active technologies providing business intelligence on any device from anywhere copyright 2007,...
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ACTIVE TECHNOLOGIESProviding Business Intelligence on any device from anywhere
Copyright 2007, Information Builders. Slide 1
Presented by: Adam LotrowskiStrategic Product ManagementNovember, 5th, 2008
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Strategic Trends & Technologies for 2008
More laptops than desktops in 2008 (IDC Research) vs. 1-of-5 in 2000
40% of enterprise employees are mobile, spending 20% or more away from their primary workspaces (Yankee Group Survey)
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Active Report Technology: Benefits & Differentiators
Truly Portable Connected and disconnected No additional software or browser plug-ins High compression
Really Simple to Develop and Use 95% of most commonly used Excel functions “Single Click” UI paradigm – no training required Slice, dice and share
Robust Reports, Storyboards, Dashboards
New: 256bit encryption, Caching, API Access and Flex Format
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Self-contained Analytic Platform in single HTML file
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Active Technology Features
Export to Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Save User Interactions: Customization
Pivot: Data Transformations
Collaboration: Shared Comments
Active Caching Features
On the Reporting Server
No code in the WebFOCUS Client
Utilizes Reporting Server FOCCACHE feature
Applies the concept of On Demand Paging
Offline versus connected mode
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Active Dashboard Features
All Active Report functionality
Schedule with ReportCaster
Provide a complete view of the business
Globally filter across all report components
New format type merging Flex and Active Technology
Live Demonstration: Building an Active Dashboard
Easily convert reports into Active Reports
Hide columns for run-time use only
Present Active Reports as charts or tables
Turn coordinate on and output type to Active Report
Add images and text
Import/Reference multiple Active Reports
Add new dashboard pages
Assign business view names to each dashboard panel
Add additional Active Report components
Panels and Drop down control automatically created
Filter individual Active Dashboard parts
On-the-fly charting
Export to Microsoft Office
Pass data being used
Easily create Pivot tables with 2 clicks of the mouse
Add comments
Save for collaboration or offline analytics
Questions and Answers
Thank you!