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Comparison - Oracle Discoverer & BI Publisher

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Licensing Mechanism

 Oracle Discoverer :
Server : Server Based
Developer : Desktop Based
Viewer : Named user license.

 Oracle BI Publisher
Server : Server Based
Developer/Viewer : Named user license

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Oracle Discoverer ² Advantages and Challenges


‡ Oracle Discoverer is an ad-hoc query and analysis tool.

‡ End users can interactively navigate, drill down, slice and dice, aggregate and add calculations ² easy to
use.

‡ Work sheets can be customized at portal level for each user.

‡ Multi-dimensional view and drill-down analysis through drag-n-drop

‡ Seamless integration with Metadata of Oracle Warehouse Builder


‡ Lack of Distribution Automation, Distribution Security

‡ Limited Formats Supported

‡ Oracle native connection, no multiple data sources, other RDBMS via ODBC only

‡ Longevity of the Discover tool since Oracle promotes BI Suite.

‡ Reporting capabilities are limited to single block (only one graph/crosstab/table).

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Oracle BI Publisher ² Advantages and Challenges



‡ It is a scheduling and Publishing tool for Oracle BI Tools.

‡ Access data from multiple, disparate data sources into a single Data Model.

‡ Seamless integration with Oracle BI Tools.

‡ Integration with Oracle BI, AS, E-business suite, JD Edwards.

‡ Supports standard report features like drill down, slice and dice.



‡ Can not combine data from multiple data source.

‡ Basically as data presentation tool for analysis.

‡ Not an Ad-hoc reporting tool

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Summary & Conclusion

X As per verbal confirmation from Oracle, Oracle Discoverer does not come bundled with Oracle
DB 11g.

X According to the discussions with Oracle, Oracle BI suite would be the preferred reporting/
analytics tool as per the Organization roadmap.

X ETL tool (ODI/OWB) required to access multiple data sources for both Oracle Discoverer and BI
Publisher.

X Based on the above Oracle BI publisher would be preferred reporting tool option from Oracle.

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