InetSoft's BI Dashboard Solution for Progress DataDirect
With any business intelligence solution, it is important to have full access to all relevant data and information within a company. These data sets are stored in databases where dashboard reporting software can retrieve and compile information in order to build data visualizations and/or analytical reports.
InetSoft offers users flexibility through secure connections, such as Progress DataDirect.
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Why InetSoft? Patent Pending Data Mashup Technology
InetSoft offers a business intelligence platform for dashboard and reporting that includes powerful enterprise data mashup capabilities.
With this advanced technology, StyleBI can collect disparate data sources of almost any type and merge them to produce more accurate reports and better quality dashboards. This can ultimately spark new insights and generate internal information management efficiencies.
Data Mashup Features include:
- mashups can be 'plugged in' to existing security infrastructure
- mashups can access data sources while conforming to native security mechanisms
- interactive dashboards and drillable reports can be rapidly built based on mashed up data
- connectivity to Relational databases (JDBC), Multidimensional databases, XML, SOAP, Java beans (POJO), EJB
beans, flat files, and OLAP cubes
InetSoft's advanced Data Block techonology provides users with a simpler way to connect to databases and present important information.technology. A data block displays the data being queried from the database, while hiding the SQL query that is being run in the background, thus providing users with a simple and easy solution. Data Blocks display information business users would ultimately like to see, instead of just the underlying SQL delaration.
Data Access Features
- Access Multiple Data Sources - connect to relational databases, multi-dimensional databases, XML, SOAP, EJB, Java objects (POJO), flat files, etc.
- End-user Defined Data Mashup - combine data within a single data source or across multiple data sources into unified datasets using union, intersection, minus, inner/outer joins, etc.; simple drag-and-drop interface gives business users maximum self-service– a unique capability of StyleBI
- Reusability/Collaboration - reuse objects such as queries, worksheets, viewsheets, and report components for efficient team collaboration
- Virtual Private Model (VPM) - create virtual private models to limit data-level access by user, role, or group designation
- OLAP Overlay - create multi-dimensional hierarchies on top of a logical model
- ERwin Importer - import data models from ERwin
- MOLAP Cubes - supports Essbase, IBM DB2 OLAP Server, MS Analysis Service, and Oracle OLAP
About InetSoft
Since 1996 InetSoft has been delivering easy, agile, and robust business intelligence software that makes it possible for organizations and solution providers of all sizes to deploy or embed full-featured business intelligence solutions. Application highlights include visually-compelling and interactive dashboards that ensure greater end-user adoption plus pixel-perfect report generation, scheduling, and bursting.
InetSoft's patent pending Data Block™ technology enables productive reuse of queries and a unique capability for end-user defined data mashup. This capability combined with efficient information access enabled by InetSoft's visual analysis technologies allows maximum self-service that benefits the average business user, the IT administrator, and the developer. InetSoft solutions have been deployed at over 5,000 organizations worldwide, including 25% of Fortune 500 companies, spanning all types of industries.