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"mv.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, mv.RSDC effectively 'levels the playing field' in terms of end-user reach to valuable application data.  mv.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."

- David Cooper, Lead Developer at BlueFinity International

BlueFinity's mv.RSDC
Integration with Microsoft Reporting Services
 
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, mv.RSDC,  MultiValue users on all platforms have a gateway into this world class technology...

mv.RSDC supports the 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. 

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

MultiValue databases can now incorporate all of the reporting features expected by today's demanding report consumer:

    Cross database merging
    Drill Down
    Drill Through
    Charting 

How does it work? 

mv.RSDC provides a design and  run-time connection to MultiValue database schema and data from within Microsoft's SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) product.  This connectivity is designed to allow the developer to leverage the full functionality of SSRS against most of the major MultiValue databases. 

By utilizing BlueFinity’s mv.NET product as the database connectivity solution, mv.RSDC is able to offer unparalleled SSRS integration across a wide range of MultiValue platforms.  mv.RSDC makes use of the high performance Adapter Objects (ADO.NET) functionality provided by mv.NET to provide the underlying connectivity to the MultiValue database - from there onwards SSRS takes over to provide the complete reporting package.

Explore the Reporting Services Data Connector architecture.