Why Use The Denkh HTML Reporter Scott Auge Amduus Information Works, Inc.

Audience IT Decision Makers Programmers Report Seekers

What is it? A report writer! Generate reports without the need of coding, compiling, and releasing program modules… Generate reports without the need of coding, compiling, and releasing program modules… But still powerful enough to integrate with programmer’s works. But still powerful enough to integrate with programmer’s works.

What is it? A report generator! Users can search for a report Users can search for a report The report requests input parameters from the user The report requests input parameters from the user The report is presented to the user The report is presented to the user

What is it? A report manager! Provides a repository of multiple reports. Provides a repository of multiple reports. Create, Modify, and Delete reports. Create, Modify, and Delete reports.

Run Through…. Choose a report to run…

Run Through… Run the report

Run Through… The report!

Quick Feature List Webize your character or GUI application Use it to provide inquiry and lookups for your web based application!!! Develop reports without Provision, Crystal Reports, or Report Builder! No compiling needed! Develop reports without Provision, Crystal Reports, or Report Builder! No compiling needed! Easy formatting of data and data layout Subtotalling! Drill down into other reports Specify Column Headings

Quick Feature List Continued Side-labels for each field can be specified for each report layout Page totals, sub-totals & totals (without turning into a pretzel) Since it is on the web, Preview or print to screen with optional paper printing later on Open Source so you can modify look and feel, as well research “how it does it.” Use HTML Editors to develop your report sections (then cut and paste the code in and out of the editor)

Quick Features List Continued Dynamic queries defined by the user Format reports using HTML/CSS2 for a more polished look Ability to include embedded reports within reports (a report repository) Ability to embed data fields from the query into the report Ability to embed page breaks into the report Ability to ask the report user questions for report parameters

Quick Features List Continued Ability to restrict which tables the report generator can reach Ability to look into Progress, Oracle, and ODBC based databases Web based so it can be reached easily by people (include in your portal!) Call out to Progress 4GL programs from within a report (good for integration) Use session variables within a report (good for integration) Include date and time within a report

Quick Features List Continued Include user’s input in the output of the report Ability to access rowid of records in report (good for integration) PDF/MS Word documentation Report examples/Source Code examples Easy to use report listing system with search by name functionality

Quick Features List Continued Make “green bar” reports Make letter based reports Make sophisticated layouts reports Include your logo/images in reports Use different types of fonts in your reports

Integrate into existing systems Use the tables available in existing Progress and non-Progress applications: QAD QAD Dispatch-1 Dispatch-1 Internally Developed Internally Developed

Data Sources Progress RDBMS Oracle via the Progress Data Server MS SQL via the Progress Data Server Other ODBC via the Progress Data Server Other….

Ease of support Uses a web browser as the client All company users can view the reports with included software (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla) All company users can view the reports with included software (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla) No program installations to be needed on the user’s computer. No program installations to be needed on the user’s computer. Integrate into the company intranet/extranet portal. Integrate into the company intranet/extranet portal.

Skills needed to create reports An understanding of HTML An understanding of the tables within the application An understanding of the Denkh HTML Reporter macro’s (See accompanying presentation) An understanding of preparing queries Training is available from Amduus Information Works, Inc.

Infrastructure Needed A database to use for report data Webspeed Transaction Server If using a non-Progress database, then the appropriate Data Server A web server A web browser

Open Source If you need to better understand the system, one can read the code. Easier integration with other applications Organizations sometimes share code with Amduus allowing additional features to become available.

More information Contact Scott Auge at Amduus Information Works, Inc. At Contact James Arnold at Analyst’s Express, Inc. At

About Amduus Information Works, Inc. United States Based Corporation Can provide Webspeed Training Provides multiple open source applications to the Progress community Can provide application customization Past work with Manufacturing, Court/Law Enforcement, Service industries.