Well, I know we'd be willing to purchase a reporting tool for a cost on par with the cost of Flex Builder. And it wouldn't need to be a "catch all, generate all" sophisticated solution like ClearBI.
I'd be happy with just an SWC reporting library. Just add some component(s) from the SWC, setup some configuration and customization options somewhere, and point it to a RemoteObject--done! Eclipse plugins and integration with other tools become an issue when you don't need to use those tools, or (for example) you're using FlexBuilder standalone instead of the Eclipse plugin version. That's one good thing about FlexReport - it's just an SWC library--so it's easily plugged into any application, both new or old. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Anatole Tartakovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Report Wirter is a delicate topic. We wrote reporting solution in 2006 - > complete stack from database to end-user UI designer to the optimized client > to the PDF. However, the current mind set in the enterprises - if it is > third party product it has to be open source and free. So instead of pushing > it as a product, we are packaging it as a service. > After all, building low cost solution for mass market requires mass market > and enterprises with flex reporting are not mass market yet. > I believe most of reporting solutions I have seen are just tip of the > iceberg, with services beneath to recover develpoment costs. > > Sincerely, > Anatole Tartakovsky > Farata Systems > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Derrick Anderson < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > amen brother, to be honest I like FlexReport- but it's not ready for an > > enterprise app. it's a good starting point, but I really need something > > much more robust. > > > > i'm in the same boat, would love to provide all the great reportability and > > UI that has been touted but more and more i see people 'hacking' out flex > > reports in anything other than 'flex'. > > > > Adobe, where is the flex report builder??? > > > > d. > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:10 AM, ansury2001 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I need some advice on whether FlexReport is ready for "real" use. > >> > >> I've already taken a look at it some, and other than it being a pain > >> to setup and rather slow, I think it may work well enough. But I want > >> to get some 3rd party opinions on others who have used it-- or, what > >> other solutions have you come up with? Are most people just using 3rd > >> party tools like Oracle BI Publisher or Crystal Reports, resorting to > >> that primitive "HTML round-trip" stuff? ^_^ > >> > >> I also would like to provide users with report building capabilities. > >> I know reporting is complex, but has anyone done anything similiar or > >> had any experience creating a report builder in Flex? Something like > >> ClearBI would be great. (Unfortunately ClearBI has no user base, no > >> support, no community, extremely restrictive setup requirements, is > >> almost impossible to setup and get working, isn't cheap (considering > >> what you're getting), and seems like a VERY risky choice for > >> reporting.) > >> > >> As a side rant... > >> Flex is not going to take off in an "enterprise environment" as Adobe > >> seems to be claiming it is ready for until we can do reporting > >> natively in the swf app, without a ton of issues and work to do. I > >> don't care whether it's built into Flex, created separately by Adobe, > >> or built by a third party, but a real solution is going to be needed > >> very soon, before something like Silverlight exploits this weakness. > >> FlexReport won't be this solution no matter how good it gets, because > >> it's scope isn't large enough. Users need to be able to create their > >> own reports using the reporting interface! > >> > >> > > > > >
