Introducing Discoverer 4i Plus

Discoverer 4i Plus is the Internet version of the award-winning Windows product, Discoverer Plus. If you are already familiar with the Windows product, you will recognize the Internet version's features. The two versions are compatible; and you can share work between them.

With Discoverer, business professionals like you can get and analyze data that you know is in a your company's database--without having to understand difficult database concepts. Using Wizard dialogs and menus, Discoverer guides you through the steps to get and analyze data that supports your business decisions. Discoverer does most of the hard work for you.

New Discoverer Features

Discoverer 4i Plus Release 4.1 contains the following new features:

• Analytic Functions - perform complex mathematical analysis with this extended range of statistical functions, (see Analytic Function Examples).

• Charting - analyze your information visually using a wide range of 3-Dimensional graphs, (see Graphing Your Data).

• Export - export your Worksheets to many different formats using the new Export Wizard, including quick format options for HTML and Microsoft Excel, (see Exporting Data to Other Application Formats).

• Improved Formatting - format your Worksheets more easily, (see Choosing Font Options).

• Oracle Applications - connect to Oracle Applications EULs as well as standard Discoverer EULs, (see Oracle Applications Support).

• Printing - print your Worksheets more easily using the new Print Wizard, (see Printing Worksheets and Graphs).

• SQL Inspector and Execution Plan - when using Oracle 8i, monitor the Oracle database server execution plan, (see Using SQL).

• Workbook Identifiers - manage unique Workbook Identifiers, (see Looking at a Workbook's Properties).

• Workbook Level Parameters - create Parameters at Workbook and Worksheet level, (see Creating Parameters).

Using Discoverer to support your business decisions

Business professionals rely on a broad skill set to make effective and profitable business decisions. You rely on your education, experience, and instinct to make the right decisions when money is at risk. With the addition of empirical data, you can make better-informed decisions.

Currently, many large organizations hire highly-paid information technology (IT) professionals who get data out of databases and provide it to decisions makers. This process can be slow and costly. And typically, few people benefit from the knowledge derived by this method. However, with Discoverer, you or anyone else with database-access privilege can get data from databases delivered right to your desktop computer. With Discoverer, get the information you need, make better-informed business decisions, and share them with other people in persuasive ways.

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