most important factors in choosing a reporting platform
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Most Important Factors in Choosing a Reporting Platform. Tyler Wilchek Marketing Manager. Greg Harris Sr. Product Manager. Randy Messing Sr. Engineer Boxtone. Mike Obrebski System Engineer. Agenda. Introduction Jinfonet Background Who is using JReport? The Top Factors - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Most Important Factors in Choosing a Reporting Platform
Tyler WilchekMarketing Manager
Randy MessingSr. Engineer Boxtone
Greg HarrisSr. Product Manager
Mike ObrebskiSystem Engineer
Agenda
1. Introduction2. Jinfonet Background3. Who is using JReport?4. The Top Factors5. Quick JReport Demo6. Boxtone’s Evaluation Process7. Q&A
Jinfonet: Continuous Improvement
Privately Held, Self-funded, Debt-free, Profitable Re-investment back into R&D 160+ Java Developers 1998: First to Offer Embedded Reporting for Java Apps
Importance of Visualizing Data
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Make sense of overwhelming amounts of Data
“Ask Questions” of your Data
Actionable information at your fingertips
Quick decisions and immediate action
GovernmentSoftware / Consulting
Healthcare / Healthcare Insurance
TelecomConsumer /
ManufacturingFinancial Services
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Notable Customers by Industry
Customer Highlights
VISS Application – Visa Small business cardholders
VCF Application – Leverage Visa data & reports for internal use
Large-scale applications
ticketWeb – Reports for revenue streams, real-time reporting for ticket pricing
Optimize revenues with real-time data
Complete Features + Easy to Embed = JReport
ease of embedding
com
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fea
ture
sBI Platforms
Open Source
JReport
complex systems
simplistic solutions
embeddable power
legacy tools
Top Factors in Choosing a Solution
• End User Self-Service Reporting • Rapid Report Development• Seamless Integration• Scalability• Security• Customer Service
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Self-Service Reporting
• Free up development resources• Ask Questions of the Data• Users can change the data view• User-designed visual components• Real-time data• On-the-fly calculations
Self-Service Reporting with JReport: Create a Report in our Ad Hoc Wizard
• Self-service reports− User can access pre-defined resources to create a
new report− Ad Hoc Wizard: Create a report from scratch
Self-Service Reporting with JReport: Modify Pre-Built Reports
• Modify your Reports− Chart to a cross-tab and a cross-tab to a chart− Add and change groups− Change data view with drill paths, sorting & filtering− Add/Remove components like charts and tables
Cross-tab
Chart
Drill on Crosstab
Drill on Chart
Sorting & Filtering
Add/Remove component
Rapid Report Development with JReport
• Wizard Report Creation• GUI Designer• Drag & Drop Designer• Publish from Designer• Users can fine-tune pre-built reports
Seamless Integration
• Easy to Embed• Customizable: Match the look & feel of your application• Totally Seamless: Transparent interface for end users• Leverage current IT resources (employees & hardware)• Rich API’s for maximum control• No separate install within your application
Seamless Integration with JReport: Range of Functional Integration
Depth
of
Inte
gra
tion
Web Layer(JSP, HTML, ...)
Customer Application
Business layer
Business layer(Java objects)
Customer Application
Web layer
Standalone JReport
URL API
Java APIs
JReport Server
JReport Server
Scalability
• Supports growth of your application & user base• Proven in a large-scale customer environment• Processes concurrent reports of all users• Flexible to fit system architecture• Adaptable to changing reporting needs
Security
• Multiple levels of security for different users• Fine-grained security levels• Single sign-on• Proven in real environment with highly sensitive data
Customer Service
• Timely technical support• Availability of Staff• Regular Updates• Training opportunities
Customer Service with JReport
Having the ability to talk to the [JReport] engineers actually building and maintaining the software was a huge benefit at the time of installation and remains a benefit today for troubleshooting.
- Kevin Payne, Director of Systems Applications for Federal Acquisition Service
• Quick-start packages• Training Opportunities• Professional Services (consulting opportunities)
Questions?
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