InetSoft Technology: Dynamic Dashboarding Software - Properties

InetSoft's dynamic dashboarding software gives you explosive properties that enable you to create whatever is in your mind. View the example below to learn more about the Style Intelligence solution.

In this example, you will add a RadioButton input that allows the user to set the Y-axis field of a chart to either ‘Quantity Purchased’ or ‘Total Revenue’.

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Upgrading to InetSoft

• Real-Time Data Connectivity

  Businesses often start with Excel dashboards due to their low initial cost and familiarity, but they incur high maintenance expenses from manual updates and error risks. Upgrading to InetSoft's dashboard reporting application allows for automatic data updates from source systems, eliminating manual efforts and reducing errors. InetSoft addresses key Excel limitations such as lack of interactivity, personalization, and real-time access by offering interactive visualizations, web-based deployment, and automated alerts. The StyleBI platform in InetSoft provides superior features like real-time data connectivity, multi-source data mashups, scalability for large datasets, and built-in security, making it a more efficient and affordable upgrade option that pays for itself through time savings.

• Unlimited User Licensing

  InetSoft offers free Individual and Business Accounts as easy-to-use versions of its data visualization application, allowing users to create dashboards and scorecards without technical expertise, serving as an ideal starting point for individual analysts or departmental teams. Upgrading to the commercial version provides unlimited user licensing, enhanced data source connectivity including JDBC, Microsoft Excel, .csv files, and Hadoop, along with advanced customization options and IT-friendly features for greater flexibility. The free evaluation delivers a fully functional instance with role-based access, sample data, templates, and connectors for common sources, enabling hands-on testing of reports, data pipelines, and performance under real security and governance rules. Successful evaluations confirm recreated reports, proven data pipelines, validated security, reliable delivery paths, and user confidence in building reports without IT intervention, facilitating a smooth transition to production rollout.

• Professional Report Authoring

  InetSoft's reporting software upgrades business intelligence by integrating a powerful data mashup engine that enables unified views of corporate performance across flexible tools suitable for all business levels. It enhances professional report authoring with word-processing grade design and dynamic data manipulation, allowing users to deliver high-fidelity presentations, transform raw data, embed business logic via scripting, and improve manageability without custom programming. The platform upgrades on-demand reporting with interactive Web-based exploration, real-time reshaping of information, and high-performance streaming to minimize bottlenecks and provide up-to-the-minute data. Additionally, scheduling, bursting, and archiving features upgrade batch report generation by personalizing delivery, relieving resource conflicts, ensuring response times, and supporting large data volumes through security-controlled sections.

• Interactive Dashboards

  InetSoft's business intelligence solutions upgrade traditional OLAP-focused tools by enabling easy access to both OLAP cubes and operational databases in their native format, allowing for data mashups that enhance value from multiple sources. Upgrades emphasize agility through self-service features that boost user adoption and reduce IT support needs, while maintaining robustness for enterprise-scale deployments on secure infrastructure. In the AssetPoint case study, an optional upgrade provides dashboard development and data mashup tools, enabling users to create integrated views from various organizational data sources like data warehouses, operational systems, and spreadsheets. This upgrade supports interactive dashboards with intuitive controls for deep data exploration, ad hoc reporting, and visual analysis, making advanced analytics accessible to non-expert users such as craftsmen and maintenance managers.

• Drag-And-Drop Design

  Upgrading from basic SQL Server tools like the SSMS Performance Dashboard to dedicated dashboard software such as InetSoft StyleBI or Power BI enhances visualization capabilities with drag-and-drop interfaces, real-time data streaming, and multi-source integrations, making analytics more accessible for non-technical users. Tools like Tableau and Grafana offer advanced upgrades in customization and performance monitoring, supporting complex interactive dashboards and live metrics for larger organizations. InetSoft's free versions, including Visualize Free and Individual/Business plans, provide an entry point for upgrading with core features like cloud-based data visualization and sharing, while paid plans add scalability, data mashup, and professional support for enterprise needs. Overall, these upgrades address limitations of SSMS by enabling self-service BI, broader data connectivity, and cost-effective options ranging from open-source to premium platforms.

• End-User Driven Data Mashup

  Visualize Free serves as a free, browser-based tool derived from InetSoft's commercial business intelligence software, offering an intuitive way to evaluate advanced capabilities like interactive dashboards and visual analysis, with an upgrade path to full commercial products for enhanced features. Upgrading from Visualize Free to InetSoft's commercial analytics software provides live, real-time access to diverse data sources, end-user driven data mashup from disparate sources, and fine-grained security, permissions, and sharing options not available in the free version. Compared to Tableau Public, Visualize Free emphasizes private sharing suitable for internal use, while upgrading to InetSoft's paid offerings addresses limitations in scale, performance, and dataset size for enterprise needs. The commercial upgrade also unlocks monitoring dashboards and additional visualization power, making it ideal for professional, large-scale applications beyond the free tier's constraints on data connectivity and user controls.

• Dedicated In-Cloud Server

  Visualize Free is a free cloud-hosted application for data visualization and analytics, but it limits data and user privileges due to shared computing resources on a single server. Upgrading to InetSoft's commercial offerings provides a dedicated in-cloud server at a fraction of the cost of alternatives like Microsoft Power BI, enabling connections to live data sources. Commercial plans support unlimited users with fine-grained access control, unlimited data size, and database connections for enhanced scalability. Additional upgrade benefits include data mashup from multiple sources, ensured performance with dedicated computing power, and features like real-time dashboards, production reporting, and seamless integration with machine learning, starting at US$165 per month.

• Dynamic Interactivity

  InetSoft's reporting software upgrades OEM applications by providing a lightweight, 100% Java-based platform for embedding interactive charts and reports, enabling scalability from small to large user bases and flexible adaptation to changing data needs. The StyleBI microservice enhances embeddability through its RESTful architecture, allowing seamless integration via APIs in containerized environments like Docker and Kubernetes, while supporting language-agnostic development in frameworks such as React or Angular. It upgrades visualization capabilities with advanced charting options, dynamic interactivity like zooming and drill-downs, and a unified data transformation layer for mashing up disparate sources without complex ETL setups. Additionally, StyleBI facilitates rapid prototyping, white-labeling for branding, real-time updates via WebSockets, and a tiered open-source to enterprise model for scalable growth and customization.

• Data Block Technology

  InetSoft's StyleBI offers a complete business intelligence software package that upgrades traditional reporting with production reporting and interactive dashboarding, supported by built-in Spark clustering for enhanced robustness and scalability since 1996. The platform upgrades deployment and usability by being easier to implement and supporting advanced data mashups, enabling maximum self-service and higher user adoption, as evidenced by its #1 ranking in G2's user survey-based index. Upgrades in visual analysis are achieved through patent-pending Data Block technology, allowing drag-and-drop data mashups and customizable visualizations for real-time insights and quick decision-making. Additionally, the web-based reporting software upgrades enterprise reporting with a 100% Java architecture, providing zero-client ad-hoc and interactive reports, seamless integration as a J2EE drop-in application, and a small footprint for embedded solutions.

• Self-Service Reporting

  The kinetic sculpture manufacturer upgraded from FineReport to InetSoft's StyleBI to address limitations in web accessibility, report design complexity, data silos, scalability, and integration constraints, enabling a fully browser-based platform for seamless access from any location. StyleBI's self-service reporting features, including an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, allow non-technical users to create and modify reports independently, reducing reliance on IT and empowering staff across roles. The upgrade facilitates real-time data mashup from multiple sources like inventory, project schedules, and quality control, providing comprehensive operational views and improving decision-making speed. Implementation involved data assessment, cloud deployment, user training, migration, and dashboard development, resulting in enhanced collaboration, cost efficiency, and scalability for future growth.

• Real-Time Data Integration

  Solution providers can upgrade their offerings by integrating self-service analytics to address customer demands for interactivity beyond static dashboards and reports, enabling ad hoc data exploration without becoming data visualization experts. Partnering with InetSoft allows providers to embed embeddable, white-label analytics software at no risk, with InetSoft handling integration and initial dashboard development in exchange for shared incremental revenue from upgrades. In the case study, Artemis enhanced its cannabis management platform by embedding InetSoft's Dashboard App, overcoming challenges like complex data overload and lack of real-time insights through features such as customizable dashboards and interactive visualizations. The integration resulted in improved operational efficiency, including a 10% yield increase, streamlined compliance monitoring, and time savings for operators managing multiple facilities.

• Advanced Data Visualizations

  InetSoft's BI server enables upgrading from Excel spreadsheets and flat files like .csv or XML to a secure, web-based dashboard platform that supports interactive visualizations and accessibility from any device. Businesses can enhance their analytics by building data mashups that combine offline Excel data with enterprise sources such as relational databases, SAP, and Salesforce, using simple drag-and-drop functionality without needing advanced BI skills. The platform offers advanced data visualizations, including bubble charts, heatmaps, and radar plots, which surpass Excel's capabilities for analyzing multi-dimensional and big data. In the case of a Gutter Cleaning Service, upgrading to StyleBI addressed Excel's limitations in data consolidation, real-time insights, and error-prone manual updates by providing unified dashboards, self-service analytics, and scalable integration for improved operational efficiency and decision-making.