acoliver 2003/07/24 09:45:19 Modified: src/documentation/content/xdocs casestudies.xml Log: http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20358 Revision Changes Path 1.5 +41 -1 jakarta-poi/src/documentation/content/xdocs/casestudies.xml Index: casestudies.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-poi/src/documentation/content/xdocs/casestudies.xml,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- casestudies.xml 19 Jun 2003 10:57:10 -0000 1.4 +++ casestudies.xml 24 Jul 2003 16:45:19 -0000 1.5 @@ -38,6 +38,46 @@ </section> <section> <title>Case Studies</title> + <section><title>Sunshine Systems</title> + <p> + <link href="http://www.sunshinesys.com";>Sunshine Systems</link> deveveloped a + POI based reporting solution for a price optimization software package which + is used by major retail chains. + </p> + <p>The solution allowed the retailer's merchandise planners and managers to request a + markdown decision support reports and price change reports using a standard browser + The users could specify report type, report options, as well as company, +division, + and department filter criteria. Report generation took place in the +multi-threaded + application server and was capable of supporting many simultaneous report requests. + </p> + <p>The reporting application collected business information from the price +optimization + application's Oracle database. The data was aggregated and summarized + based upon the + specific report type and filter criteria requested by the user. The +final report was + rendered as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using the POI HSSF API and + was stored on + the report database server for that specific user as a BLOB. Reports + could be + seamlessly and easily viewed using the same browser. + </p> + <p>The retailers liked the solution because they had instantaneous access + to critical + business data through an extremely easy to use browser interface. They + did not need + to train the broader user community on all the complexities of the optimization + application. Furthermore, the reports were generated in an Excel spreadsheet +format, + which everyone was familiar with and which also allowed further data + analysis using + standard Excel features. + </p> + <p>Rob Stevenson (rstevenson at sunshinesys dot com) + </p> + </section> <section> <title>Bank of Lithuania</title> <p>
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