Actuate reporting solutions

Solano,
We have developed a module that integrates Forte with Actuate. We were very
impressed with Actuate's reporting capability, but our clients had a couple of
concerns with it: 1) they didn't like the per-user fee Actuate charges for the
report scheduler, 2) they wanted to use the same interface to input parameters
that they use in their normal application windows (with drop-down lists,
multi-selection list, validations, short cut keys, etc.).
What we did was to create a front-end window in Forte that dynamically builds
parameter screens for inputting report parameters. These windows vary
depending upon the reports' needs. After entering these parameters, the user
can run the report from Forte.
Shortly we will add the ability for the users to parse their reports, by
customer, and automatically fax them. When R3 is released, we will further
integrate the two tools.
I myself have not used Actuate, but if you are still interested, and I can
refer you to our Actuate/Forte experts.
Thanks,
Vince Hoenigman
Tel: 415-973-7224
e-mail: [email protected]
From: Solano Alessandra <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 3:04 AM
To: "'Forte'-Users'" <[email protected]>
Subject: reporting systems
Is there anybody who use Actuate Reporting System integrated with Forte'?
We would like to know if it is possible to design and produce reports
directly from Forte' Application without making a new query on DBMS (from
Actuate Developer Workbench).
By the way we are also looking to have a multiplatform reporting system
(using also Unix Client machines). We read about Actuate Report Server. Do
we
have to use Actuate Report Server together with Actuate Developer Workbench
or there are other possibility to work with Unix Clients?
We'll be very happy to receive an answer about our questions or to have some
informations about where to find documentation about these matters.
Thanks very much.
Solano ALessandra
CSI-PIEMONTE
C.so Unione Sovietica 216
10134 Torino ITALY
tel:+39 11 4618847
fax:+39 11 4618212
e-mail: [email protected]

The FormattedDataSet is not a total reporting solution, but it does a good job of displaying tabular data such as you would see in a listbox, html table, xml, or csv. It is flexible, fast and easy to use. You crreate your own templates which do a good job of separating formatting from presentation. This allows for both reuse of the data and formatting
For a live demo check out http://www.fdsapi.com

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William,
If you visit the Forte web site and look under Support and Services - Shareware you'll find an example of using Actuate.
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