existing worksheet items, headings, and totals, choose Sheet | Format and specify appropriate settings on the 'Edit worksheet dialog: Format tab'.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

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