Transcript Business Intelligence Security

Most Important Factors in Choosing
a Reporting Platform
Tyler Wilchek
Marketing Manager
Mike Obrebski
System Engineer
Greg Harris
Sr. Product Manager
Randy Messing
Sr. Engineer Boxtone
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Introduction
Jinfonet Background
Who is using JReport?
The Top Factors
Quick JReport Demo
Boxtone’s Evaluation Process
Q&A
Jinfonet: Continuous Improvement
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Privately Held, Self-funded, Debt-free, Profitable
Re-investment back into R&D
160+ Java Developers
1998: First to Offer Embedded Reporting for Java Apps
Agile BI: Quickly Get Data to your Users
Visualization: 1 Chart, Millions of rows of data
Importance of Visualizing Data
Quick decisions and
immediate action
Actionable information
at your fingertips
“Ask Questions” of
your Data
Make sense of overwhelming
amounts of Data
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Integration: 100% Java & Simple Deployment
Notable Customers by Industry
Financial
Services
Consumer /
Manufacturing
Telecom
Healthcare /
Healthcare
Insurance
Software /
Consulting
Government
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Customer Highlights
VISS Application – Visa Small
business cardholders
VCF Application – Leverage Visa
data & reports for internal use
 Large-scale applications
ticketWeb – Reports for revenue
streams, real-time reporting for
ticket pricing
 Optimize revenues with
real-time data
Customer Highlight: Software/Consulting
Complete Features + Easy to Embed = JReport
complex systems
embeddable power
completeness of features
BI Platforms
JReport
Open Source
legacy tools
ease of embedding
simplistic solutions
Top Factors in Choosing a Solution
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End User Self-Service Reporting
Rapid Report Development
Seamless Integration
Scalability
Security
Customer Service
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Self-Service Reporting
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Free up development resources
Ask Questions of the Data
Users can change the data view
User-designed visual components
Real-time data
On-the-fly calculations
Self-Service Reporting with JReport:
Create a Report in our Ad Hoc Wizard
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Self-service reports
− User can access pre-defined resources to create a
new report
− Ad Hoc Wizard: Create a report from scratch
Self-Service Reporting with JReport:
Modify Pre-Built Reports
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Cross-tab
Modify your Reports
− Chart to a cross-tab and a cross-tab to a chart
− Add and change groups
− Change data view with drill paths, sorting & filtering
− Add/Remove components like charts and tables
Drill on Crosstab
Sorting & Filtering
Drill on Chart
Add/Remove component
Chart
Rapid Report Development
Developer
End User
Rapid Report Development with JReport
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Wizard Report Creation
GUI Designer
Drag & Drop Designer
Publish from Designer
Users can fine-tune pre-built reports
Seamless Integration
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Easy to Embed
Customizable: Match the look & feel of your application
Totally Seamless: Transparent interface for end users
Leverage current IT resources (employees & hardware)
Rich API’s for maximum control
No separate install within your application
Seamless Integration with JReport:
Range of Functional Integration
Depth of Integration
Standalone JReport
Customer
Application
Web Layer
(JSP, HTML, ...)
JReport
Server
URL API
JReport
Server
Java APIs
Business
layer
Customer
Application
Web layer
Business layer
(Java objects)
Scalability
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Supports growth of your application & user base
Proven in a large-scale customer environment
Processes concurrent reports of all users
Flexible to fit system architecture
Adaptable to changing reporting needs
Scalability with JReport
Security
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Multiple levels of security for different users
Fine-grained security levels
Single sign-on
Proven in real environment with highly sensitive data
Security with JReport:
Customize reports by user or group
Security Architecture
Data Security
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Customer Service
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Timely technical support
Availability of Staff
Regular Updates
Training opportunities
Customer Service with JReport
• Quick-start packages
• Training Opportunities
• Professional Services (consulting opportunities)
Having the ability to talk to the [JReport] engineers actually building
and maintaining the software was a huge benefit at the time of
installation and remains a benefit today for troubleshooting.
- Kevin Payne, Director of Systems Applications for Federal Acquisition
Service
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