[consulting] a clients needs good reporting software to use withDrupal -- any suggestions?

[Roshan Shah]

We also prefer Jasper + iReports for Reporting.  Process is bit complex but
results are awesome!

Roshan

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:22 PM, David Trainor <davidtrainor at windstream.net
> wrote:

>  I have extensive experience using a great open-source reporting product
> called BIRT (Business Intelligence Report Tool).  It is a top level eclipse
> project driven by a 15 year old enterprise reporting company called
> Actuate.  It can be downloaded at http://www.eclipse.org/birt there is
> also a community at http://www.birt-exchange.com - it is a java based
> solution but comes bundled with apache tomcat - you can also use a php-java
> bridge solution
>
>
>
> if you have any questions let me know,
>
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> dtrainor at logicsnap.com
>
>
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>
> *From:* consulting-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:
> consulting-bounces at drupal.org] *On Behalf Of *Sam Cohen
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:55 AM
> *To:* A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers
> *Subject:* [consulting] a clients needs good reporting software to use
> withDrupal -- any suggestions?
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a nonprofit client -- with limited budget -- that has a need to
> collect a lot of data on their constituents around the country.
>
> Drupal is perfect for collecting this data, but here's the catch.  They
> need the ability to generate reports based on this data, such as graphic
> representations, things Views doesn't do.
>
> I told them they'd be able to export a spreadsheet and then run reports,
> but they want the ability to run reports and crunch numbers right form the
> site.
>
> Have any of you run into this or have any suggestions?  I'm wondering if
> there might be some third party options that I may be able to integrate.  Or
> perhaps some sort of software that I can install on the server that can read
> right from the database (of course, I'd have to teach it CCK logic)
>
> Or if there's a non-drupal solution that anyone knows of, that would be
> helpful too.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
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