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

[olga NN]

Where can i find this designer?
thanks
Olga

--- Berkay Mollamustafaoglu
<berkay.mollamustafaoglu at ifountain.com> wrote:

> I should also add that BIRT has a designer (based on
> eclipse), so you don't
> have to know/write java code to create reports.
> Eclipse site has bunch of screencasts that go
> through examples in detail.
> 
> Regards,
> Berkay Mollamustafaoglu
>
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> 
> On Jan 25, 2008 4:33 PM, Venkat Saranathan
> <venkat.saranathan at gulfsoft.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I agree. BIRT has made lot of improvements over
> the past year or so. Also,
> > the upcoming "Tivoli Common Reporting" solution
> for Tivoli Monitoring and
> > other products uses BIRT as the report engine. So,
> we can expect a tighter
> > integration of BIRT with Tivoli products in near
> future.
> >
> >
> > --
> > with warm regards,
> > Venkat Saranathan
> > Gulf Breeze Software.
> >
> >
> > On 1/25/08, Lane Silas <Silas.Lane at uk.fujitsu.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > To
> > > <users at netcoolusers.org>
> > > cc
> > >
> > > Subject
> > > Re: [INUG-Users] Any good tool instead of
> reporter?
> > >
> > >
> 
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