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Actuate
e.Reporting
An OverviewSyed Amzad Ali
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What is e.Reporting?
e.Reporting : The process ofsummarizing and clearly
communicating the data collectedthrough various means throughthe use of we rowsers.
Actuate is an enterprise reportingsolution introduced y Actuate
!orporation in "##$.
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Actuate e.Reporting
Suitee.Report %esigner.
%evelopers use e.Report %esigner to
create asic Actuate Reports. e.Reporting System
Administrators use the e.Reporting
System to manage& generate& andcontrol access to Actuate reports andother files in a Report 'ncyclopediavolume. e.Reporting System includes:
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Actuate e.Reporting Suite
( e.Reporting Server&
The underlying server software thatmanages 'ncyclopedia volumes.
( )anagement !onsole& A we application that administrators use
to maintain 'ncyclopedia volume userprofiles& reports& and report generation
schedules.
( Actuate Active *ortal&
The interface etween a we server and'ncyclopedia volumes that gives users we
rowser access to e.reports.
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Actuate e.Reporting Suite
e.Report %esigner *rofessional.
%evelopers use this o+ect oriented
application to create advanced reports.
e.Report %esigner ,ava 'dition. A ,ava enaled Report %esigner.
e.Spreadsheet %esigner. A report designer to ma-e spreadsheet li-e
reports.
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Actuate architecture
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Actuate Report eneration
*rocess
Data sourcesXML
ODBC
EJBs
Java Objects
COM objects
CORBA/DCOM
Ascii flat files
Excel files
Word documets
Etc !
DatabasesOracle
"#base
$BM DB%
$formix Olie
M" "&L"erver
'ro(ress
Etc !
EJBEJB
COMCOM
e)RD 'ro
ROD
ROX
Re*ort "erver
D+,ML
e)"*reads-eets
.,
Ec#clo*edia
Maa(emetCosole
Create Maa(e Deliver
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e.Report %esigner
*rofessional/ast report designdevelopment andmaintenance
0 Report development wizard0 Wizard cues
0 !ontent templates
0 1isual design
0 Simple dataaseconnections
0 Sorting and grouping tools 00 !omponent(ased report
development
0 1isual layout
0 Referencing andsuclassing components
Replaces complexhtp and htf packageswhich were used to
generate reportearlier.
Decrease the turnouttime of the report.
Provide more control
over report andmakes report moreuser friendly.
KEY FEATURES USE
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%evelopment power andprecision(Actuate 2asic
(3niversal page layout
(%ata access fle4iility
(Output format fle4iility
*ersonalized& interactive&actionale reports
0/le4ile report distriution
02rowser scripting control
0*age(level security
05ntelligent Report navigaility
KEY FEATURES
e.Report %esigner *rofessio
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e.Report %esigner *rofessio
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Report development wizarde.Report Designer Pro offers a step-y-stepwizard to guide developers through creating newe.Report designs. !oth data access and layout
are handled y the wizard" which generates afinished e.Report that#s ready to run.
Advantage $ Rapid Application Development
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%izard cues- &isual cues in the design wizardenale developers to preview what the contentwill look like as they make changes to designoptions.
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'ontent templates- e.Report Designer Prosupports fast deployment with preconfigurede.Report templates. (hese user-definedtemplates can specify everything from corporate
standard formatting to data access operations"giving %e developers a convenient startingpoint for fulfilling common report needs whileensuring consistency from design to design.
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&isual design- e.Report Designer Pro supportscodeless report design. After creating contentwith the wizard" users can ad)ust layout and addnew o)ects using simple drag-and-drop
operations.
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*imple dataase connections %ithe.Report Designer Pro" dataase connections cane preconfigured so that users are spared fromhaving to know and enter complex dataase
connection information.
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*orting and grouping tools- Re-entranttools allow users to visually add and changesorting and grouping of the e.Report design.
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'omponent-ased report developmente.Report Designer Pro allows you to pulishcustomized components in liraries. (hese
componentswhich specify report elementsand methods that control the components#ehaviorcan e reused across multipledesigns" which enales you to create newdesigns faster" while you ensure consistencyfrom design to design. +n addition" you canoffer components to your end-users to enalethem to develop and customize their ownreports to extend the reports you provide.
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&isual layout Developers can designenterprise reports simply y dragging anddropping data and formatting components in avisual development environment. ,ost designs
can e completed simply y setting propertiesthat control component ehavior andappearance.
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Referencing and suclassingcomponents %ith e.Report Designer Pro"report components are reused across designsthrough referencing or suclassing. Developers
can maintain lirary-ased designs y makingchanges only in the source lirary - all designsthat reference that lirary component willautomatically e updated. Developers also havethe flexiility to override certain characteristics
of a component y suclassing the componentfrom the lirary" so that they can changecharacteristics they want" while inheriting allother characteristics.
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Actuate !asic e.Report Designer Profeatures Actuate !asic" a programming languagewith o)ect-oriented extensions. Actuate !asicenales you to override methods associated with
components" so that you have maximum controlover your +nformation Delivery options. singActuate !asic" developers can precisely controlevery aspect of enterprise reports" includingstructure" content" data retrieval operations"formatting" and delivery.
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niversal Page ayout e.Report DesignerPro#s niversal Page ayout capailities enaleyou to create reports that meet nearly anyformatting re/uirements to create nearly any
look and feel.
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Data access flexiility %ith e.ReportDesigner Professional" you can develop reportdesigns that display information from practicallyany data source" including
transaction dataases"usiness logic layers"data warehouses"flat files" and many more.
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0utput format flexiility e.Report DesignerProfessional lets you create report designs thatcan e output as
high-resolution D1(, pages"
standard 1(, pages" Adoe PD2 documents"or 3, content.
(his means that your end-users can have reportsany way they want them" and can even printreports that look precisely the same on paper as
they do on the %e site. 2or 3," e.ReportDesigner Professional enales developers toassign properties to components to add 3,tags to specific fields so that the resultingreports can conform to any D(D. As a result" you
can create a single report design that deliversinformation for oth visual and electronic
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2lexile report distriution- Reportscreated with e.Report Designer Pro can edeployed to the %e as on-demand or as savedcontent. Automatic versioning" archiving and
scheduled generation enale Actuate reports toe distriuted to a large user ase with ease.
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!rowser *cripting 'ontrol sing e.ReportDesigner Professional#s !rowser *cripting'ontrol" you can easily create actionale reportsfor your end-users. (he !rowser *cripting
'ontrol enales you to create forms-asedreports through which users can specifypreferences for re/uesting new information.
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Page-evel *ecurity During the reportdesign phase" developers can assign propertiesto report components that determine whichusers can access information contained in the
report" through the Page-evel *ecurity function.(his enales end-users to automatically receivepersonalized views of enterprise reports asedon their identity.
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Report navigaility Actuate#s uni/ue*mart*earch and automatic 4av!ar generationfeatures are automatically availale with alle.Reports developed with e.Report Designer
Professional" with no added coding or othereffort re/uired. (hese two interactive featuresmake it easy for users to find precisely theinformation they need.
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!ommon Acronyms
Acro#m Defiitio
DHTML Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language
GUI Graphical User Interface
ODBC Open Dataase C!nnecti"ity
#$L #tructure% $uery Language
&ML 'xtensile Markup Language
L 'xtensile #tylesheet Language
LT 'xtensile #tylesheet Language Transf!rmati!n
(OD (ep!rt O)ect Design * c!ntains the rep!rt %esign
(OI (ep!rt O)ect Instance * c!ntains the "ie+ale rep!rt
(O& (ep!rt O)ect 'xecutale file * c!ntains the instructi!ns f!r
generating an% "ie+ing a rep!rt !)ect