Transcript WebFOCUS Active Technologies

WebFOCUS Active Technologies:
Continuing Innovation
Kyle Hachey
Systems Engineer
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Continuing Innovation: Formats, Interactivity, Visualization
Active Reports
Active Dashboards
Enhanced Visualization
Active Charts
Active Flash
SWF Format
Active PDF
Interactive Content
Enhanced Interactions
SWF and HTML Formats
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Active Technologies Platform: Benefits
 Truly Portable
 Connected and Disconnected
 Browser, Computer, Mobile Device
 Really Simple to Use
 95% of most commonly used Excel functions
 “Single Click” UI paradigm
 Slice, dice and share
 Simple to develop
 Robust
 HTML, SWF, PDF
 Reports, Charts, Dashboards
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Active Technologies HTML: Enhanced Functionality
 Advanced
Transformations: Grid,
Pivot, and Chart/Rollup
Tools
 Customization:
Show/Hide Menu
Options, Customize
Pagination Bar
 Global Filter:
Dynamically filter
across all report
components
 Trial version: Available
without license
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Enhanced Dashboard Creation Capabilities from IA
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Enhanced Interactions via New Filter Controls
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Active Technologies for Adobe Flash® Player
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High Level Overview of Flash Platform
 SWF is popular for highly branded
and interactive applications
 SWF combines vector graphics and
animation effects in applet like
applications
 SWF is a pre-compiled binary file
 Uses ActionScript which is based
on EcmaScript
 Action Script 3 -- very much like
Java or C#
 Flash Player is a browser plug-in
 Flash Player 9 is JIT like Java
Virtual Machine
 10 times faster than prior engines
 Installed on 98% of PCs
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Flash vs. HTML5
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Is Flash Obsolete: It is not only about Flash – It is Flash AND HTML5
 Silvelight
 JavaFX
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What HTML5 Means to Web Designers and Developers
 CSS 3
 Local Storage
 Websockets
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Focus on Media and Performance by Vendors
 Video: Apple plays H.264 video through the QuickTime player, while Adobe encodes it
and uses the hardware accelerators. 75% of video on the internet is in Flash.
 Speed: QuickTime + HTML5 outperforms Flash only on MAC/Safari, because MAC
does not allow Adobe to take advantage of the hardware acceleration. On all other
platforms Flash performs faster.
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The Real Issue: Can some of the apps/ads/etc. be re-written in HTML5 plus Java Script?
 How can we deliver the best user experience
 Is there going to be universal support
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What They Are Saying
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"HTML5 is still a standard in progress and the makers of it say it will be five to
ten years at least before it's done, so it's too early to make any comparisons at
this time," a Microsoft spokesperson says. "Silverlight will still be necessary as
it provides more advanced features -- such as a richer and faster programming
model (C#), 3-D, and out-of-browser capabilities. With those features, Silverlight
will ultimately provide a richer Internet experience.“
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"HTML5 faces many challenges," says Dave Story, vice president of developer
tools at Adobe. "The browser market remains highly fragmented, and
incompatibilities between browsers reign. The HTML5 timeline states that it will
be at least a decade before the evolving HTML5/CSS3 efforts are finalized,
and it remains to be seen what parts will be implemented consistently across all
browsers. In the meantime, the Flash platform will continue to deliver a
ubiquitous, consistent platform that enables ever richer, more engaging user
experiences.“
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Sun vice president James Gosling, often considered the father of Java, says
JavaFX "has much more advanced rendering, performance, and behavior
than HTML5."
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Active Technologies for Adobe Flash® Player: Benefits
 Advanced Charts
 Enhanced Styling
 Transitional effects
and animations
 Easy Conversion:
Reuse existing report
or dashboard
 No Additional Tools
or Software to build
interactive
dashboards
 Leverage existing
tools, skills and
knowledge
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Active Technologies for PDF: Benefits
 PDF Functions:
Save and share
from Adobe
Reader menu
 Active Functions:
Interactivity,
Charts and
Animations
 No browser plugin needed
 Print only the
Filtered Content
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Enhanced Visualization: 38 New Chart Types
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Active Content Development: Simplieifed Workflow in IA
Report Painter
InfoAssist
Document Composer
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Demo
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Active Dashboard Example We Will Create
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Open InfoAssist to Create Active Dashboard
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Create First Chart
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Add Second Chart and Resize
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Add Third Chart and Position All
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Change the Chart Types: Stacked Bar, Doughnut, Area
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Change the Format to Active Flash
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Add Global Filter to Active Dashboard
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Run and Interact with Active Dashboard
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Thank You!
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