What are the prerequisites for using Oracle Discoverer?
Before you can use Discoverer Administrator: A suitable database must be installed and available. An Oracle 8.1.7 (or later) Enterprise Edition database will support the use of materialized views to improve the performance of summary folders. Discoverer Administrator must have been installed on a PC, typically as part of a full Oracle Developer Suite installation. Before end users can use Discoverer, either one or both of the following must have been installed: Discoverer Plus and Discoverer Viewer must have been installed on an application server machine and configured correctly as part of an OracleAS installation (for more information, see the Oracle Application Server Discoverer Configuration Guide) Discoverer Desktop must have been installed on users’ PCs.