Meet GrapeCity at Microsoft PDC

Join us at GrapeCity's Booth #815 at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) from November 17th, 18th, 19th, where both ActiveReports and FarPoint Spread team members will be present to preview latest technologies and answer your questions.

The FarPoint Spread team will be there to showcase Spread 5 for Windows Forms beta, to be launched in December. It's a great time to attend the premier Developer Conference by Microsoft and meet the people behind our products.

Or you can just say hello and play some Bingo, we are giving away a total of $1000!

If you are already registered for the PDC, see if there’s still time to register for the Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. We’re giving away the grand prize of an HDTV!

It's not too late to attend! You can register from the PDC Site.

Join us at the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Tech Briefing

Join us, along with Microsoft, for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Tech Briefing, a one-day virtual event showing you what you need to know about this new release – just out in beta.

Following the Microsoft presentation, we will be presenting our session entitled, “Deliver Complete .NET Business Intelligence Solutions by combining Spreadsheets, Reporting and Data Visualization in Microsoft Visual Studio”.

This session will for the first time ever, bring together world class development tools and components such as ActiveReports and FarPoint Spread, both by GrapeCity in one single demo to show how to rapidly develop business intelligence applications with Microsoft Visual Studio.

Registration is free! Register now at CodeProject.com - http://www.codeproject.com/webcasts/vs2010Beta/

GrapeCity sponsors .NET Community Event at PDC

GrapeCity will be the Grand Prize Sponsor for the INETA Birds-of-a-Feather Community Roundtable at the Microsoft PDC on Tuesday, 11/17 from 6:00-7:00 pm. GrapeCity will be donating a HDTV as the grand door prize at the event.

INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups.

Learn more about INETA web site, ActiveReports and FarPoint Spread set of award-winning, best-selling .NET spreadsheet, and .NET reporting and business intelligence tools for Microsoft Visual Studio.

GrapeCity acquires FarPoint Technologies

GrapeCity today announced that it has executed an acquisition agreement with FarPoint Technologies, Inc., developer of world’s best selling and award-winning Excel-compatible spreadsheet software components for Microsoft’s development platform. Under the terms of the agreement, GrapeCity will be purchasing all FarPoint products and the resulting revenues.

The decision was taken based on a long standing relationship between the two companies since the very first time the FarPoint Spread VBX component was launched for Microsoft Visual Basic over a decade ago. Since that time, GrapeCity has exclusively localized, marketed, sold and supported FarPoint Spread in Japan making it one of their top selling component product in Japan.

GrapeCity is also the world’s largest component developer and seller by company size and revenues. So when the time came for FarPoint owners to carefully weigh their options aimed at growing worldwide even beyond the success it enjoys today, joining GrapeCity was a logical next step.

The FarPoint team, just like the Data Dynamics team last year will become part of GrapeCity and continue serving mutual customers. All FarPoint Product Managers, Sales and Marketing personnel and other FarPoint team members will continue the good work under the GrapeCity name starting October 1st, 2009.

This is great news for customers of both Data Dynamics and FarPoint as it brings together two technology pillars - "Reporting and Business Intelligence" and Excel compatible "Spreadsheet technologies" that form the underpinning of most data processing and data visualization needs of today's business users. Customers can look forward to seeing more synergies between the two product lines in the months to come even as both product lines will continue to grow in exciting ways.

To learn more, read the joint press release, and more coverage by SD Times and the Visual Studio Magazine.

ActiveReports 6 and the GrapeCity Factor - A look back and what to expect in future

With the soon to be launched ActiveReports 6, this seems an appropriate time to take a step back and look at what the GrapeCity acquisition has meant for Data Dynamics and what it implies for the future.

The ActiveReports 6 launch marks a major milestone in two respects. Firstly, it is a reflection of the commitment to not only continue the product development and support but in fact, take ActiveReports, Data Dynamics Reports and Data Dynamics Analysis to the next level in terms of their strategic direction and overall product features, quality and support.

Read the full article on the ActiveReports Blog.

About GrapeCity and ActiveReports

When GrapeCity acquired Data Dynamics late last year and the GrapeCity name started appearing in all Data Dynamics promotions, it was a relatively unknown name for a number of customers who probably wondered who GrapeCity was.

As it turns out, GrapeCity's name is very familiar to a number of US and international Component and Developer Tool vendors.

Read the full article.

Microsoft Case Study on ActiveReports

Microsoft today released a new Case study highlighting Precision.BI's use of ActiveReports and other .NET reporting and Analysis tools from GrapeCity-Data Dynamics to speed the delivery of a new Healthcare Business Intelligence product to its customers.

Precision.BI needed powerful analysis and reporting components for its healthcare business intelligence solution. The company found what it needed in third-party components from GrapeCity, including functionality that enables users to explore huge quantities of data and to generate rich reports on an ad hoc basis. Precision.BI plans to continue taking advantage of GrapeCity’s rich components and excellent support as both companies migrate their software to Microsoft® Silverlight™ 3.
Read the full Case Study (PDF).

ActiveReports rapid XML processing options

Chillisoft describe in their latest blog on how they leverage the flexible code model of ActiveReports to roll an optimized XML+XSLT solution.

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ActiveReports provides the XMLDataSource option for sourcing your data from xml. My knowledge of all its ins and outs is not substantial, but I ran into two significant problems in a recent project which led me towards an alternative, innovative approach.

The first problem is that an xml document does not guarantee a structure like a database does. Xml’s flexibility in the layout of elements is beautiful on one hand but hard to fit into a report that expects a fixed structure.

The second problem in my case was the use of sub-reports to cover for different structures in the xml document. I won’t get fully into the detail, but where an element holds recurring sub-items, you can use sub-reports to list all the items. The trouble is that a significant number of sub-reports kill your report generation performance. I had a particular problem where my first report would take 15 seconds to generate on the server, and then degrade by another 5 seconds every time I ran it again. This is of course totally unacceptable for a frequently used report.

Here then was my innovation … combine ActiveReports and XSLT. ActiveReports provides the RichTextBox, which has an Html property to which you can assign the Html you generate from your XSLT.

Read the full blog posting.

Microsoft Solution Brief on ActiveReports

Microsoft today published a Visual Studio Partner Solution Brief on the ActiveReports Reporting and Business Intelligence (BI) Suite by GrapeCity that will be available on Microsoft and GrapeCity-Data Dynamics web sites.

It features customer quotes, a historical perspective on .NET reporting and business intelligence (BI) challenges, and how ActiveReports and related tools from GrapeCity have helped customers solve the problems by tightly integrating with Microsoft Visual Studio for the .NET development plaftform.

Download the PDF version of the Solution Brief.

Win a Trip to Microsoft PDC!

INETA is sponsoring the INETA Component Code Challenge, with the winner receiving a scholarship to Microsoft PDC 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. All you need to do is build the best application using one of ActiveReports, Data Dynamics Reports or Analysis product and another component.

The Details:

Build a .NET Application (WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, Compact Framework, etc.) using at least 2 components from at least 2 different approved vendors (yes, GrapeCity is an approved vendor) then make a 3-5 minute Camtasia video showing your entry and describing what components you used and why your application is cool. The INETA judges will review the submissions and the best two will win a scholarship to Microsoft PDC 2009 in Los Angeles, CA, including air fare, hotel, and conference pass.

The submission deadline is 08/25/2009 at Midnight Eastern and the winners will be announced on 09/14/2009.

Entries will be judged on four criteria:

1. Effective use of a component to solve a problem/display data
2. Innovative use of components
3. Impact using components (i.e. reduction in lines of code written, increased productivity, etc.)
4. Most creative use of a component

See the contest page on the INETA web site for more details and full rules.

That’s it. So what are you waiting for? Show them how you are using ActiveReports or other GrapeCity-Data Dynamics products today and possibly win a free trip to PDC. Good luck!

Jeremy Yoder's team totally depends on ActiveReports programmability

“Why do we use ActiveReports? In a word: Flexibility. There is simply no other reporting product on the market that allows so many elements to be altered programmatically. This enables us to make an end-user product that relies almost entirely on GUI interfaces, which we programmatically translate into fast running reports, whether it’s via customized control properties, our own report wizards, or dynamically created subreports, all of which are done by our users with a few mouse clicks.”

He further describes the "slick" development features in their reporting module built using ActiveReports that he is especially proud of:

1. Report Wizards
2. Dynamically created underlying queries (via a stored proc)
3. Control wrappers for use in the property grid (which uses the Tag field for customized properties)
4. Ability to create formulas that can be reused in different reports
5. Generate other labels and summary fields when user places fields on the designer
6. GUI interface for almost everything, including subreports with multiple links
7. Ability to filter each report “on the fly” before it’s run via pre-created filters and/or individual field selection
8. Generate crosstab reports after the user specifies the X, Y, and D fields, and possibly other fields on the designer
9. Customized toolbars: For placing report controls, editing control properties, and a treeview list of views/fields with multiple tabs based on field type
10. The user never writes scripts, but he does it programmatically for various features, such as tying to subreport, make numeric fields red if less than zero, etc.
11. User defined font defaults to apply by section as fields are placed on the designer or generated
12. Export/Import reports in their entirety with all relevant subtables into a single XML file
13. Ability to run reports in a “Void” format to show the report layout without exposing potentially sensitive data


Jeremy Yoder,
Software developer,
Software Unlimited, Inc.

ActiveReports 6 Beta Launch!

We are happy to announce that ActiveReports 6 beta is now available for download on the GrapeCity-Data Dynamics web site.

The Standard Edition of this premier .NET reporting tool features new Report Designer enhancements that make it even easier to design reports. New Designer features include Cross-section Controls, Snap Lines, In-line Text Editing, support for repetition patterns, image annotations, and a number of Text and Label enhancements.

It also features new Bar Code Control support for Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) Bar Codes and External Stylesheets for sharing look and feel between reports.

The Professional Edition gets even more powerful and easy to use for end users with:

1. A First-time Flash based Report Viewer
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2. Advanced PDF reporting features such as support for Adobe's Digital Signatures and version timestamps
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3. Redistributable End User Report Designer help for End Users

4. Nifty toolstrip controls for the End User Report Designer.

Learn more on the Download Page.

GrapeCity-Data Dynamics in Europe

New UK Office to Allow Easier Access to Data Dynamics Products and Solutions

KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BusinessWire)--Data Dynamics, now part of GrapeCity, the world’s largest component developer, today announced the opening of West Sussex, England offices to best serve developers and IT professionals in Europe. While Data Dynamics has been selling globally for years, adding offices and staff in England reflect GrapeCity’s commitment to excellence in customer service and support and delivering the highest quality developer tools and components across Europe.

Commenting on the new announcements, Naoyuki Baba, GrapeCity President, said, “This is an important step forward as we try to get closer to our international customers and providing them with even greater value. We are confident that Neil Slater and his team of Europe based professionals will continue GrapeCity’s 25 year old tradition of excellent customer service and commitment.”

About the Products

ActiveReports is the award-winning .NET reporting tool used by Microsoft Visual Studio.NET developers for over a decade. It has over 50,000 registered users worldwide, and its user base is steadily growing.

Data Dynamics Reports is a new business reporting tool for .NET that allows developers to embed dashboards, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Microsoft Excel transformations, and new user tools for business reporting in their .NET applications. The product supports and enhances the Microsoft SQL Server Reporting format, helping customers to get more from their investments in Microsoft technologies.

Data Dynamics Analysis was the first free-form data visualization component for Microsoft Visual Studio.NET. It enables .NET developers to embed free-form visual analysis and business intelligence for both structured and unstructured data into their .NET applications.

About GrapeCity
GrapeCity is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, an international award-winning software firm, and the world’s largest component vendor, employing more than 850 worldwide. The company’s corporate headquarters are in Japan, with US headquarters in Kirkland, WA. For over 25 years, the company has provided enterprises around the world with state-of-the-art software tools, solutions, and services to help them turn ideas into marketable products. For more information, visit www.grapecity.com and www.datadynamics.com

Billy McCafferty on MVC with ActiveReports

Billy McCafferty (twitter.com/devlicious) has written a great post on integrating ASP.NET MVC with ActiveReports for .NET.

He writes:

"A long time favorite PDF reporting tool of mine is ActiveReports for .NET. It's relatively painless to integrate into your project, has a great designer tool, and has plenty of power for more advanced reporting needs. When I started becoming an ASP.NET MVC zealot, I was afraid of losing the ability to use this great tool. With a little tinkering, I got it to play nicely within an MVC project and have included the steps below for future reference:"....

Read his full posting.

ActiveReports .NET Reporting and BI Tools Get High Ratings from Customers

Survey Results Highlight Flexibility, Ease of Use, Time Savings

KIRKLAND, Wash. GrapeCity, an international software development firm that recently purchased Data Dynamics, a developer of .NET reporting and business intelligence (BI) tools, today announced the results of a survey it just completed of Data Dynamics customers. The company reports that more than three quarters of survey respondents had highly positive reactions. For example:

1. 75% said the .NET reporting features are above average or well above average in their helpfulness to developers.
2. 77% said the overall quality of the .NET reporting components is above average or well above average.
3. 80% said they are satisfied or highly satisfied with the company and its .NET developer tools.

For more information, read the press release.

ActiveReports, Data Dynamics and GrapeCity win ComponentSource Awards

Earlier this year, ActiveReports, Data Dynamics and GrapeCity won a number of awards from ComponentSource, the world's largest component marketplace for being a best-selling product, and best-selling component developers. Other products such as Data Dynamics Reports also featured among the Top 100 downloads.

The awards won by GrapeCity and Data Dynamics are:

2008 Bestselling Products Awards
ActiveReports for .NET—Ranked #2 in Top 5 Products
ActiveReports COM/ActiveX—Ranked #26 in Top 50 Products
Data Dynamics Reports—Ranked #100 in Top 100 Products

2008 Bestselling Publisher Awards
GrapeCity-Data Dynamics—Ranked #4 in Top 5 Publishers
GrapeCity (Japan)—Ranked #5 in Top 5 Publishers

Read the press release for more information.

ActiveReports is asp.netPRO Award Finalist for 2009

ActiveReports is among the 3 finalists for the 2009 asp.netPRO Readers' Choice Awards in the Reporting Tools category. See update.

Vedrun Hudec, Croatia on ActiveReports .NET reporting

ActiveReports for .NET reporting was a great solution which in that moment was the number One we needed.

Vedrun Hudec,
S/W Developer,
Croatia

ActiveReports has great reporting functionality

ActiveReports has great .NET reporting functionality.

Development Manager,
Croatia

Comparing ActiveReports with Crystal Reports

ActiveReports .NET reporting is easier to integrate with web applications than Crystal Reports.

Software Programmer, USA

ActiveReports is very stable

ActiveReports is very stable and it looks great!

Software Engineer, Switzerland

About ActiveReport's flexibility

I like the flexibility of ActiveReports .NET reporting.

Software Engineer, USA

Larry Harker, Oregon Counties on report events

I like the ability to add code in report events.

Larry Harker,
IT Manager,
Oregon Counties
USA

About product excellence

I choose Data Dynamics products because they are excellent products!

Software Engineer, Mexico

I went for Data Dynamics Reports because it is the reporting tool for the future

It was a throw up between ActiveReports Professional for .NET and Data Dynamics Reports (DDR). I went for Data Dynamics Reports because it is the .NET reporting tool for the future.


Software Engineer, UK

ActiveReports has the right combination of configurability and out of the box functionality

ActiveReports has the right combination of configurability and out of the box functionality. Features allow many options for how solutions are implemented. Wish we had been able to upgrade sooner to the .NET reporting version. Look forward to doing that...

Enterprise Architect, USA

About ActiveReport's flexibility, ease of use and speed

I have selected ActiveReports because of its flexibility. very simple to use and much more faster...

Senior Software Engineer, Bangladesh

ActiveReports met our specific set of requirements

ActiveReports met our specific set of requirements when almost no other product would.

[Developer, Large Logistics Company]

Quote on ActiveReport's Visual Studio integration and ease of development

ActiveReports was the first fully functional, 100% managed code reporting solution for .Net reporting that also integrated into the Visual Studio IDE with ease. 100% managed code makes deployment a breeze; flexible object graph makes development a walk in the park.

[Wishes to be Anonymous]

Steven Lee feels that the GrapeCity staff helped him as if they were part of his own team

"You have been a great help in answering all my inquiries and I felt like you are part of my research team. Thanks!"



Steven Lee,
Sr. Software Engineer
Corinthian Colleges, INC.
http://www.cci.edu

Daniel Reber, Precision.BI on ActiveAnalysis and Data Dynamics Reports

"In the case of Data Dynamics Analysis (now ActiveAnalysis 2), not only can end users view the data in both numbers and graphs, but we can easily modify the size, color, and other features of graphs to help them quickly grasp what's happening. No other component can do that."

"In the case of Data Dynamics Reports, it is the quickest way available to create reports, and you don't need to be a programmer to do it."

Daniel Reber,
Lead Architect
Precision.BIhttp://www.precisionbi.com/

Mark Donohoe, Intuisoft on the Fun Factor of ActiveReports!

“Competitive products just don’t deliver that “Wow!” factor. If you move up to ActiveReports, It’s like you’ve been drawing with a black-and-white palette, and suddenly you’ve got a whole color palette available.

The reporting systems I’ve been able to create with ActiveReports are hands-down some of the best work I’ve ever done. ActiveReports makes reporting fun!”

”When I realized what I could do with ActiveReports, I was ecstatic!”

Mark Donohoe
President,
Intuisoft
United States
http://www.markdonohoe.com

Karl Costenbader, Competent Technologies on programmability of ActiveReports

"It is nice to be able to programmatically control our reports."

Karl Costenbader,
President/CEO,
Competent Technologies, Inc.
United States

Shibu, eSystems on the quality and flexibility of ActiveReports

"Good and flexible than other products on the market."

Shibu S R
Senior Software Engineer
eSystems Software Pvt Ltd
India

Sajith Nair, Kalkitech on ease of use of ActiveReports

"ActiveReports is an excellent and easy to use product with great features."


Sajith Nair,
Business Unit Manager,
KALKITECH India

Rodney Pick, Melmarc appreciates ActiveReports technical support

"ActiveReports is a very good product and we have always recieved great technical support."


Rodney Pick,
Software Designer / IT Manager,
Melmarc

Tom Kashin, Interactive Intelligence on the intuitiveness of ActiveReports

Here are my three favorite benefits.
(1) Active Reports for .NET 3.0 was the most flexible product to deliver reports using our non-traditional method of obtaining data.
(2) The fact that you can ship a designer component was also critical for us.
(3) The text-based output as well as the graphics package is very intuitive: I was able to have a complete report viewable, with graphs, within about 30 minutes of installation.

Tom Kashin,
Development Team Lead
Interactive Intelligence
United States

Sashkumar, InterTAC says ActiveReports has simply the best quality

"End product quality of ActiveReports is simply the best."

Sashekumar Muniandy,
Senior Software Engineer
InterTAC (M) Sdn Bhd
Malaysia

Ray Gabriel, IMDC on maturity of ActiveReports

"ActiveReports is a mature and robust product."

Ray Gabriel,
President,
IMDC
United States

Nilesh Deshpande, Lightspeed Networks on dashboards capability of ActiveReports

"Reduces time to create reports, build dashboards."

Nilesh Deshpande,
System Architect,
Lightspeed Networks,
United States

Molly Fagan, Oklahoma Student Loan Authority on ease of deploying ActiveReports

"ActiveReports is easy to develop, maintain and deploy."

Molly Fagan,
Senior Applications Specialist,
Oklahoma Student Loan Authority,
United States

Amjad Masoud, Grant Thornton on productivity benefits of ActiveReports

"ActiveReports helped me a lot in cutting down development time."

Amjad Masoud,
Assistant Manager,
Grant Thornton
KSA Saudi Arabia

Ernst Tamminga, XCESS on high quality and ASP.NET integration of Activereports

"ActiveReports has high quality and good integration with ASP.NET."

Ernst Peter Tamminga,
CEO,
XCESS expertise center b.v.
Netherlands

Ragnar Hellspong, Kundsystem on Visual Studio integration of ActiveReports

"The ability to use VB code in ActiveReport makes it possible to easily create even very complicated reports. Integrates beautifully with Visual Studio."

Ragnar Hellspong,
Software Developer,
Kundsystem
Sweden

Mark Meyer, MRDD Solutions on ease of use of ActiveReports

"ActiveReports was easy to setup when we added reporting to our application. ActiveReports allowed us to add all the features we needed."


Mark Meyer,
Programmer,
MRDD Solutions
United States

Simon Morris, Syntax Software on comparison with Crystal Reports

"I've found ActiveReports to be the ideal tool for presenting complex information my users. A client since September 1999, I have tried a number of other reporting systems, even having completed a training course for Crystal Reports, but none has been as good as ActiveReports."



Simon Morris,
Manager/Developer
Syntax Software Pty Ltd
Australia

Jack Addington on the history/track record of ActiveReports

"The reporting products seem open, easy, flexible, and moreover have a powerful trackrecord There is a long history with ActiveReports so I’m sure that other products inherit many of the good features / improvements."


Jack Addington,
Owner,
Alexander Gracie Consulting
Canada

Eddie Dillon, AgConnections on the flexibility of ActiveReports

"The ability to write code behind the reports has been critical to our business by allowing us the most flexibility in our reporting."


Eddie Dillon,
Software Developer,
AgConnections
United States

Joel Hoornbeek on flexibility of ActiveReports

"ActiveReports for .NET has allowed us to build flexible products."

Joel Hoornbeek,
Project Support,
Computer Outfitter, Inc.
United States

Aaron Dirks, Integrated Control Systems on the Value of ActiveReports

"It was a good value for what I needed as a reporting tool for my projects."

Aaron Dirks,
Vice President
Integrated Control Systems, Inc.
United States

Ron Hatfield, Flight Safety Corp. on the power and user interface of Data Dynamics Reports

"I learned of Data Dynamics at the spring Dev Connection Conference in Orlando Florida in March of 2008. At that time I was searching for a better way to do reports for our newly acquired Training Management System which is powered by SQL. The out of the box solution for reporting used an older version of MS Access. Additionally, the presentation/deployment of those reports was much less than I liked. I was searching for a solution that was powerful, flexible, with a GUI that made report development easy and convenient, but could also allow us new direction possibilities such as deploying our reports via a report viewer to the web (without having to re-create the wheel)."


Ron Hatfield,
TIMS Lead,
Flight Safety Services Corp.
United States

Brent Birsa, Mediacy on Business Reporting features of Data Dynamics Reports

"Dynamic Data Reports allows my clients with diverse interests the ability to visualize and present their findings without custom software or a separate presentation software. The end-user designer feature is paramount to creating a presentation of the end-user defined data. The layout of this presentation is very flexible allowing arbitrary placement of multiple lists of textual, numeric, chart and picture data without complex workaround found in other reporting software."


Brent Birsa,
Software Engineer,
Media Cybernetics,
United States

Mark Donohoe, Intuisoft on Performance and Productivity of ActiveReports

“ActiveReports has really been optimized for speed--it’s just incredible! Our multi-pass reporting engine outperforms even single-pass engines by a factor of 10 or more. I was able to create a fast, efficient, and agile reporting engine that can be easily integrated with other systems, on a variety of platforms.

Compared to competitive products, ActiveReports is like typing with both hands, versus trying to type with one hand chopped off and the thumb of the other missing, and you wonder, ‘Why can’t I type any faster?’”

“With ActiveReports, I was able to create a fast, efficient, and agile reporting engine that could be easily integrated with other systems, on a variety of platforms.”

Mark Donohoe,
President
Intuisoft Systems
http://www.markdonohoe.com/

Mark Donohoe, Intuisoft on Flexibility of ActiveReports

“Working with ActiveReports, I’ve come to consider the process of report generation more like architecting a system. We’re able to treat separate reports, or sections of reports, as Lego pieces, so users can snap them together in any order they want. We build some pretty sophisticated reporting capabilities into our reporting engines--for example, advanced layout features, and the ability to process data programmatically as the report executes--and competitive products just can’t do what we need. In contrast, ActiveReports has opened up the doors to a tremendous range of possibilities.”

“As a developer, I really appreciate the luxury of working with a component as flexible as ActiveReports. We were trying to build in some pretty advanced reporting capabilities--for example, advanced layout features, and the ability to process data programmatically as the report executes--and competitive products just didn’t couldn’t do that.”


Mark Donohoe,
President,
Intuisoft
http://www.markdonohoe.com/

Precision.BI considers the products and the technical support key factors in their success

"If I had had to create the entire solution from scratch, without the help of GrapeCity components, I simply wouldn't have been able to do it."

"Pretty much all our plans involve Data Dynamics Reports, Data Dynamics Analysis (now ActiveAnalysis 2), and ActiveReports, plus we may use other components as they come out. With the time savings and unique capabilities they provide—plus the great technical support we get —these components are a key part of our strategy."

"I've stayed with these products all these years because of their great technical support."

Daniel Reber,

Lead Architect,

Precision.BI

http://www.precisionbi.com/

Daniel Reber on ease of use of ActiveAnalysis and Data Dynamics Reports

One feature of Data Dynamics Analysis (now ActiveAnalysis) that Daniel Reber particularly appreciates is the ease of moving between numerical data and graphs and charts. "Not only can end users view the data in both numbers and graphs, but we can easily modify the size, color, and other features of graphs to help them quickly grasp what's happening," he says. "No other component can do that."

In the case of Data Dynamics Reports, he notes, "It's the quickest way available to create reports, and you don't need to be a programmer to do it."

Read the full Precision.BI case study.

Daniel Reber,

Lead Product Architect,

Precision.BI, LLC

http://www.precisionbi.com/