[INUG-Users] Any good tool instead of reporter?

[olga NN]

Thank you will try that too
--- Jason Shamroski <jason.shamroski at gulfsoft.com>
wrote:

>
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-birt-i.html
> 
> There are several links on this page for all of the
> components.
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> On 1/25/08, brad.bueche at wachovia.com
> <brad.bueche at wachovia.com> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have a download URL?
> >
> > brad
> >
> >
> >
> > "Lane Silas" <Silas.Lane at uk.fujitsu.com>
> > Sent by: users-bounces at netcoolusers.org
> > 01/25/2008 02:51 AM
> >
> > Please respond to
> > users at netcoolusers.org
> >
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> > <users at netcoolusers.org>
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> >
> > Subject
> > Re: [INUG-Users] Any good tool instead of
> reporter?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I've used IBM's BIRT (Business Intelligence
> Reporting Tool) here and
> > have found it flexible and easy to use/deploy.
> >
> > Also, it's free!!
> >
> > Silas
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: users-bounces at netcoolusers.org
> > [mailto:users-bounces at netcoolusers.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > brad.bueche at wachovia.com
> > Sent: 24 January 2008 23:33
> > To: users at netcoolusers.org
> > Subject: Re: [INUG-Users] Any good tool instead of
> reporter?
> >
> > You can also roll your own in PHP.   If you are
> going to do canned
> > reports
> > this is very easy.  Creating a front by which to
> query takes a little
> > longer.
> >
> > I have set up a front end that allows users to
> query any field (or set
> > of
> > fields) for any value (or set of values)  using
> any valid oracle
> > operator
> > (including regex, and IN, NULL, all case
> independent --- except regex)
> > and
> > this then generates a table in html that can be
> copied and pasted right
> > into excel with no changes.  It also does counts
> (with drilldown),
> > handles
> > class conversions (for english names) , and
> displays and allows
> > searching
> > of the journal fields as well.  And I can put in
> the frigging partition
> > (!) so my reports are a heck of a lot faster (I
> also can queue records
> > so
> > I'm not sending them to the brower 1 at a time). 
> Query time to the db
> > is
> > displayed. Render time is displayed. And you can
> hit either our
> > production
> > data or test data by choosing the target db from a
> drop down.  And you
> > can
> > sort your drill down top level reports by count
> (if you want)! (Reporter
> >
> > cant). It also has canned report options with sql
> that duplicates all
> > the
> > webtop entity filters.  So customer can get
> reports for the webtop
> > buckets
> > that they are working  (all the way back to
> 1/1/2007) and see who closed
> >
> > what and when, and who ack'd what and when.
> >
> > Its actually my fist web app/page/anything.   PHP
> and HTML have to be
> > the
> > most well documented technologies on the net.
> (doh!) So dont think you
> > cant do it! (Admittedly, I'm currently on version
> 61of this app now!)
> >
> > The total code was up to about 15k lines but I've
> cut it back to about
> > 3k
> > now as I have learned more. In the begining, I had
> no concept of
> > generating anything dynamically.  Eventually, I'm
> going to have the
> > entire
> > thing generated dynamically by just pointing to a
> db then letting the
> > user
> > create the query interface they want.  It will
> however be geared toward
> > netcool archives.  (And of course that means I
> still have to create user
> >
> > logins, work with a db for user data, start using
> sessions, etc
> > ...........as soon as I have time to learn all
> that stuff).
> >
> > Additionally, I've already started incorporating
> flex so that I can do
> > charting as well.  And I'll probably eventually
> re-do the whole front
> > end
> > in flex/flash.  Flash is soooooooooo much better
> than java on the client
> >
> > side.   Nice, small, very fast, and adobe provides
> the code to check and
> >
> > see if the user has the correct version of flash
> and if not downloads it
> >
> > for them.   (For those of you sick and tired of
> troubleshooting java
> > runtime configuration issues on the client side
> this is a dream come
> > true!).  Did I say its fast? Flash actually
> incorporates a little web
> > engine so your server is on the client. No need
> for ajax. Its RIA from
> > the
> > get go. Responsive! Drag and drop, stateful, lots
> of security built in,
> > etc.  I'm setting up the engine to read xml so
> that, really, it can
> > chart
> > any data that meets the format. But it will be
> geared toward doing event
> >
> > reporting for command centers.  Yes, xml is larger
> than binary but this
> > is
> > internal on 100mb connections.  I'm watching the
> amf3 and blazeds stuff
> > though. I dont think they will be as open for
> input though..........vs.
> > just saying make your data look like this xml and
> the charts will work.
> >
> > $750 for Crystal reports may get you there faster
> though!!  ;)
> >
> > brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Hubbard, Greg L" <greg.hubbard at eds.com>
> > Sent by: users-bounces at netcoolusers.org
> > 01/24/2008 03:29 PM
> >
> > Please respond to
> > users at netcoolusers.org
> >
> >
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> >
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> > Re: [INUG-Users] Any good tool instead of
> reporter?
> 
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