A fundamental requirement for any modern business application is easy access to the underlying data, generally in the form of reports.  For many organizations the challenge is getting the right information to the right people, at the right time.  Organizations require flexible, on-demand access to business information to empower their employees to make informed decisions. 
 

Yet, MultiValue application developers, consultants and end users have all struggled when it comes to liberating their business data from their MultiValue databases.  They have endeavored to build presentable reports, suffered poor functionality from MultiValue-only tools and experienced the vagaries of MultiValue ODBC implementations while attempting to use industry standard reporting tools.   

Microsoft has invested millions of dollars in the creation of the Reporting Services infrastructure in SQL Server 2005 to provide a scalable, easy to use reporting solution which integrates tightly with their development toolsets -- and now, using BlueFinity’s Reporting Services Data Connector, MultiValue users on all platforms have a gateway into this world class technology.

Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a comprehensive, server-based reporting solution that can author, manage, and deliver both paper-oriented and interactive, Web–based reports and services. SSRS supports a wide range of common data sources, such as OLE DB and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), as well as multiple output formats such as familiar Web browsers and Microsoft Office System applications.  It is flexible enough to be used in small business right through to large enterprises, and installs onto any Windows-based server able to support the .NET Framework.

BlueFinity's Reporting Services Data Connector (RSDC) supports the full feature set of Microsoft's Reporting Services product and allows it to be used against all of the major MultiValue database platforms with almost no extra work on behalf of the application developer. 

With Reporting Services, MultiValue databases can now be used to provide sophisticated, real-time (if required) report data using a wide variety of delivery mediums (Browser, PDF, rich-client, application-embedded), incorporating all of the reporting features (for example, cross database merging, drill down, drill through and charting) expected by today's demanding report consumer. 

RSDC provides a real opportunity for all the major MultiValue database users, both VARs and end users, to fully exploit the benefits of Reporting Services.  By enabling Reporting Services to access MultiValue databases as easily as SQL-based platforms, RSDC effectively 'levels the playing field' in terms of end-user reach to valuable application data.  RSDC provides the whole MultiValue community with a fantastic opportunity to ride on the crest of the Reporting Services wave currently being generated by the Microsoft marketing machine.

How does it work?  Explore the Reporting Services Data Connector architecture to understand how RSDC can provide sophisticated, real-time report data using a wide variety of delivery mediums, incorporating all of the reporting features expected by today's demanding report consumer. 

For more information, email sales@bluefinity.com!