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*Reporting Tools for Developers*

DATASURFER

Demo tour: Features

Supported platforms

Supported platforms: all Microsoft Windows 32 bits (NT 4, 98, 2000, TSE, XP, Vista).

Required disk space: up to 200 MB (not including your databases).

Supported connection technologies : Microsoft ADO (or "OLEDB"), Microsoft ODBC, Borland BDE, and native access to Text Files, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Jet, Interbase.
Note : ADO, ODBC and BDE drivers are not supplied.
Connection re-routing and merging facility: useful to manage and consolidate several companies.
Supported DBMSs: all complying to the SQL 2 standard.

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Data can be retrieved from business databases or from the Data Warehouse.
User-friendly dialog boxes for entering query parameters.
Cross tabs.
Calculated columns with special functions and algorithms.
Multi-dimensional analysis (up to 99 criteria).
Chronological analysis (by day, week, 10-day period, month, quarter, semester, year)
Analysis on custom frameworks.
Pareto analysis.
Data source combination (merge, intersect, compare).

All paper sizes supported. Multi-slice printout for crosstabs.
4 Documents styles:
- Tabular lists with level-based breaks.
- Forms.
- Labels (with selection of starting position)
- Envelopes.
Visual models, created or customized by User.
Definition of fonts, backgrounds, borders.
Support of angled writing, color gradation, etc.
Support of images and rich texts, retrieved from databases or from files.
2D- and 3D business charts.
Hyperlinks (to Internet, to other reports, to external software, to external files or opening pop-up windows).
Assembly of several documents with Table of contents.

Simultaneous report display on 4 viewers: Document, Data, Chart, Hypercube.
Direct document retouching on screen using the mouse.
Document export to these file formats: PDF, HTML, Synactis Archive, Standalone Synactis Archive, BMP, JPEG, EMF.
Data export to these formats: TXT (tab-delimited), Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Word, XML, customizable format.
Data saving into Data Warehouse.
E-mail transmission.
Report archiving.

Graphic user interface.
Suitable for all users:
- End Users can easily create simple reports in a few clicks.
- Power Users can create sophisticated reports using advanced features.
Can be used in Create or Edit mode.
Result checking available at any time during the definition process.
SQL query editor.
Formula editor with syntax-highlighting features.
Document framework editor.

Data dictionaries store relevant informations about tables, fields, views and parameters.
Automatic synchronizing with DBMS structure.
Dictionary inheritance mechanism designed for giving full control and security to software publishers.

Software and documentation are bilingual (English and French).
Data dictionaries can support an unlimited number of languages and store linguistic informations (such as field descriptions, display formats, etc) in every language.
The Design Wizard creates multilingual reports: document language can be changed at any time when viewing a report.

The resulting datasets of reports can be exported to DBMS tables into a special database called the Data Warehouse. This process can be automated.