Designing & Building Structured Business Reports with ColdFusion MX 7
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Designing & Building Structured Business Reports with ColdFusion MX 7
Adam Lehman
ColdFusion Specialist
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Today’s Discussion
What are the benefits over traditional reporting options?
How easy is it to create structured business reports in ColdFusion?
Demo
Q&A
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Structured Data on the Web – Today’s challenge
• Building reports with HTML is difficult and time consuming
• Poor quality results
• Not printable or portable
• Costly third party add-ons, poor integration
The Challenge
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The ColdFusion MX 7 Solution
• High-quality, structured business reports in the context of your applications
• ColdFusion Report Builder for fast & easy report design
• Seamless integration into your existing web applications
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3 Parts of Reporting
Reporting is a core part of ColdFusion
No need for additional server software!
Report Builder CFR File Report Engine
Design Define Deliver
.cfr.cfr
ColdFusion Server
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Report Builder
Free Windows-based report design tool Included with all ColdFusion installations
Download the latest version from Adobe.com
Features ‘Banded’ design metaphor
Wizards for common tasks
Property inspector
Live preview
Integrated help
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Report Template
New file type - .cfr
Call CFR pages directly from the browser No plug-ins to intall
Binary format Edit with the ColdFusion Report Builder tool
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Report Engine
Built into the core of ColdFusion MX 7
Binds data, parameters with CFR
Generates PDF, FlashPaper & Excel
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Follow along with your instructor as we use the ColdFusion Flex Application Wizard to build a complete ColdFusion powered Flex database front end (supporting data retrieval, insert, update, and delete) – all without writing a single line of code!
Demo
Follow along with your instructor as we explore the ColdFusion Report Builder tool
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Benefits over HTML Reports
Improved user experience
Pixel perfect layout control
Printable and portable
Automatic formatting of groups and totals
Multi-columns, paper sizes
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Benefits over external reporting solution
• Share variable scopes
• Familiar CFML language
• No added cost or installation and management
• No additional client software
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Next Steps
Download a free 30-day trial of ColdFusion MX http://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/downloads.html
Download the free ColdFusion MX 7 Report Builderhttp://www.adobe.com/support/coldfusion/downloads.html
Getting Started with ColdFusion MX 7http://www.adobe.com/go/cfmx7_getstarted
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