ORA10g304 - Oracle Application Server 10g: Develop An End User Layer (EUL)

Course ORA10g304

Table of Contents

Introduction
Audience
At Course Completion
Prerequisites
Certified Professional Exams
Student Materials
Course Outline

Introduction

This 3-day course teaches how to create and customize the End User Layer, how to create business areas and folders, and define analytical facilities for end users. Students also learn about the different types of connection mechanisms supported by OracleAS Discoverer and how to control the user access to the End User Layer. Students learn how to use materialized views and automated summary management. In addition, students learn how to use Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control to configure OracleAS Discoverer.

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Audience

• Business Analysts
• Data Warehouse Administrators
• Data Warehouse Analysts

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At Course Completion

At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

• Optimize query performance, using summaries.
• Manage and configure Discoverer, using Application Server Control.
• Describe the Single Sign On Option supported by Discoverer.
• Register Discoverer as a portlet provider with OracleAS Portal.
• Add Discoverer portlets to a portal page.
• Design, create, and maintain the End User Layer.
• Implement and administer Discoverer.
• Control user access to and Customize the End User Layer.

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Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Completed ora10g008, Oracle Database 10g: Introduction to SQL I, or equivalent.
• Completed ora10g502, Oracle AS Discoverer 10g: Create Queries & Reports, or equivalent.

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Certified Professional Exams

No exam currently exists for this course.

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Student Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Course Outline

INTRODUCTION TO DISCOVERER DESKTOP AND WEB INTERFACES DISCOVERER END USER TOOLS

• DEVELOPING REPORTS
• WORKBOOK MAINTENANCE
• USING CONDITIONS
• DRILLING THE DATA

CREATING AND MANAGING BUSINESS AREAS

• DISCOVERER COMPONENTS
• INSTALLING THE EUL
• STARTING ORACLE10G DISCOVERER ADMINISTRATOR
• USING THE CREATE EUL WIZARD
• DELETING AN 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 OF THE ITEM CLASS
• EDITING ITEM CLASSES
• DELETING ITEM CLASSES
• ITEM CLASS PROPERTIES

WRITING AND REGISTERING A PL/SQL FUNCTION

• THE NEED FOR PL/SQL FUNCTIONS
• WRITING THE FUNCTION
• REGISTERING THE FUNCTION
• USING THE FUNCTION

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 HIERARCHIES TAB
• THE EFFECT OF THE DATE HIERARCHY
• EDITING HIERARCHIES
• DELETING HIERARCHIES
• HIERARCHY PROPERTIES

HIERARCHICAL QUERIES (CONNECT BY PRIOR)

• USING HIERARCHICAL RELATIONSHIPS
• ONE TO MANY (1:N) HIERARCHY
• MANY TO MANY (M:N) HIERARCHY

ADVANCED HIERARCHICAL QUERIES

• EXPANDING DISPLAYS FOR HIERARCHICAL QUERIES
• ONE TO MANY HIERARCHY - ANY LEVEL
• MANY TO MANY HIERARCHY - ANY LEVEL
• CREATING THE BOM QUERY IN DISCOVERER DESKTOP

SECURITY AND PRIVILEGES

• BUSINESS AREA SECURITY
• USER PRIVILEGES

DISCOVERER SUMMARIES/MATERIALIZED VIEWS

• SUMMARIES AND MATERIALIZED VIEWS
• CREATING AND MAINTAINING SUMMARIES
• CREATING SUMMARIES WITH THE SUMMARY WIZARD
• CREATING SUMMARIES USING QUERY PERFORMANCE STATISTICS
• 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
• MANAGE SCHEDULED WORKBOOKS
• REFRESHING A BUSINESS AREA
• SETTING THE DEFAULT EUL

USING EUL STATUS WORKBOOKS

• WHAT ARE EUL STATUS WORKBOOKS?
• THE DISCOVERER V5 EUL BUSINESS AREA
• SETUP FOR EUL STATUS WORKBOOKS
• USING EUL STATUS WORKBOOKS

USING THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

• WHAT IS THE DISCOVERER COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE
• USING THE DISCOVERER ADMIN COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE
• USING THE DISCOVERER DESKTOP COMMAND-LINE INTEFRACE

ADMINISTERING DISCOVERER USING ENTERPRISE MANAGER SERVER CONTROL

• DISCOVERER APPLICATION SERVER ARCITECTURE/OVERVIEW
• MONITORING AS APPLICATION COMOPNENTS
• MONITORING DISCOVERER COMPONENTS
• CUSTOMIZE DISCOVERER PLUS LOOK AND FEEL
• CUSTOMIZE DISCOVERER VIEWER LOOK AND FEEL

DISCOVERER DEBUG TRACE

• REASONS FOR CREATING A DEBUG TRACE
• SETTING UP THE DEBUG TRACE
• GENERATING THE DEBUG TRACE
• ABOUT THE DEBUG TRACE LOG FILE
• USING METALINK

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