So far, you've heard of many reporting
software products out there. Still, you may be left wondering about each
system. If that's the case, here comes a brief explanation about them and how a
good reporting software tool
can save you a lot of money. You need a system that truly makes report design
fast & easy with unmatched time savings throughout the report and document
creation process. One that eliminates the IT bottleneck.
The solution is layout in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This gives
you fast template creation designed for the business professional. And you need
access to all your data in SQL, XML, Excel spreadsheet and other data sources
Document Generation Software
And then there's document reporting software, also known as
Generation" software
and "dynamic document
composition" created a revolution in the business world, allowing you
to focus on expressing your business ideas, and letting you forget about how it
should like. The result, therefore, is an instantaneous report or presentation.
However, one unanswered question remains: there are many commercial and free
tools out there that can do the job – so why bother trying Windward
Reports? Why not choose, say, free software alternatives, and save
money?
Yes you can have it all!
The reason you want to try Windward Reports is that the competition turns
your dream of generating quick and automated content into a nightmare. And why
is that? Well, first, you have to understand that the competition forces
you to accept a different and technical definition of what
SQL reports and what XML reports are: instead of
defining reporting simply as a file with useful data, they understand
"reporting" as retrieving the data from a database and transforming
it, into, say, an intermediary file, and then you run another program to
process that intermediary file so you can get the format you want.
Confusing? Oh, it gets better. See how it goes for someone that just wants to
get the job done.
For someone that is no programmer, this would mean using a program to get
data from a database (which would probably mean going through an
tutorial in the process – just, you know, to make your life a little
more difficult) , and letting this reporting
software program generate, say, a XML file containing the data it got.
Right after that, you'd run another program so you can choose the format you
want to output your XML file to: it could be an HTML file, PDF, an excel
report, and so on. Does it sound clear now? No? Well, that's because most
companies are developing for developers – not for end users.
Windward reports, on the other hand, understands
you. Contrary to the competition, it doesn't turn your dreams into a nightmare.
The very reason it is so great, in fact, is because it turns your dreams into reality.
First, it installs special ribbons into Microsoft Office – a tool you
already know how to use, which means you'll have a low learning curve –
and then, with the power of Windward Engine, you can retrieve
the data from your SQL
report or XML
report database with the click of a button. Plus, if you want to create new
templates (but don't have a designer at hand),
installs itself in Word, allowing you to create very professional templates in
a matter of minutes.
These advantages, although already astonishing, are not the only ones
software has to offer: just as previously stated, you can create your
reports in multiple formats, just like every tool around. However, unlike the
competition – and because, just as stated before, it is so tightly
integrated into Microsoft Office, you can get instantaneous reports (yes,
following your definition of reports) in the following formats (but not limited
to them):
Word)
– no more worries about trying to read an
tutorial to figure out how to insert "data entries" or to
make your presentation "look professional")
in any Browser)
your document everywhere
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