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reports as you create them. Once you are satisfied with the customized reports, you can merge them
onto the management server so they are accessible from the management server console.
The following figure shows how Report Designer fits into the reporting architecture. Use Report
Designer to create the reports, and then deploy the reports on the management server.
Figure 94 Report Architecture
About Materialized Views
When you create reports, you can use pre-existing schema materialized views. A materialized view
is a snapshot of data from the database, created from a query. Report Designer refers to these
materialized views as “tables.” A materialized view is refreshed based on its collector's schedule for
obtaining the latest data. The default refresh time is every six hours. The current and deprecated
materialized views are provided at the end of this chapter.
Configuring Report Designer to Work with the Management Server
IMPORTANT: The steps in this section are for configuring Report Designer version 6.0.
You can use data from the management server to create your custom reports. These steps assume
you have installed Report Designer on a Microsoft Windows computer that can access the
C:\oracle\ora92\jdbc\lib directory
on the management server.
To use the management server with Report Designer: