Database Reporting Rehosted

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Database Reporting Re-hosted

• Available Tools
• And
• Who Should Use Them

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Reporting Tools

• IS Wizard (also known as Report Wizard)
• e.Spreadsheet
• e.RD (e.Report Designer)
• e.RD Pro (e.Report Designer Professional)

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Report Wizard
USE
KEY FEATURES

• Choose from many base report designs
• Customize base design
• Choose output fields
• Choose sort fields
• Add record filtering
• Develop basic computed fields
• Customize base design
• No linking!
• Actuate scheduling options
• Save customized reports

• Replaces basic DataExpress procedures
• Designed for those who currently run or modify
  existing DX reports and create single pass
  procedures
• All levels of users can benefit
• Limited training requirement
• No individual licensing requirement

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Report Wizard Architecture
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e.Spreadsheet
KEY FEATURES
USE

• Fast Template Creation
• Range Editor
• Query wizard
• Query design editor
• Excel formatting
• Existing Excel files as template starting points
• Multiple chart types
• Flexible data access
• XSLT report extension
• Easy spreadsheet report customization
• Centralized generation and management of Excel
  reports
• Excel prototyping
• Excel customization
• Embedded formulas
• Embedded graphing

• Replaces DataExpress procedure output that is
  most typically downloaded to Excel
• Designed for DataExpress power users,
  business/accounting staff, institutional
  researchers
• Useful for data analysis and data mining
• One-day introductory training requirement for
  developer
• Individual designer/developer licensing fee of
  495.00 (3/11/04). No license or fee required to
  run developed reports.

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e.Report Designer
KEY FEATURES
USE

• Replaces more complex DataExpress procedures
• Designed for IS Development staff (programmers
  and analysts)
• Used for
• Developing system canned reports
• Merging multiple data sources
• College development projects
• Four day Actuate delivered training requirement
• Individual designer/developer licensing fee of
  495.00 (3/11/04). No license or fee required to
  run developed reports.

• No code training required
• Report development wizard
• Wizard cues
• Content templates
• Visual design
• Simple database connections
• Sorting and grouping tools
• Extensible and reusable report content
• Component-based development
• Scalable, personalized delivery of seamlessly
  integrated Web reports
• DHTML Publishing
• Flexible report distribution

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e.Report Designer Professional
KEY FEATURES
USE

• Fast report design development and maintenance
• Component-based report development
• Visual layout
• Referencing and subclassing components
• Development power and precision
• Actuate Basic
• Universal page layout
• Data access flexibility
• Output format flexibility
• Personalized, interactive, actionable reports
• Browser scripting control
• Page-level security
• Report navigability

• Replaces complex DataExpress procedures and Cobol
  programs
• For CIS development staff and IS development
  staff who need to customize Actuate basic code
• Used for
• Developing reports previously written in Cobol,
  VB, C
• Merging multiple data sources
• College development projects
• Four day Actuate delivered training requirement
• Individual designer/developer licensing fee of
  995.00 (3/11/04). No license or fee required to
  run developed reports.

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