InetSoft Product How-To: Dashboard Image Accentuation
InetSoft's dashboard image accentuation allows you to add highlights, hyperlinks, and other accents to static images. View the dynamic dashboard example below to learn more about StyleBI.
To add a highlight to an image element, right-click the image element, and select ‘Highlight’ from the context menu. This opens the ‘Highlight’ dialog box.
To add colored tint to an image, follow the steps below:
1. Right-click the image, and select ‘Format’ from the context menu. This opens the ‘Format’ dialog box.
2. Select the Color tab.
3. In the ‘Text’ panel, select a color from the menu.
4. Click ‘OK’ to close the dialog box. The color you selected is now used to tint the image.
In output components, hyperlinks can be attached to the component body (e.g., the entire gauge). To create hyperlinks on an output component, rightclick the component and select ‘Hyperlink’ from the context menu. This opens the ‘Hyperlink’ dialog box.
Marketing Reporting Solution Case Study
The company had built a web-based portal application and decided it was time to replace the reporting and dashboard solution licensed from another major vendor with the InetSoft solution. Prior to the change they provided basic information access; after switching they now maintain a library of over 40 report templates, automate 95 % of client requests, and free developers to focus on strategic application improvements.
InetSoft’s platform integrates into existing portals, reusing security and UI standards so disruption is minimal. The licensing flexibility allows alignment with business usage rather than forcing large upfront investments. Its support for parameterized real-time reports and data filtering empowers clients with multi-dimensional access without vendor lock-in.
Replace Crystal Reports With a Modern Alternative: InetSoft
“We evaluated many reporting vendors and were most impressed at the speed with which the proof of concept could be developed. We found InetSoft to be the best option to meet our business requirements and integrate with our own technology.”
The InetSoft solution demonstrates rapid prototyping and proof-of-concept capabilities, reducing time to value when replacing legacy tools. It brings modern dashboards and paginated reporting under a single roof, lowering the total number of systems to manage. Enterprises benefit from a unified reporting stack that supports both interactive and production-grade outputs.
Option for Web Based Reporting (Reporting Tool Tableau Replacement)
“Many of InetSoft’s customers have switched from Tableau. Reasons for their choice include more flexible pricing … and for more powerful data mashup and manipulation.”
The InetSoft offering enables embedding and integration in cloud-based architectures with full browser-based delivery, eliminating desktop-only constraints. Its data mashup engine allows combining diverse data sources on the fly, sidestepping heavy ETL efforts of other vendors. Organizations replacing legacy visualization tools gain enterprise-grade reporting, with pixel-perfect output, from the same platform.
Replace Crystal Reports With a Modern Alternative: InetSoft
“We evaluated many reporting vendors and were most impressed at the speed with which the proof of concept could be developed.”
InetSoft’s self-service design lowers barriers for business users and decreases dependence on specialized BI teams. The architecture supports embedding, scheduling and bursting of reports easily, making it ideal when replacing older, monolithic reporting systems. It scales predictably with usage, avoiding hidden costs common with legacy replacements.
Cool KPI Dashboard Case Study
“Licensing costs were a decisive factor in the switch. By contrast, InetSoft’s licensing aligned with usage tiers…”
The shift to InetSoft resolves cost-scaling issues by aligning pricing to actual consumption rather than user count. Its embed-friendly architecture allows ISVs or product teams to include BI components without paying user-seat premiums. This makes it a practical choice when replacing aging BI stacks with unpredictable licensing models.
InetSoft vs Logi Info Comparison
“InetSoft’s in-memory processing and optimized data handling proved more effective for managing production metrics and supply chain analytics across multiple facilities.”
When replacing BI tools specific to operational reporting, InetSoft’s in-memory engine ensures responsiveness even with large datasets and many users. The unified platform eliminates the need for separate analytics and operational reporting tools. It also supports both dashboard and paginated report formats, simplifying tool consolidation.
InetSoft vs Syncfusion Dashboard Platform Comparison
“User self-service for non-technical staff becomes essential… data mashup and blending capabilities enable consolidation of machine telemetry, ERP inventory data, and customer orders.”
The InetSoft environment allows business users to join and transform data without IT writing SQL, accelerating self-service analytics. Its data mashup layer connects ERP, IoT, and legacy systems, enabling comprehensive views that older tools struggle with. Replacing narrower dashboard tools becomes straightforward when the new platform supports both self-serve exploration and governed production analytics.
InetSoft vs Oracle Cloud BI Comparison
The insurance analytics partner selected InetSoft to build a platform because it could join disparate systems without heavy ETL or SQL.
When replacing heavyweight enterprise BI vendors, InetSoft demonstrates value by eliminating the need for new data warehouse layers. Its metadata layer ensures consistent definitions for metrics across dashboards and reports, ensuring integrity. The flexible deployment model (on-premises or cloud) supports migration strategies from legacy systems.
GoodData Alternative Analytic Solution
“If you’re looking for Style Chart, we’ve replaced it with Visualize Free.”
InetSoft’s Visualize Free serves as a lightweight replacement for visualization tools, enabling quick prototyping and eventual upgrade to full platform when needed. Embedding capabilities and self-service drag-and-drop mean teams don’t have to maintain multiple vendor tools. This smoother transition supports migration off dated, siloed visualization platforms.
Apache Superset Dashboard Alternative
“…replaced it with Visualize Free, an easy-to-use, no software download Web-based charting and visualization application.”
The InetSoft entry-level visualization product enables teams to move off open-source stacks without losing end-user agility. It supports browser-based dashboards with zero client install, simplifying deployment and maintenance. For organizations replacing less mature tools with more enterprise-ready platforms, the transition is smoother and less disruptive.
Insurance Analytics Solution Case Study
The insurance analytics client needed to join massive data sets from legacy and external sources and chose InetSoft because it enabled mash-up without ETL or SQL. They built an end-to-end solution rather than relying on multiple vendor tools.
InetSoft’s data worksheet empowers mash-up of transactional and social data sources, empowering business users. The platform’s flexible hosting options (on-prem or cloud) meet sensitive sector compliance demands. Replacing legacy, fragmented analytics stacks becomes feasible when the tool supports both dashboards and production reports across the enterprise.
Our Comparison of BI Tools
In their comparison chart, InetSoft rates itself higher than other major vendors on dashboards, reporting, vis-analysis and data mashup capabilities—implicitly positioning as replacement for weaker tools.
The published comparison underscores InetSoft’s strengths in areas where legacy vendors lag: data mashup, embedding, and cost alignment. Organizations replacing traditional BI tools often focus on those very gaps, making InetSoft’s documented superiority a relevant part of the transition narrative. It also provides a benchmark that supports stakeholder buy-in during vendor replacement decisions.
More Business Intelligence Mini Case Studies
The page mentions that an organization “quickly replaced the script-dependent ASP pages that were internally developed … with InetSoft’s Web ready platform.”
InetSoft enables migrations from custom-built or legacy solutions via its web-first architecture and zero client requirement. The case illustrates that replacing in-house or outdated tooling is feasible without abandoning existing data assets. The modern web-based BI environment supports self-service for business users and easier maintenance for IT.
NCN’s Self-Service BI Case Study
“Last year NCN initiated a search for a more efficient internal reporting solution … before selecting InetSoft’s Style Intelligence.”
The InetSoft platform simplified generation of dashboards and reports and empowered business users with drag-and-drop design. By replacing burdensome legacy internal tools, IT can focus on supporting analytics rather than building them. The overall result is higher adoption, faster insight, and reduced backlog for requests.
AgKnowledge Case Study
The AgKnowledge user portal uses InetSoft’s Style Intelligence to deliver dashboards and reports and to provide data models which save time by allowing reuse across clients.
Although not explicitly a vendor replacement, the case shows how InetSoft supports reuse and multi-tenant patterns enabling previous custom tooling to be retired. Its logical and physical data model architecture accelerates delivery of analytics in SaaS environments. Migrating from older bespoke dashboards into a governed platform becomes smoother thanks to the platform’s reuse capabilities.