Re: GUI Reporting tools for PostgreSQL?

[Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>]

On Jun 26, 2007, at 5:24 PM, Chander Ganesan wrote:

> I recently got the email below from a customer, can anyone point me  
> to a list of resources?  I did a quick search and didn't/couldn't  
> come up with much....
>
> Might this be a bigger issue...having such tools available (and  
> powerful ones) help to drive adoption...

Jasper and all it's third party addons
BIRT
OpenRPT
CrystalReports
Pentaho
DataVision

None of the first three are stellar, though they're all functional.  
The fourth
has truly enterprise level pricing.

I'm still looking for something I like, and have been for several  
years. Writing
something that produces stunning quality reports, but requires some  
knowledge
of sql/xml/whatever to write is not too hard. Writing something that  
has a user
friendly designer is a bit trickier. Doing both seems very hard.

Cheers,
  Steve

> ----------------
>
> Thx for checking in.  We are at a crossroads.  We are thinking of
> Bringing in DB2 to procure a better GUI reporting tool that puts out
> 'prettier' graphic reports. Either COGNOS or IBM'S counterpart  
> DATAQUANT.
> It looks like we will continue with postgres on the transactional side
> And downloading reportable data to either COGNOS or DATAQUANT. For
> Awhile it looked like we would abandon Postgres altogether in favor
> Of DB2 but the cost is very high for a company our size.  Since I
> Am the only one in the company with any DB2 experience the prevailing
> Thought is to 'remain with what got us here' as company-wide DB2  
> training
> Would be very painful.
>
> We are looking primarily at tools allowing the customer to
> Access interactive reports through their web browser with the  
> Ability to do data mining.  Now we just send static reports
> Through email.
>
> I think ****** is already looking at Jasper.
>
> We do have DB2 Express in house.  We installed it so that
> COGNOS techs could come in and could run a demo.  The memory  
> constraints (4 GB) would
> Not be sufficient for what we need to do.
>
> -----------------
>
> TIA
>
> --
> Chander Ganesan
> The Open Technology Group
> One Copley Parkway, Suite 210
> Morrisville, NC  27560
> Phone: 877-258-8987/919-463-0999
> http://www.otg-nc.com
>
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