Component #3: Oracle Discoverer

Using either the URL or native methods to integrate Oracle Forms and Oracle Reports is a tricky, though relatively simple process. Incorporating OracleAS Discoverer Workbooks into Portal requires a significantly greater number of steps. To start with, there is native support for OracleAS Discoverer in Portal, but we have to "tell" OracleAS Portal about OracleAS Discoverer first. In Oracle’s documentation, this is called "Registering the Discoverer Portlet Provider."

Registering the Discoverer Portlet Provider

The Discoverer Portlet Provider is a program that runs on the server and facilitates communication between the Discoverer Server and OracleAS Portal. Thankfully, the first part of this process has to be performed ...

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