osvscommercialbirt differences

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tuateOne:OneD

esign,

OneServe

r,OneUserExperience

ActuateOne fulfills the vision that Actuatehas had since the inception of BIRT: toredefine the Business Intelligence categoryby moving away from a set of disparatetools to a suite of integrated capabilities

within a single environment. ActuateOne isrecognition of a single, commonarchitecture for development anddeployment that meets the dynamicallychanging needs of information consumers.

ActuateOne products common interfaceand common design make it possible towork across the organization with minimaleffort. The product suite is engineered forrapidly developing and deploying custom BIapplications and rich informationapplications that leverage BIRT, a leading

open-source Eclipse project founded andco-led by Actuate. BIRT is the premierdevelopment environment for presentingdata to users from multiple, disparate datasources in compelling visualizations.

Applications built with ActuateOne provideusers with one user experience regardless oftask, tool or skill level; are supported by oneserver, with a set of services to support anydeployment and are built with one designusing BIRT. ActuateOne providesorganizations with a quick time to market andthe ability to grow with success.

ActuateOne is a complete BI solution built onBIRT that introduces new products andfeatures to its suite of Rich InformationApplication-ready products.

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Actuate 11the latest Actuate releaseaddsnumerous new features and more than 40enhancements to its products, extending thevalue of the Actuate BIRT product suite byproviding:

64-bit, in-memory analytics Live Excel export Print/export Flash output in PDF files Agile access to virtually any data source An improved design interface User-created analytical and operational

dashboards

New mobile options Access to document print streams More interactive content for diverse user styles

Major changes to the Actuate BIRT environmen

include:

Unified BIRT engine: Single common engine fointeractive data visualization and OLAP

Unified data access: Multi-layered and sourced Unified metadata layer (Optional): EII-powered

with incremental updating and caching

Unified deployment server architecture:Disseminate information to a single or a millionusers both inside and outside the firewall

Unified, open API: Access and integrate ancontent created by the platform into existin

applications

The following pages outline the capabilities andpossibilities provided in open source BIRT andthe full suite of ActuateOne products.

OPEN SOURCE BIRT


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IF YOU WANT TO : USE: TO CREATE:

OPENSOURCE

Design basic reports Use WYSIWYG page design to develop non-interactive

HTML, PDF or XLS reports Access simple data sources via open-source JDBC, POJO

and Web Services data connectors Extend reports and integrate them into applications

programmatically

Eclipse BIRT

Report Designer

Open Source

SINGLE

,UNFIEDBIRTREPORTDESIGN

ACTUATEBIRT

COMMERCIAL

Design multi-source, interactive reports Access and integrate data from multiple and custom

sources

Use commercial Oracle, DB2, SQL Server andDataDirect JDBC drivers

Use BIRT reports as data sources Define intelligent, multi-dimensional, in-memory cubes

called Data Objects Integrate reports into apps via URLs, parameters and

JavaScript API Build and publish content for the BIRT onDemand SaaS

platform

Define massively scalable, individually personalizedcontent viaPage-Level Security

Create a reusable foundation and templates forbranding, ad-hoc content, dashboards and applications

BIRT

Designer Pro

Integrate high-volume electronic content from: High-volume print streams Documents from Enterprise Content Management

(ECM) systems Operational data and reports from mainframes Resurrect and incorporate historic archives within

current analytic applications

X2BIRT

Discover, Analyze and Improve Performance via an

enhanced dashboard metaphor Develop and manage performance with Key

Performance Indicators that track performance againstgoals

Use color-coded scorecard visuals such as briefingbooks, strategy maps and hierarchical scorecardgadgets

Understand cause-and-effect relationships and focuson relevant metrics

Collaborate using user-written commentary, initiativesand alerts

BIRT

Performance

Analytics


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IF YOU WANT TO :TO

DEPLOY:USE: AND ADD:

OPENS

OURCE

Enable users to view non-interactive reports Use a complete open-source implementation Distribute static reports in HTML, PDF and CSV file

formats Save reports in simple MS Office rtf, ppt and xls file

formats

SINGLE,UNFIEDBIRTREPORTDESIGN

Third-

Party

Application

Server

BIRT

Runtime

Engine

Open Source

ACTUAT

EBIRTCOMMERCIAL

Deploy BIRT rich information applications of all kinds

Deploy reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, analytics,scorecards

Deploy using a public- or private-cloud implementation

Serve users inside and outside the firewall

Implement server clustering and elastic provisioning

Let admins make configuration changes on the fly

Install on new or existing systems

Access and integrate any data source

Phase in services as needed; start small and grow toany capacity

BIRTiServer

Server

capacity

as required

Page Level

Security

From a single design, run reports for many users

Run report design once to create reports for all users

Each report secured and personalized for users

Users see only information to which they are entitled

BIRTMobile

Enable BIRT content on mobile devices and tablets

Support Apple, Android and Playbook tablets

Support Apple iPhones via native previewer

Create custom BIRT-powered mobile applications

BIRT OnDemandDeploy BIRT applications via hosted service

Deploy applications without acquiring, installing,configuring and maintaining hardware and software

Add capacity and users as needed for as little at

$29/user/month


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IF YOU WANT TO :TO

ACCESS:USE:

OPEN

SOURCE

Enable users to view basic, non-interactive reports View static HTML, PDF and CSV reports

View spreadsheet data that excludes formatting andcalculations

SINGLE,UNFIEDBIRTREPORTDESIGN

Browsers

Acrobat Excel

Eclipse BIRTSample Viewer

Open Source

ACTUATEBIRT

COMMERCIAL

Deliver animated, high-fidelity, static BIRT content and

operational dashboards

Deploy dashboards created with BIRT 360 Provide dashboards specific to the needs of users,

roles and projects Re-configure and personalize dashboards without

assistance

BrowsersBIRT Standard

Viewer

Enable users to access and customize BIRT reports

Sort, filter, and group report data

Move, hide, show, compute, delete columns anditems

Add and remove page breaks

View charts, Adobe Flash charts, graphs

and gadgets

Modify, align and format text and numbers

Manipulate interactive crosstabs and generate livepivot tables

Save modified reports and report designs

Save offline content as analysis-ready Excel files

BIRT

Interactive

Viewer

Provide live, ready-to-analyze spreadsheets to users Deploy Excel files and reports simply by saving BIRT

content as Live Excel, including pivot tables Include enterprise data, formulas, formatting and live

charts Take advantage of the Excel skills that users posess

Excel

Design self-service information and analytic dashboards Tailor to the needs of users, roles, projects, etc. Enable users to re-configure without assistance

BIRT 360

Provide ad hoc report design tools to users

Enable power users to develop reports frompredefined data sources and BIRT templates

Give users ad-hoc BI tools to create, modify and viewBIRT content

BIRT

Studio

Provide browser-based OLAP analytics to business users

Access predefined multi-dimensional data objects Produce multi-dimensional reports and analyses easily Visualize data to Identify trends and spot anomalies Perform root cause analysis by linking to operational

data

BIRT

Data Analyzer