InetSoft Software - Report Table Properties

InetSoft's reporting software gives you sophisticated table property tools that help you get the most from your data visualizations. View the example below to learn more about the Style Intelligence solution.

This section presents attributes of the Table element. Right-click on a Table element, and select ‘Properties’ from the context menu. The properties dialog allows you to modify color, alignment, font, and table
style, as well controlling the table flow.

Right-click on a Table element, and select ‘Format’ from the context menu. In the ‘Format’ dialog, you can assign format options such as the type/style of entry in the cell, the alignment, the color properties, and suppression options.

You can switch between tables and crosstabs (pivot tables) depending on yourneeds. Right-click on a Table element, and select ‘To Crosstab’. Note that the ‘Data Query’ interface now permits crosstab grouping.

A crosstab or pivot table has row and column grouping, and displays a lot of information in a concise aggregated form. Right-click on a table, and select ‘To Crosstab’ to change the grouping type and expose the crosstab options. All other functions, like formatting and properties, are just like a Table element.

Right-click on a Crosstab and choose ‘Options’. Right-click on a Crosstab element, and choose ‘To Table’. Note the ‘Data Query’ interface now permits table grouping.

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InetSoft Viewpoint

“Operational BI is different from traditional BI because it has just-in-time information delivery. And it also serves a diversified group of people. It is no long just data analysts. We’re now talking about anybody from front-line workers to managers, or any information worker.

There is also a convergence of operational and analytic processes. It used across an organization. It is no longer just used by certain departments like Finance or Strategic Planning.

We have a background in enterprise reporting. That is what we have been doing for the past 10 years. We learned about these operational BI needs from our reporting software customers. Our reporting customers have loved the functionality of the reporting solution. Enterprise reporting has delivered a consistent execution and helped them to drive business processes.

But what they found after all that reporting was in place, was that there is always a business conflict when dynamic information access comes in. You want to execute reports consistently and in a timely fashion. And you can’t allow the dynamic reporting needs to interfere with those reporting processes. So there needs to be a solution for the dynamic information access needs.

In the beginning, we were a little confused about why they didn’t just use traditional BI tools to address those issues because they often had other BI tools available to them, and some of them actually use that business intelligence software in other areas.

But what we have found is that they are facing a lot of challenges that are a little different from the problems that traditional BI tries to address. We found that they really cannot wait for the long data refresh cycle of a data warehouse update, or be happy with “old” data. That data warehouse process is too slow and too expensive.

And ease of use was a big problem for them. Because when you push BI applications throughout an organization, the skill levels of folks are changing dramatically. And if you want to get them all involved, but you have just thrown a very sophisticated tool at them. These folks begin to feel that the application is too complex, too overwhelming." Luke Liang, CEO


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