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New Sizing Discoverer - this white paper walks you through how to size your Discoverer 10.1.2 server

Discoverer libraries - a concept (234kb) - this white paper introduces you to the concept of libraries within Discoverer

New Setting up an Apps mode EUL (4401kb) - this fully revised white paper walks you through setting up 10g in Apps mode

Multiple Oracle Homes (124kb) - this white paper walks you through installing Discoverer 4.1 when you already have an Oracle product installed in the default Oracle home

Workbook Migration Guidelines (330kb) - this white paper walks you through migrating workbooks from 4i

Database schemas

The schema for the database used in our books is now available for download.

The schema for the fan trap database is also now available - see below.

DataDefs.zip (54kb)  This is the global widgets schema as used in our books -  updated 1 January, 2004 with easier routines for creating the database.  If you downloaded the definitions prior to October 2002 you need to read this Armstrong-Smith Presentations New  ManipulatingDates.zip (996kb) This PowerPoint presentation was given at ODTUG in New Orleans in June 2008. Click here for scripts used. AutomatedScheduling.zip (528kb) This PowerPoint presentation was given at ODTUG in Daytona Beach, Florida in June 2007 SecuringPrivateData.zip (432kb) This PowerPoint presentation was given at ODTUG in Daytona Beach, Florida in June 2007 Calculations.zip (615kb) This PowerPoint presentation was presented at ODTUG in Washington DC in June 2006 TwoHourEUL.zip (1000kb) This PowerPoint presentation was presented at OAUG Collaborate in Nashville in April 2006 OneHourEUL.zip (1038kb) This is the updated PowerPoint presentation to create an EUL in one hour. It was presented at ODTUG in June 2005 DrakeFirstLook.zip (1320kb) This is the award-winning "A first view of Discoverer 10g" PowerPoint presentation I gave to ODTUG in New Orleans 2005 Dwandisc.zip (461kb) This PowerPoint presentation shows you the fundamentals of data warehousing Fantrap.zip (4kb) This is the schema for the fan trap database discussed in the end user book Art and Science of Discoverer (53kb) This is the paper that I submitted for the Orlando IOUG 2005 conference IOUG617.zip (1343kb) This is the PowerPoint presentation that I gave in Orlando 2005 Download any of the above files into the desired directory, then extract using WinZip. Note: Make sure the "Use Folder Names" option is checked in WinZip before extracting After unzipping the Datadefs.zip, look at the readme.txt (fully revised June 2004) for complete install instructions. Third Party Documents This page (link) contains white papers, Power Point presentations and other useful tips and tricks that you wanted to see published.