| Ad-Hoc Reporting, Query & Analysis
EspressReport ES provides several ad hoc reporting and query features
that allow users to create a wide range of queries and reports through a
zero-client browser interface. Unlike some other tools, ERES provides
a simple query interface that is geared towards business users, not high-level
analysts. With these tools users can create queries, build reports and
charts from any data source, and publish the results without any training.
The data view interface shields users from database complexity, by allowing
administrators to pre-define tables, joins, fields, and even filters creating in
effect a local schema. End-users can then select (typically aliased) fields,
and perform ordering, sorting, filtering, and aggregation without any knowledge of
the underlying database structures.
The QuickDesigner component is a zero-client browser-based ad hoc reporting and query
tool, that allows users to query data views, and quickly turn the results into a
finished report. The QuickDesigner can run reports on any data source in the
Organizer, and allows users a simple point-and-click interface to build queries.
Users can arrange, sort, and perform dynamic filtering on the data. Once users
finish creating a query, the QuickDesigner provides formatting options that allow
the query to be turned into a polished report.
The QuickDesigner allows business users to handle many of their own ad hoc reporting
requirements, freeing development resources from report creation/modification
cycles. Reports created using QuickDesigner can be saved back to the central
repository allowing them to be published with other application reports.
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