Visual Publisher

Overview and DemoMike Macomber

Manager, Solutions Consulting

Visual Publisher – What is it?

• Complement to AdHoc Report Builder, standalone desktop app

• Based on BIRT, market-leading Open Source Report Builder tool from Actuate

• Takes data produced by Report Builder (AdHoc Reporting Tool)

• Provides detailed formatting, calculations to generate highly-customized reports

• Integrates directly into Report Builder• Reporting Analysts use VP, users see only output

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Report Builder vs Visual Publisher

AdHoc Report Builder

Function:User-Friendly, Wizard-Based List Generator

Target User:“Super-User” who likes to dabble in Excel, Reporting

Primary Features• List Output• Sortable, Filterable, Groupable• Output to Excel, PDF, PowerPoint• Sharable Reports

Function:Robust, Fully-Functional Report Design Studio

Target User:Reporting specialist trained in or willing to learn higher-end reporting application skills

Primary Features• Custom-formatted tabular and/or graphic output

• Complex calculations, subtotals, cross-tabs, etc.

• MultiPage templates for report ‘packages’

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5. Save Report Template5. Save Report Template

Integration: How does it work?

AdHoc Report Builder

1. Build list output1. Build list output

2. Export Dataset2. Export Dataset

6. Upload template6. Upload template

7. Run report7. Run report

3. Import Dataset3. Import Dataset

4. Design Report Template

4. Design Report Template

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Report Builder With Visual Publisher

AdHoc Report Builder

Visual Publisher in Action(demo)

Visual Publisher FAQs

BIRT Download

Licensing

Training