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Access and generate reports from in-memory Java objects
08/19/2003
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ReportingEngines, a division of Actuate Corporation and leading provider of embedded reporting solutions for the J2EE platform, has just announced that the Formula One e.Report Engine will now include the ability to access and generate reports from in-memory Java objects. This functionality improves data access efficiencies and increases report system scalability while at the same time supporting a distributed application architecture and providing developers with another data source for reporting in addition to previous support for relational databases, EJBs, flat files and XML data streams. This new functionality presents a new alternative to traditional data reporting models while streamlining report creation and performance.
IN today's digital economy most companies access static data that resides in persistent storage such as databases which is at times highly inefficient and difficult to manage with distributed applications and multiple data sources. Application Data Reporting accesses information from existing Java application objects which can be queried once and accessed repeatedly, resulting in more efficient use of computing resources. It reduces the time to develop reporting applications by allowing developers to access a Java object and filter, map, group, join and aggregate the object with other data sources in a robust, visual point-and-click report design environment.
According to Sam Butterworth, software engineer at Studio Systems, Inc., which uses the Formula One e.Report Engine in its Studio System application, they use Application Data Reporting from in-memory Java objects for most of their reports which has proven to be a much more efficient way to generate reports than traditional reporting from a database. It gave them the flexibility needed to quickly build new reports as well as modify existing reports.
IT organizations utilize in-memory Java objects as a highly efficient layer between applications and their business logic, custom calculations, or pre-built access to legacy data. Packaging up intelligence for access within the memory space is significantly faster than writing stored procedures or writing multiple queries to the database. Additionally, Java objects can be utilized by multiple applications and maintained independent of a specific project’s or application’s integration.
With a view towards getting more visibility to the new functionality ReportingEngines is offering Java developers the opportunity to try Application Data Reporting free for 30 days which can be downloaded from the ReportingEngines Web site at
http://www.reportingengines.com/info/adr9.jsp.
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