GrapeCity announces ActiveAnalysis 2.0 Beta with Freeform Data Analysis and Data Visualization for Microsoft Silverlight

The world’s first freeform data analysis and data visualization component for Windows Forms and ASP.NET adds Silverlight support and Excel export

MORRISVILLE, NC — GrapeCity today announced the availability of ActiveAnalysis 2.0 Beta, formerly known as Data Dynamics Analysis. The world’s first freeform data analysis component for Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Silverlight allows developers to rapidly embed out-of-the-box OLAP, data visualization, and ad hoc business intelligence (BI) features into their applications.

Designed for Microsoft Silverlight 4, the latest version supports printing and the use of context menus within Silverlight. The Silverlight support allows .NET developers to rapidly embed out-of-the-box interactive, cross-browser data analysis and visualization features into their applications.

Another significant feature is the support for exporting the onscreen data to Microsoft Excel for offline analysis. End users can export the onscreen data, including encoded values and exports it to a format that allows them to further analyze or manipulate the data in Excel.

Major new features include:

• Silverlight based out-of-the-box cross-browser data analysis capabilities
• Excel export for offline analysis on the desktop
• Intelligent processing of numeric and date data to display more information in less space
• Automatic selection of the correct visual representation based on the data type
• Accelerated information discovery and analysis for end users

Commenting on the release, James Johnson, the GrapeCity PowerTools Product Manager said, “By enabling Silverlight based data analysis combined with Excel export, the product effectively allows developers to benefit from the centralized deployment and distribution of their Silverlight based web application while giving users the rich client experience they get with traditional desktop tools.”

The release version of GrapeCity ActiveAnalysis 2.0 will be available for Windows Forms, ASP.NET and Silverlight. Prices start at $999, with site licensing and annual maintenance available.

About GrapeCity

Founded in 1980, GrapeCity is an international award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a premier Visual Studio Industry Partner and the world’s largest provider of developer components. The company has more than 850 employees and tens of thousands of customers worldwide. For over 25 years, GrapeCity has provided enterprises around the world with state-of-the-art developer tools and components, software services and solutions. For more information, visit http://www.gcpowertools.com/ .

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Developer
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Some years ago we were looking at options to be able to provide a reporting suite for clients through CaseManager, our client extranet. Preliminary investigations narrowed the field of potential products down to Crystal Reports and ActiveReports.

Since ActiveReports is written in .NET and integrates so well with existing C# code, it was the clear winner. The ability for our developer to be able to customize reports and make use of existing .NET modules considerably sped up the development process and has also allowed us to be more responsive to client demand. This has allowed us to provide our clients with a full reporting suite - a facility that is much appreciated by our clients!"

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IT Manager,
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"Even though there is quite a bit of code to process and massage the data, the report still generates in mere seconds. I have a hard time believing that this particular report could be accomplished with any other product on the market today."

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Robert S. Ripp, CEO of Fintelligent, LLC writes:
“Whether providing summary-level documents for a board of directors presentation, or detailed variance reports for line managers, the Data Dynamics Reports engine provided all the tools we needed to provide great looking reports.”

As Robert writes again:
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Robert concludes by writing:
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Luis Lobo Borobia, the Software Development Manager says:
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"Our solution allows users to analyze real time data and discover anomalies in their transaction data. The Data Dynamics Analysis (soon to be ActiveAnalysis 2.0) product allows our users to rediscover their data in a way that no reporting product can do.

The value that it delivers after learning how to use it is invaluable. Users are able to build charts and spreadsheets with very little effort. Our clients that know how to use the shelves and markings absolutely love it. They can easily build charts and spreadsheets by dragging and dropping database columns on the display."

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Software Developer
InfoPlanIT, LLC