#ORACLE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION ADVANTAGE DECK PLUS#
See Also: Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus User's Guide and Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Configuration Guide The database tier may include more than one database. The data users want to analyze, such as an OLAP analytical workspace, data warehouse, or online transaction processing system The Discoverer Catalog for access to multidimensional data sources The Discoverer End User Layer (EUL) that provides an easy-to-understand view of the relational data sources
The Discoverer workbooks used to store reports and charts The Discoverer database tier contains both data and metadata that includes: The services tier also stores the Discoverer Plus applet. The Discoverer middle tier manager controls these components using Oracle Enterprise Manager 10 g Application Server Control. The Discoverer services tier (also called the Discoverer middle tier) consists of Discoverer J2EE and CORBA components. The applet provides the user interface and functionality for creating workbooks and analyzing data.įor Discoverer Viewer and Discoverer portlets on a portal page, the only requirement for the client machine is that it runs a JavaScript-enabled Web browser. The first time a machine is used to connect to Discoverer, the Discoverer Plus applet is downloaded from the Discoverer services tier and cached on the client machine. The Discoverer client tier is the Web browser accessing Discoverer Plus (OLAP or Relational), Discoverer Viewer, or Discoverer Portlets included on an OracleAS Portal page.įor Discoverer Plus, the only requirement for the client machine is that it runs a Java-enabled Web browser. OracleBI Discoverer components are installed across the following tiers: Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer has a multi-tier architecture, which takes advantage of the distributed nature of the Web environment. Figure 5-2 Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Architectureĭescription of the illustration bidiscoarch.gif