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A new addition to FastReports’ software package of report-generation tools is FastReport Server. FastReport Server is a powerful, full-range corporate reporting solution that includes all the necessary tools for creating and delivering reports.
FastReport Server serves as the foundation for implementing the broader Business Intelligence (BI) strategy by providing the most requested information either directly via the Internet or Intranet, or by embedding it in corporate applications. FastReport Server includes a full range of remote report-generation tools. FastReport Server is the ideal solution for businesses of all sizes.
Do you need a corporate reporting solution?
Well, you can get it in just three steps:
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Install FastReport Server.
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Set up the connection to the corporate database.
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Create the necessary reports using FastReport Studio, which is included.
This is all you need to do to make your reports accessible from any work station - because all it takes to view your reports is an Internet browser!
Advantages of FASTREPORT® SERVER
Low system requirements.
- Platform: Microsoft Windows XP/2003
- RAM: min. 128MB, recommended 512MB.
- HDD: min. 512MB,
- CPU: min. 500MHz, recommended 2GHz.
Simple installation and administration
- FastReport Server is a fully self-contained http-server that does not require the installation and setup of any additional servers such as Apache or Internet Information Server. Still, it is possible to use FastReport’s ISAPI extension for simultaneous work with such servers;
- The FastReport Server package includes an utility for setting up the server parameters, operating the service, administering the user groups, etc.
Access to all types of data:
FastReport Server uses Microsoft ADO (ODBC) technology and can work with all types of databases that support ODBC (Oracle, Informix, Microsoft SQL Server, Interbase, etc.)
Reporting at any difficulty level:
- Wide range of objects used in reports (text, images, graphs, charts, barcodes, etc.) and data-formatting tools - everything necessary to create professional-looking reports.
- Built-in dialog designer to request parameters before generating a report, plus a macro-language interpreter (C++Script, PascalScript, BasicScript, JScript) that handles non-standard data and allows you to create even the most complex reports.
- Tools for creating consolidated reports, as well as reports that include various types of graphs, which are often necessary in the decision-making process. You can also process your data with the use of a built-in macro-language.
Features
- Use of any Web-browser as a client.
- Support of various output formats: HTML, PDF, RTF, XML, Jpeg, Bmp, Gif, Tiff, Text, CSV, FastReport.
- Built-in user identification tools, allowing you to restrict access to reports.
- Limited server access based on IP addresses.
- Access logs, Error logs, etc.
- Possibility of analyzing the logs in order to get statistics regarding server usage.
- Control of the server load.
- Supporting Web-forms for dialoging with users.
- Ability to cache the most frequently requested reports on demand, which allows you to avoid rebuilding existing reports and ensures high productivity.
- Supporting compression of the transferred data to decrease network traffic.
- Securing coherence of the transferred data by utilizing the digital signature technique.
- Working with other HTTP-servers by means of a CGI tunnel or ISAPI-extension.
Supported Types of Reports
- Letterheads
- Simple lists
- Multilevel groups
- Multilevel master-detail
- Multi-column reports
- Consolidated reports (cross-tab)
- Graphs and charts
- Embedded reports
Report Designer Features
FastReport Server package includes the FastReport Studio designer solution. This program contains the following features:
- Full-range professional environment for report development.
- Great variety of objects: text, images, barcodes, shapes, lines, diagrams, rich-text, cross-tab, gradients, checkboxes, and OLE objects.
- Simple report generation wizard.
- Built-in script languages: PascalScript, C++Script, BasicScript and Jscript.
- Built-in dialog designer.
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