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Oracle Discoverer is a tool-set for ad hoc querying, reporting, data analysis, and Web-publishing for the Oracle Database environment. Oracle Corporation markets it as a business intelligence product. It was originally a stand-alone product, however it has become a component of the Oracle Fusion Middleware suite, and renamed Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer.
Components
The Discoverer product comprises:
Discoverer Desktop - used to edit and run reports in a Windows client program
Discoverer Plus - used to edit and run reports in a web browser
Discoverer Viewer - used to run reports in a web browser.