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Interest question, but I hope you'll send in your input. Lately, most our users' need is on the public view of some data; however, our Webfocus is secured behind the firewall. Our current usage of Webfocus in self-service pages, batch overnight job using report caster are returning with limited satisfiation. Many suggestions came in saying it should be done with other PRESENTATION softwares. Since Webfocus reporting server is very expensive, do you have expereince in realted issues? Please share your idea. Prod: WebFOCUS 7.1.1 CGI - Self Service - Report Caster,Win2000/IIS Output: HTML, Excel 2000 and PDF | ||
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This matter is to complex to answer with so less info. -size of the company -number of users -number of reports -alternatives etc
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KenH, We have had success distributing WebFOCUS reports securely. Depending on the need and the audience, we: 1) FTP/e-mail to sites outside our firewall, often a customer's or vendor's site over which we have no control. Obviously, the output is tailored for each receipiant by bursting or separate FEX executions. 2) FTP to our own site/server directories inside the firewall. Reports go into various levels of tree structures whose security allows employees to access only the reports they need to see. 3) FTP HTML pages into our own SharePoint site or e-business web sites that require userid/password from 'insiders' or 'outsiders' to enter and view the prepared reports. 4) Placing HTML links on pages in our SharePoint, e-business sites, and other portals. These links launch WebFOCUS procedures, adhoc. Those with credentials to the site (UID/PsWd, Order#, PO#, Cust#, etc) can run the report for themselves. Hidden in the links are parameters that filter output to what we allow them to see. Chris Burtt WIN/2K running WF 7.6.4 Development via DevStudio 7.6.4, MRE, TextEditor. Data is Oracle, MS-SQL. | |||
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DKWAN, WebFOCUS is a great product and has a lot of bell and whistles, and is propability the most flexable BI product on the market. I have beening using FOCUS/WebFOCUS for 17 years. The ability to extent it (creating you own functions, subroutines) is great. It all on your requirements and what you need to deliver. I have looked and heard about other BI tools that charge a per user license. With WebFOCUS you can deliver information to an unlimited # of self-service users. Hope this helps Scott  | |||
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As Stingray says, I agree. I find the tool easy to use and cost really is based on how you plan to use it and as Frank says all those other variables. Leah | |||
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