Re: Report API and Catalog

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I knew somebody would ask that.  I didn't post my research because I didn't
want to dig it up, but I found it in relatively short order.

Background: I wrote a JSF application to take orders for a "copycenter".
Backend was MySQL running on Wintel btw.  It has a shopping basket and a way
to configure items for print that will eventually be sent to a MFD
(multi-functional device) to be printed.  A lot of data is gathered through
out the process and thus reports are always at a premium, and nobody wants
it the same as the next.  So after developing a few basic reports with iText
I went shopping for something a power user could use to build reports and
"publish" them to Tomcat without involving me.  After looking around a
little the answer came with "ART": http://art.sourceforge.net/

Note I am still waiting for the customer to give me the green light to fully
implement it, and as of right now I have only done "feature testing" to know
it will meet their needs and NOT actual real-world testing to know it will
be what they want long term.

HTH,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <
thunderaxiom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Aaron Bartell skrev  den 03-06-2008 13:43:
> > What I have found in open source report tooling is that the power of the
> > tool is it's ability to have reports built by a power user that have
> > dynamic-ness built in (i.e. criteria fields).
> Would you care to share your findings about the open source reports
> tools?  Might save me a day or more someday :)
>
> --
>  Thorbjørn
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