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Summary

BIRT 360: User-Configurable Operational and Analytic Dashboards The latest Actuate release introduces BIRT-based dashboards to its suite of commercial products. BIRT 360 is a browser-based, zero-footprint application that uses the popular Google Gadget framework, allowing users to not only leverage BIRT-based gadgets but also third-party Google Gadgets to create mashup applications. These dashboards include:• OperationalDashboardsforcontinuousKPImonitoring• AnalyticDashboardsforin-memoryvisualdataanalysisandexploration

BIRT 360 was built to ensure an unparalleled user experience, providing visual data exploration functionality and guided analytic applications for less-experienced users.

ActuateOne is a product suite for rapidly developing and deploying custom BI Applications and Rich Information Applications that leverage BIRT, a leading open source Eclipse project founded and led by Actuate. BIRT is the premier development environment for presenting data from multiple, disparate data sources in compelling visualizations to users.

Product Summary: BIRT 360

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Overview The latest Actuate release introduces BIRT-based dashboards to its suite of commercial products. BIRT 360 is a browser- based, zero-footprint application that uses the popular Google Gadget framework, allowing users to not only leverage BIRT-based gadgets but also third-party Google Gadgets to create mashup applications. These dashboards include:

• OperationaldashboardsforcontinuousKPImonitoring

• AnalyticDashboardsforin-memoryvisualdataanalysisandexploration

BIRT 360 was built to ensure an unparalleled user experience, providing visual data exploration functionality and guided analytic applications for less-experienced users.

As with other BIRT content, BIRT 360 dashboards are fully compatible with other BIRT content and can be embedded in other applications.

ActuateOne is a product suite for rapidly developing and deploying custom BI Applications and Rich Information Applications that leverage BIRT, a leading open source Eclipse project founded and led by Actuate. BIRT is the premier development environment for presenting data from multiple, disparate data sources in compelling visualizations to users.

Applications built with ActuateOne provide users with one user experience regardless of task, tool or skill level; are supported by one server with a set of services to support any deployment and are built with one design using BIRT. ActuateOne provides organizations with agile, self-service access to any data source or document print stream, with a quick time to market and the ability to grow with success.

BIRT360providesuserswithunprecedentedfeatures,includingself-servicedashboardcreation,

customizationandsharing.


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Operational Dashboards With BIRT 360, business users can interact with or drill-down on individual KPIs to answer specific business questions. The operational dashboards interface is designed for business users to allow them to create their custom dashboard pages without IT intervention.

Analytic Dashboards BIRT 360 analytic dashboards are visual data exploration applications. Combining a set of filter and slicer gadgets with a set of KPIs built using rich visualizations, users are prompted to explore and drill down into data to gain insights. BIRT 360 makes it easy for business users familiar with a dataset to create new analytic dashboards.

• Dashboardsshowalistofconnectors,makingthemeasytouseforless-skilledusers

• Visualdatarepresentation• Drill-down/upanalysis• Crosstabsupport• Pre-builtor• Userconstructed

Google Gadget Specification-based Dashboard Container BIRT 360 is fully compliant with the Google gadget specification, and can host any Actuate or third-party gadgets inside a single dashboard or enable any Google gadget container to host Actuate gadgets. This facilitates rapid creation of mashup applications that combine services from Actuate and non-Actuate products.

Compelling Adobe Flash®-based Data Visualizations By incorporating Adobe Flash, Actuate offers a wide range of data visualizations for business users to choose from when developing their KPIs.

ThenewGadgetGalleryinBIRT360providesuserswitheasyaccesstoavastcatalog

ofdrag-and-dropdatavisualizations.


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FeaturesActuate Release 11 presents users with configurable dashboards, enabling them to create a dashboard using Actuate BIRT content or outside content:

BIRT 360 Operational DashboardsFor operational dashboard users, BIRT 360 provides monitoring, linking, sharing, and user self service in operational dashboard creation and usage:

• ContinuouslymonitorKPIs:Letsendusersinteractwithorusedrill-downcapabilitiesonindividualKPIstoanswerquestionswitha360-degreeviewoftheirbusiness

• Createdashboardswithmultiplepages:userscanviewmultipleperspectivesofthesamedata.

• LinkKPIs:Providestrueself-serviceenvironmentforcreatingcustomdashboardpages;KPIlinkerautomaticallyestablishescommunicationsbetweenrelatedKPIsonasingledashboardpageusingdrag-and-dropconstruction.

• ChooseexistingKPIs:AllowsuserstochooseanyKPIfromanexistingBIRTGadgetGallery,existingBIRTdocuments,newKPIsconstructedusingBIRT360oranythird-partyorGooglegadget.

• ShareKPIs:SaveandshareKPIs;they’restoredcompleteintheencyclopedia.Sharecompletedashboardswithotherusersforeffectivecollaboration.

• Createandsharedashboardsandmashboardapplications:assembleapplicationsfromActuateBIRTcontent,GoogleMaps,etc.Thisinformationcanbelinkedwithinthedashboardforadditionalinsightintothedata

• Choosegadgets:thenewGadgetGalleryshipswithasetofexistingdatavisualizations(gadgets),towhichITcanaddfrequentlyused/requesteditems.Examplescouldinclude:• CorporateKPIsgroupedbyfunctionsuchassales,marketing,etc.

• User-generatedKPIs• Pre-existingKPIs

BIRT360allowsdeveloperstocustomizetheUI,seamlesslyintegratingthedashboard

withothercorporatewebcontent.


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BIRT 360 Analytic DashboardsActuate BIRT 360 analytic dashboards allow users to create their own dashboards, using their own or other KPIs, in order to perform comparative and root-cause analyses and to spot anomalies:

• CreateKPIs:userscancreateKPIs,automaticallylinkingthemtodataobjects

• Createdashboardswithmultiplepages:userscanviewmultipleperspectivesofthesamedata.

• Visuallyexploredata:BIRT360givesusersaguidedenvironment,whichisconducivetoeasysoftwareadoption

• Performcomparativeandrootcauseanalyses:Userscanlinkdisparatedatasourcestocreatecomparativedashboards.Linkeditemscanprovideinsightintorootcausesofissues,allowinguserstocorrectunderlyingproblems.

• Createdashboards:Gadgetsindashboardscanincludemanydifferentdashboardtypes(charts,etc.)thatcanhelpusersquicklyspottrendsandanomalies

BIRT 360 also features new create, display and usage options for both operational and analytic dashboard users. In the Gadget Gallery, which replaces the previous gadget sidebar, users can:

• Createnewgadgetsfromanyreportorreportlet

• Specifyasharedusegadget–“all”• Subscribetogadgets• Specifyasingle(operator)user• Populatethegadgetgallerythemselves

• Specifyparameters(hardwire)or• Useparameterstoupdateinformationacrossallgadgetswith“newselector;”theycanalsoseenewparameterasanewgadget

• Useenabledoperationstomakechangesdirectlytoareportinadashboard

• BrowseouttoGoogle,orothersitesandpullinnon-Actuatecontent(gadgets)

BIRT360allowsbusinessuserstocreatetheirownKPIsandvisuallyexploredatainaninteractive,

userfriendlyinterface.


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BenefitsThe BIRT 360 engine makes full use of the new Actuate 11 architecture, providing in-memory analysis though intelligent use of memory and disc caching. This benefit is available in both 32- and 64-bit environments:

• Ina64-bitenvironment,thereisnomemorycap—everythingrunsinmemory.

• Ina32-bitenvironment,dataisswappedbetweendiscandavailablememorytospeedupprocessing.

Actuate BIRT 360 provides users with gadgets and a Gadget Gallery that meet expectations:

• Presentation–Functional,attention-gettinggadgetsallowuserstoimmediatelyunderstandwhatthedatamean

• Easeofuse–Truedrag-and-dropfunctionalityandeasydataassociationmaketheinterfaceuserfriendlyanduserusable

• Interactivity–Manygadgetsactuallyallowuserstophysicallymanipulatebuttons,gauges,etc.toeasilycreateandviewwhat-ifscenarios;linkeditemsreflectthosechangesimmediately

• Functionality–EasyandinteractiveUImakesgadgetsnotonlypopular—theyofferinstantadoption

• Selection–BIRTDesignershipswithmorethan250gadgets;inaddition,userscanbrowseoutoftheapplicationandimportvirtuallyanythird-partyGooglegadget

True user self service

Actuate BIRT 360 enables users to consolidate KPIs on a single page for continuous and effective monitoring:

• Letsendusersinteractwithorusedrill-downcapabilitiesonindividualKPIstoanswerquestions.

• Providestrueself-serviceenvironmentforcreatingcustomdashboardpages;automaticKPIlinkerautomaticallyestablishescommunicationsbetweenrelatedKPIsonasingledashboardpageusingdrag-and-dropconstruction.

• AllowsuserstochooseanyKPIfromanexistingBIRTdocument,newKPIsconstructedusingBIRT360oranythird-partyGooglegadget.

Whenanactionisselected,forexample,clickingaspendingcategoryinthelist,

theentiredashboardofmetricschangestoreflectthatcategory.


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The Progressive Design ProcessBIRT 360 is the newest member of Actuate’s progressive design architecture, which brings the principles of open source to information applications and encourages participation, iterative development and modularity. BIRT 360 drives business user self-service in collaborative reporting. The progressive design architecture includes:

• BIRT360:Operationalandanalyticuser-createddashboardsfora360-degreeviewofthebusinessinatrueself-serviceenvironment.

• BIRTDataAnalyzer:In-memoryanalyticsapplicationthathelpsbusinessusersuncovertrends,identifyanomaliesandmodelscenarios.

• BIRTReports:webreportsbasedonopen-sourceBIRTtechnologyfromtheEclipseproject,availablewithoutchargefromBIRTExchange.

• BIRTStudio:self-service,ad-hocwebreportdevelopmentwithinITcontrol

• BIRTInteractiveViewer:enduserreportviewingandcustomization

• BIRTMobileViewerforiPhone:allowsuserstomobilizeandcarrycorporateinformationwherevertheygo.

• BIRTiServer:enablestheuseofBIRTInformationObjects,andincludesscheduling,versioning,andarchivingfunctions,allowinguserstorunbothon-demandandscheduledreportswithoutITinterventionbutwithinIT-control.ThishighlyscalableimplementationofActuateservicesprovidesmulti-server,multi-projectsupport;high-availabilityclustering,failoverandloadbalancing;metadatacaching;andenterprisemanagementandtuningfeatures

• BIRTonDemand:Actuate’sPlatformasaService(PaaS)offering,whichenablesanyuser,anywhere,toaccessenterpriseinformationviatheWeb,withoutdownloading/installingActuateBIRTdesktopproducts.

These options provide an array of choices from which to create unique information applications that appeal to any user.

Within the progressive design architecture structure, BIRT designs can be shared among highly skilled developers, business users and consumers. This encourages participation and supports an iterative development environment, which speeds development and adoption of information applications.

BIRT360ispartoftheActuateOne

productsline,whichprovideseveryuserinthe

enterprisewiththetools

requiredtomakesoundbusiness

decisionsbasedoncurrent,availabledata.

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Deployment OptionsBIRT 360 is designed to be used with BIRT iServer. It effortlessly delivers personalized BIRT report content to all authorized users.

System RequirementsOverall system requirements vary with options chosen. For a system analysis based on your specific needs, please contact an Actuate expert at 1-800-914-2259 (US & Canada) or contact us by email. You can also contact one of our officesworldwide.

For More InformationTo get more information about BIRT 360, please contact an Actuate expert at 1-800-914-2259 (US & Canada) or contact us by email. You can also contact one of our officesworldwide.

ApplicationsbuiltwithActuateOneprovideuserswithoneuserexperienceregardlessoftask,toolorskilllevel;aresupportedbyoneserverwithasetofservicestosupport

anydeploymentandarebuiltwithonedesignusingBIRT.ActuateOneprovidesorganizationswithaquicktimeto

marketandtheabilitytogrowwithsuccess.

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