XML publisher comparison with Discoverer

XML publisher comparison with Discoverer

Discoverer:-

Introduction

Oracle Discoverer is part of Oracle's Business Intelligence set of tools. Discoverer is intended to provide end users easy access to data and allow them to do data analysis and set-up ad-hoc queries.

Is a retrieval tool that works on a relational database whether it is designed for online transaction processing (OLAP) or as a data warehouse.

Discoverer is an end user reporting tool, providing the ability to generate high end reports, typically with a chart and drillable table. BIP is targeted at the other end of the spectrum, where Oracle Reports sits. It has some disco like capabilities but its strengths lie in generating documents e.g. invoices, POs, letters, listing reports, etc. It can also generate electronic formats, EFT, EDI, XML, etc.
In its standalone flavor, it comes as a server component, managing users, report security, scheduling, real time reports, etc.

So, it overlaps a little with Disco, it overlaps far more with Oracle Reports. It the strategic operational reporting solution going forward, its bundled with BIEE. BIEE being the Oracle BI product going forward. we dont think you'll find Disco shipping with BIEE.

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