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

[Shen Liang]

Detailed specification may be needed. What kinds of data and report do you
need?
Here are two candidates, but still need for information to make a real
solution.
http://drupal.org/project/views_calc
http://drupal.org/project/charts

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Roshan Shah <roshan.shah at bpocanada.com>wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>
>> *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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