Oracle9iAS Discoverer Configuration Guide Version 9.0.2 Part Number A95458-02 |
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Welcome to Oracle9iAS Discoverer!
This guide explains how to configure and customize Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer after they have been installed as part of Oracle9i Application Server.
This guide does not explain how to install Oracle9iAS Discoverer. For information about installation, refer to the Oracle9i Application Server Installation Guide.
To use this guide effectively, we recommend that you are already familiar with HTTP servers and database concepts.
For the latest information, please read the Oracle9iAS Discoverer Release Notes in conjunction with this guide.
This guide is intended for Discoverer Services tier (also referred to as Discoverer middle tier) managers and application server administrators.
In this manual:
Other conventions used in this manual are shown in the table below:
Note that Oracle9iAS Discoverer is supported on Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Unix (Solaris, 4P, AIX, Linux). Instructions for the Windows platform in this manual assume you are using Windows NT (unless stated otherwise). If you are using Windows 2000, replace Windows NT Start menu options with the equivalent Windows 2000 Start menu options. For example, to display the Services dialog:
For more information, see the following manuals:
To run Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer, you must have installed in the database a Discoverer End User Layer (EUL) version 5.1. The Discoverer manager must have created or upgraded the End User Layer using Oracle9i Discoverer Administrator (which is shipped as a component of Oracle9i Developer Suite Release 2).
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).
If users will use Discoverer with a screen reader (e.g. JAWS), you might do the following to maximize usability:
Note: You can also specify a number of seconds delay on a global basis using the query_progress_delay configuration value in the configuration.xml file (for more information, see Section A.4, "List of configuration settings in configuration.xml").
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