The Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Patch Set 2 (10.1.2.2.0) is now available for download from Metalink (https://metalink.oracle.com/).
This includes many features in Discoverer, primarily in the OLAP area.
The patch number is 4960210. It is currently available on Microsoft Windows (32-bit) and Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-bit). Other platforms will become available shortly.
If you see the readme file, section 9.5.3 covers "New Features for Oracle Business Intelligence".
This is a list of new features in the release, from Table 10 of the readme file:
- Calculated Members
- Write-back
- Graph Styles
- Discoverer Catalog Support
- Share Calculations and Saved Selections In a Workbook
- Toolbar
- Floating OracleBI Query Editor
- Enhanced Refreshing of Queries
- VBA Macros
These new features span Discoverer Plus, Plus OLAP, Viewer, Portlet Provider, and the Spreadsheet Add-In.
Look for more posts on these features. Here is a list of some posts by Aneel and me on some of the new features in the "calculated member" release: