Most Important Factors in Choosing a Reporting Platform

Tyler WilchekMarketing Manager

Randy MessingSr. Engineer Boxtone

Greg HarrisSr. Product Manager

Mike ObrebskiSystem Engineer

Agenda

1. Introduction2. Jinfonet Background3. Who is using JReport?4. The Top Factors5. Quick JReport Demo6. Boxtone’s Evaluation Process7. Q&A

Jinfonet: Continuous Improvement

Privately Held, Self-funded, Debt-free, Profitable Re-investment back into R&D 160+ Java Developers 1998: First to Offer Embedded Reporting for Java Apps

Agile BI: Quickly Get Data to your Users

Visualization: 1 Chart, Millions of rows of data

Importance of Visualizing Data

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Make sense of overwhelming amounts of Data

“Ask Questions” of your Data

Actionable information at your fingertips

Quick decisions and immediate action

Integration: 100% Java & Simple Deployment

GovernmentSoftware / Consulting

Healthcare / Healthcare Insurance

TelecomConsumer /

ManufacturingFinancial Services

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Notable Customers by Industry

Customer Highlights

VISS Application – Visa Small business cardholders

VCF Application – Leverage Visa data & reports for internal use

Large-scale applications

ticketWeb – Reports for revenue streams, real-time reporting for ticket pricing

Optimize revenues with real-time data

Customer Highlight: Software/Consulting

Complete Features + Easy to Embed = JReport

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Open Source

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complex systems

simplistic solutions

embeddable power

legacy tools

Top Factors in Choosing a Solution

• End User Self-Service Reporting • Rapid Report Development• Seamless Integration• Scalability• Security• Customer Service

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Self-Service Reporting

• Free up development resources• Ask Questions of the Data• Users can change the data view• User-designed visual components• Real-time data• On-the-fly calculations

Self-Service Reporting with JReport: Create a Report in our Ad Hoc Wizard

• Self-service reports− User can access pre-defined resources to create a

new report− Ad Hoc Wizard: Create a report from scratch

Self-Service Reporting with JReport: Modify Pre-Built Reports

• Modify your Reports− Chart to a cross-tab and a cross-tab to a chart− Add and change groups− Change data view with drill paths, sorting & filtering− Add/Remove components like charts and tables

Cross-tab

Chart

Drill on Crosstab

Drill on Chart

Sorting & Filtering

Add/Remove component

Rapid Report Development

Developer End User

Rapid Report Development with JReport

• Wizard Report Creation• GUI Designer• Drag & Drop Designer• Publish from Designer• Users can fine-tune pre-built reports

Seamless Integration

• Easy to Embed• Customizable: Match the look & feel of your application• Totally Seamless: Transparent interface for end users• Leverage current IT resources (employees & hardware)• Rich API’s for maximum control• No separate install within your application

Seamless Integration with JReport: Range of Functional Integration

Depth

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Web Layer(JSP, HTML, ...)

Customer Application

Business layer

Business layer(Java objects)

Customer Application

Web layer

Standalone JReport

URL API

Java APIs

JReport Server

JReport Server

Scalability

• Supports growth of your application & user base• Proven in a large-scale customer environment• Processes concurrent reports of all users• Flexible to fit system architecture• Adaptable to changing reporting needs

Scalability with JReport

Security

• Multiple levels of security for different users• Fine-grained security levels• Single sign-on• Proven in real environment with highly sensitive data

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Security with JReport: Customize reports by user or group

Security Architecture Data Security

Customer Service

• Timely technical support• Availability of Staff• Regular Updates• Training opportunities

Customer Service with JReport

Having the ability to talk to the [JReport] engineers actually building and maintaining the software was a huge benefit at the time of installation and remains a benefit today for troubleshooting.

- Kevin Payne, Director of Systems Applications for Federal Acquisition Service

• Quick-start packages• Training Opportunities• Professional Services (consulting opportunities)

Questions?

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Web: http://www.jinfonet.comE-Mail: gregharris@jinfonet.comSales: Sales@jinfonet.comPhone: 240-477-1000