DataVision
DataVision is an Open
Source database reporting tool similar to Crystal
Reports.
Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be
run, viewed, and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML,
PDF, LaTeX2e, DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files.
The output
files produced by LaTeX2e and DocBook can, in turn, be used to produce
PDF, text, HTML, PostScript, and more.
DataVision is written in Java. It can
generate reports from databases or text data files. Any database that
has a
JDBC driver will work. This includes Oracle, PostgreSQL,
MySQL,
Informix, HSQLDB,
and others. Columns read from text files can be separated by any
character.
Report descriptions are stored as XML files. This means users can not
only use the DataVision GUI but may also edit reports using a
favorite text editor.
Features include:
- Drag-and-drop report builder
- Report headers and footers, page headers and footers, group
headers and footers
- Report field formatting: color, numeric and date format,
italic, bold, border lines, etc
- Editable report-wide default field format
- Sub-reports
- Visual table linker
- Aggregates (sum, min, max, count, average, stddev) by group
and at report's end
- Record sorting
- Sub-selects allowed within SQL WHERE clauses
- Formulas, using any language supported by the Bean
Scripting Framework (BSF). The
default formula language shipped with DataVision is Ruby (via JRuby)
- Record selection (SQL WHERE clause for database data
sources, BSF script that accepts/rejects records for
character-separated file data
sources)
- Run-time parameters; asks the user for values when the
report runs; if running from the command line, reads values in from an
XML file
- Run-time variables (again thanks to the BSF). A script run
at the start of each report run is the perfect place to set all your
initial values
- User-defined SELECT clause columns; useful for calling
stored procedures or SQL functions
- Hide columns and entire sections
- Reports can read data from different data sources.
Currently, data
sources are defined for databases and text data files (comma-separated,
tab-separated, etc.)
- When reading text data files, translates date and numeric
columns
into the appropriate Java classes so they can be manipulated as such
(formatted, used in formulas, etc.)
- Run and view reports on-screen
- Print report from DataVision
- Exports to HTML, XML, PDF, comma-separated, tab-separated,
DocBook, LaTeX
- GUI translated into eleven languages
- Report definitions stored as human-readable XML
- Embeddable within your own application
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