Preface

This preface includes the following topics:

Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Conventions
Getting Help
Related Publications

Audience

This guide is written for Oracle Database administrators and others who create warehouses using Oracle Warehouse Builder.

Documentation Accessibility

Our goal is to make Oracle products, services, and supporting documentation accessible to all users, including users that are disabled. To that end, our documentation includes features that make information available to users of assistive technology. This documentation is available in HTML format, and contains markup to facilitate access by the disabled community. Accessibility standards will continue to evolve over time, and Oracle is actively engaged with other market-leading technology vendors to address technical obstacles so that our documentation can be accessible to all of our customers. For more information, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program Web site at http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/.

Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

Screen readers may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, some screen readers may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle does not own or control. Oracle neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Access to Oracle Support Services

To reach Oracle Support Services, use a telecommunications relay service (TRS) to call Oracle Support at 1.800.223.1711. An Oracle Support Services engineer will handle technical issues and provide customer support according to the Oracle service request process. Information about TRS is available at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/trs.html, and a list of phone numbers is available at http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trsphonebk.html.

Conventions

In this guide, Windows refers to the Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems. The SQL*Plus interface to Oracle Database may be referred to as SQL.

In the examples, an implied carriage return occurs at the end of each line, unless otherwise noted. You must press the Return key at the end of a line of input.

The following table lists the conventions used in this guide:

Convention	Meaning
. . .	Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted.
...	Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted.
boldface text	Boldface type in text refers to interface buttons and links. Boldface type also serves as emphasis to set apart main ideas.
italicized text	Italicized text applies to new terms introduced for the first time. Italicized text also serves as an emphasis on key concepts.
`unicode text`	Unicode text denotes exact code, file directories and names, and literal commands.
`italicized unicode text`	Italicized unicode text refers to parameters whose value is specified by the user.
[]	Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.

Getting Help

Help is readily available throughout Warehouse Builder:

Menus: Menu bars throughout Warehouse Builder contain a Help menu. For context-sensitive information, choose Topic from the Help menu.
Wizards and dialog boxes: Detailed instructions are provided on the pages of the wizards, which take you step-by-step through the process of creating an object. Click the Help button for additional information about completing a specific dialog box or a page of a wizard.
Tools: You can identify the tools on a toolbar by the tooltips that appear when you rest the mouse over the icon.

Some toolbars include a Help icon, which displays the Contents page of the Help system.
Lists: For items presented in lists, a description of the selected item displays beneath the list.
Shortcut menus: Click the arrow icon on the right side of the title bar for a window. Then, choose Help from the shortcut menu for context-sensitive information.

Related Publications

In addition to the Sources and Targets Guide, the Warehouse Builder documentation set includes the following:

In addition to the Warehouse Builder documentation set, you can also reference Oracle Database Data Warehousing Guide.