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How to Pass Parameters to a Discoverer Folder (Doc ID 282249.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Discoverer - Version 4.1.48.08 to 11.1.1.4.0 [Release 4.1 to 11g]
Information in this document applies to any platform. *** ***
***Checked for relevance on 21-12-2015***

Goal

There will be some circumstances where there is a need to use parameters in Oracle BI Discoverer Administration edition.

For example:

You are trying to display columns from a nested table datatype using custom folder with the following SQL:



Where {Employee Name} is the parameter for which users will provide a value when running the workbook.

Currently, the Discoverer Administrator does not support parameters in folders. The following steps provide an example of how to workaround this problem.

Solution

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