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Welcome to Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Viewer - the tool that enables you to analyze business data.
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Keyboard Navigation
Oracle Business Intelligence 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).
Use this guide when you want to use Discoverer to view data to support business decisions and you want to know how to:
use existing workbooks to find the information you are interested in
format the information to meet your requirements
analyze the information in different ways
share the information with other users
This manual contains the following parts:
For more information, see the following manuals:
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Plus User's Guide
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Configuration Guide
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Administration Guide
You can access the above documents and other information about Discoverer (e.g. white papers, best practices, tutorials) on the Oracle Technology Network at www.oracle.com/technology.
The following conventions are used in this manual:
| 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 shows 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. |
| < > | Angle brackets enclose user-supplied names. |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none. |
monotype
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Characters you type are shown in monotype. |
Since you might not be using a mouse, the Discoverer documentation always tells you the menu and menu option to choose.
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