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This document provides an introduction and overview of using the Discoverer tool to query and analyze air quality data from the Air Quality System (AQS) database. It outlines the goals of learning how to connect to the database, create and manage workbooks containing worksheets and queries, and utilize various features. Discoverer is described as a business intelligence tool that allows ad hoc querying and reporting on relational databases like AQS to find, access, analyze, and share air quality data.

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Discoverer Web Training

This document provides an introduction and overview of using the Discoverer tool to query and analyze air quality data from the Air Quality System (AQS) database. It outlines the goals of learning how to connect to the database, create and manage workbooks containing worksheets and queries, and utilize various features. Discoverer is described as a business intelligence tool that allows ad hoc querying and reporting on relational databases like AQS to find, access, analyze, and share air quality data.

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Discoverer Web for AQS

Bonnie Johnson

Goals for this class


Introduce the Discoverer tool
Learn how to connect to aqsprod
with Discoverer Plus
Learn how to create, save, open
and delete workbooks
Identify main features of a
workbook, such as worksheets,
items, and page items
Learn where to go for help with
additional features
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What is Discoverer?
A business intelligence tool for ad
hoc queries, reporting, analysis, and
Web publishing from Oracle
Corporation
A retrieval only tool that works on
a relational database whether its
designed for online transaction
processing (OLAP) or as a data
warehouse
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Why does Oracle think youll want


to use Discoverer?
Discoverer's powerful and intuitive user interface enables you to:
find data that you know is in the database
access data quickly without waiting for the computer to search
through the entire database
view data in a familiar spreadsheet-style format that is easy to
read and understand
analyze data using a variety of powerful techniques including:
drilling up and down through data
finding data that meets certain conditions or that falls
within ranges that you specify
sorting data
comparing results from "what if" scenarios
prepare reports showing the results of your analysis
share data with others, and in other applications (e.g.
Microsoft Excel)
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Why do we think youll want to use Discoverer?

Its the ad hoc query tool for AQS!


How many PM2.5 monitors do we have?
Are any of them inactive but not closed?
Are other agencies in the same boat?

Boss
(in Wyoming state)

Ill get that


information for you
right away!

13, yes-1, yesabout 30 of them

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Who can use Discoverer?


Registered AQS Users
Discoverer Plus:
Java-enabled Web browser
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) such as
Oracle JInitiator.
Discoverer Viewer:
HTML through a Web browser
JavaScript must be enabled in the
browser.
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How does this work?

End User Layer

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Key Terminology
Interface to database
Grouping of Tables
Group of worksheets

Tables
Columns
Rows
Queries

= End User Layer


= Business Area
= Workbook

Folders
Items
Records
Worksheets
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Your Business Area

AQS Basic
Folders are composed primarily of views
(i.e., combinations of tables) in the
aqsprod database as described in the
Data Dictionary
Reference tables (e.g., States,
Parameters)
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Data Model for AQS

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Data Model for AQS, contd

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Data Model for AQS, contd

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Data Model for AQS, contd

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Starting Discoverer Plus from


http://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/airs/airsaqs/aqsweb/aqswebhome.htm

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Starting Discoverer Plus


https://iasint.rtpnc.epa.gov/discoverer/plus

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Create a Connection

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Create a Connection, contd

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Connection Created

Use this
connection
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Starting Discoverer for the 1st time on your PC

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Starting Discoverer for the 1st time on your PC, contd

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Successful connection

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Exercise 1
1. Launch a web browser
2. Go to
https://iasint.rtpnc.epa.gov/discoverer/plus
3. Create your connection
4. Connect

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Opening an Existing Workbook

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Opening an Existing Workbook

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Work Area

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Online Help

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Oracle
Technolog
y
Network

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Exercise 2
Connect
Open an existing workbook in the
AQS Basic business area
(PM 2.5 Monitors started in 2004)
Run the workbook

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Using the Workbook Wizard to Create a New Workbook

Goal:

1. Find all PM 2.5 monitors with sampling dates


beginning in 2004.
2. Sort the results by state abbreviation, county,
site, and POC.
3. Display start date and end date (if any) for
sampling periods
4. Display count of monitors in each state.
5. Add an appropriate title
6. Save the workbook on the database.
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Live Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Exercise 3:
1. List all sites in your state that have been
terminated. For each row, show the
state code, county code, site ID, date
site created and date site terminated.
2. Add a title.
3. Include a count of the number of sites
that have been terminated for each
county and a grand total at the bottom.

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Exercise 3
sample
results

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Default Worksheet Settings

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Default Worksheet Settings, contd

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Other Views - Crosstab

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add a graph.

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Output Options - Excel

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Output Options - HTML

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Other Output Options

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Output Options
Comma delimited example opened here with Excel

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Theres lots to do -Discover the data


with DISCOVERER!

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