注：英文原文和中文译文对照，原文在后半部分

 

 

信息太多似乎是不可避免的。无论您开始运做一个电子商务或一家世界财富500强的公司，在报表格式上对更多信息的需求是无止境的。事实上，现在精明的客户都希望提交的报表具有不同的硬件或软件副本格式，而且还具有从广泛的数据源中提取的信息，如XML,文本文件和LDAP，或与应用数据相关的数据库等。

 

轻松实现强大的功能，Elixir 报表服务器是为彻底减少您在生成专业数量报表的开发时间和精力而专门设计的。而且，利用它的国家化支持，您可以真正成为一个面向全世界观众的全球竞争者。

 

?基于服务器的报表生成和管理

?服务方报表的多平台支持可用于Unix (Solaris^?, Linux, AIX^?) 和Windows^? NT/2000, 及Windows^?, Solaris^?, Linux, Macint操作系统h^? 的客户方报表等

?通过Servlet 集成支持平台J2EE^TM 平台

?命令行启动，"无向" 操作，及自身的 操作系统进度安排

t 信息提交的统一电子报表平台

ü适用于跨不同应用和数据库工作的灵活报表

t增强客户与强大，灵活报表性能的联系

ü提供国内和国外客户电子报表体系结构的网页

tJava-中央和基于XML 的电子报表信息提交体系结构

ü与Java/XML 应用程序集成的强大Java 体系结构

t追求全球市场

ü地方化语言，日期，货币的先进国际化支持及编号方式的支持

Elixir 报表是为提供信息提交的一个统一的电子报表平台而设计的。它的Java 和 XML体系结构确保您的投资，在数据库，操作系统 平台，和系统界面上将来的更改受到保护。由于数据源与报表模版武官，您可以设计并建立报表，报表可以是跨不同应用程序和数据库而工作，现存的或将来的，并为有效包和出版信息提供流线性平台。

Elixir 报表建立于网页体系结构，它的强大灵活的报表能力从实质上提高任何商务的应用，例如CRM, SCM, ERP, EIS，或如B2B/B2C 电子市场的现代化应用，及其它Java/J2EE，基于网页或数据库集中应用。外加上它的直观视觉报表设计器和多功能服务器配置设计，Elixir 报表彻底地减少了应用电子报表信息提交框架的技术发展水平的市场时间。

 

Elixir 报表服务器载有一套小，但是功能强大的报表服务器Access API，它允许报表可以程序化生成。可以建立带Servlet 引擎的报表网页入口并与报表邮件提交的JavaMail^TM集成。还可以通过APIs 写入基于Java 2 的客户应用程序来生成报表

报表请求控制器管理来自外部客户例如Java 应用程序或Servlets 的分发报表的请求而不是多个透视图引擎。如果请求的数量比存在的并发引擎数量要多，则请求必须排队。报表服务器的所有作业由控制器来记录。

工作区允许不同的报表在逻辑集下分组。例如，可以有一个属于管理部门的报表工作区，一个人力资源部门的工作区和其他部门的任何任何一个单独工作区。事实上，可以为每个部门建立多个工作区。

服务器透视图引擎与高性能报表透视图相协调。透视图处理作为一个后台服务而运行并且已生成的报表可以输出大客户或缓冲到服务器。此可升级的引擎通过同时调用多重透视图引擎来生成报表。

数据源管理器将Elixir 报表的界面提供到从内部数据源提取的数据源，如RDBMS（例如：Oracle^?, IBM^? DB2, Sybase^?, Micr操作系统oft^? SQL Server^TM, 等）XML, LDAP, Java 对象和文本文件。其它数据源可以自定义与Elixir 报表一起工作。

Elixir报表服务器引擎可以通过Servlets配置到应用服务器，如WebLogic^?, Tomcat, iPlanet^TM, WebSphere^?等等。

 

下面的图表说明了在网络开发时如何使用Elixir报告服务器。客户环境需要安装网络浏览器（如：Netscape^?, Microsoft^? Internet Explorer）并用Java插件和Adobe^? PDF插件浏览和打印报表。

 

图表描述：网络配置

 

多重配置模式：

tJava应用程序用瘦客户浏览器预览和打印报表。

 

t基于网络的应用程序用Servlets调用报表和为用JGF（用Java图形格式轻量型浏览器）和PDF格式在线浏览注入内容。

 

t基于网络的入口允许根据需要成批生成报表。这些报表可以被储存并被以后的浏览或/和打印重获。

 

t命令行调用供日程安排或成批报表生成或/和打印

 

运行时间许可以每个服务器运行时间实例*为基础，针对不受限制的用户连接和不考虑CPU个数的实例。这有2个选择：

a) Elixir报表服务器双引擎运行时间

b) Elixir报表服务器多引擎运行时间

 

Elixir提供：

1）  为全体客户提供金牌和银牌优先支持，

2）  基于每个事件为合作伙伴提供背靠背的优先支持，

以促进高级实用性操作。

年度维修和同提供免费升级。

 

一个典型的购买包包括2个服务器运行时间许可：一个用于开发分段服务器的双引擎和一个用于配置服务器的多引擎。

 

对基于服务器的开发，必需要有Elixir报表工具包，并且许可是基于每个开发者的。另外，对基于客户的配置，有Elixir报表专业版和Elixir报表标准版。这两个版本的许可都是基于每个开发者的。

 

为原始设备制造商合作伙伴专门定制。原始设备制造商许可为将高性能、可升级的报表能力合并到合作伙伴的解决方案中去提供重要的成本节省。另外，原始设备制造商合作伙伴能够把我们的报表设计器捆绑到自己的应用程序中提供报表生成和修改功能。

 

服务器版——Unix (Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X, AIX) 和配有JRE/JDK 1.2, JDK 1.3或更高版本的 Windows NT/2000。

客户机版——Solaris, Windows NT/2000/9x/ME, Linux, Macintosh和配有Swing的JRE/JDK 1.1（或更高版本）的编译平台。

 

运行要求根据复杂性、将要生成的报表的数量和大小决定。最低的要求将作为每个标准的Java 速度计的运行要求。

浏览器客户程序

Servlet

Java应用程序

工作区

报表请求控制器

透视图引擎

数据源管理器

关系型数据库

文本文件

XML 结构型数据

Java 对象

数据源

 

网络客户端

网络服务器

服务器引擎

报表缓存

操作系统进度安排

报表服务器引擎

 

 

Information overdose seems inevitable.  Whether you are running a startup e-business or a Fortune 500 company, the demand for more information in the form of reports seems never ending.  In fact, sophisticated customers now demand reports delivered in various hard and softcopy formats, with information extracted from a wide range of data sources such as XML, text files, LDAP, relational databases as well as the application data.

 

Powerful yet easy to use, Elixir Report Server is specifically designed to drastically reduce your development time and effort in producing professional quality reports.  Furthermore, with its internationalization support, you can truly be a global player reaching to a worldwide audience.

 

 

?Server-based Report Generation and Administration

?Multi-Platform Support for Server-Side Reporting on Unix (Solaris^?, Linux, AIX^?) and Windows^? NT/2000, and Client-Side Reporting on Windows^?, Solaris^?, Linux, Macintosh^?, etc.

?Supports J2EE^TM Platform through Servlet Integration

?Command Line Invocation, "Headless" Operation, and Native OS Scheduling

 

tUnified e-Reporting Platform for Information Delivery

üInvest in Flexible Reports which work across various Applications and Databases

tEnhance Customer Relationship with Powerful, Flexible Reporting Capability

üWeb Ready e-Reporting Architecture for both Internal Users and External Customers

tJava-Centric and XML-Based e-Reporting Information Delivery Architecture

üPowerful Java Architecture for Seamless Integration with Next-Generation Java/XML Applications

tReach for the Global Marketplace

üAdvanced Internationalization Support for Localized Language, Date, Currency, and Numbering Support

 

 

Elixir Report is designed to provide a Unified e-Reporting Platform for Information Delivery.  Its Java and XML architecture ensures that your investments are well-protected for future changes in database, OS platform, and system interfaces.  With data source independent report templates, you can design and build reports which work across various applications and databases, existing or future, providing a streamlined

platform to effectively package and publish information. 

 

Built on a web-ready architecture, its powerful and flexible reporting capability is ready to enhance virtually any business applications such as CRM, SCM, ERP, EIS, or modern applications such as B2B/B2C e-Marketplace, or any Java/J2EE, web-based or database-centric applications.  Coupled with its intuitive visual report designer and versatile server deployment schemes, Elixir Report drastically reduces your time-to-market of your applications with its state-of-the-art e-Reporting Information Delivery Framework.

 

 

 

 

Elixir Report Server is shipped with a set of small but powerful Report Server Access APIs to allow report requests to be made programmatically.  You can build a reporting web portal with a Servlet Engine as well as integrate with JavaMail^TM for mail delivery of reports.  You can also write a Java 2 based client application to generate reports through the APIs.

 

 

The Report Request Controller manages requests from external clients such as Java application or Servlets to dispatch report requests against the multiple rendering engines.  Where there are more requests than the number of concurrent engines, these requests would be queued.  All activities of the Report Server are logged by the Controller.

 

Workspace allows different reports to be grouped under a logical set. For example, there could be a workspace for reports belonging to the Administration Department, another workspace for the Human Resource Department, and separate workspaces for each of the other departments.  In fact, multiple workspaces can be set up for each department.

 

 

The server side-rendering engine is tuned for high performance report rendering.  The rendering process runs as a background service and the reports generated can be output to the client or be cached on the server.  This highly scalable engine supports concurrency by invoking multiple rendering engines to generate reports concurrently.

 

 

The Data Source Manager provides the interfaces for Elixir Report to extract from external data sources like RDBMS (e.g.: Oracle^?, IBM^? DB2, Sybase^?, Microsoft^? SQL Server^TM, etc.), XML, LDAP, Java Objects and Text files. Other data sources can be customized to work with Elixir Report.

 

 

 

 

Elixir Report Server engine can be deployed through Servlets to application servers such as WebLogic^?, Tomcat, iPlanet^TM, WebSphere^?, etc.

 

The diagram below serves as an illustration of how Elixir Report Server can be used for web deployment.  The client environment will need to be equipped with web browsers (e.g.: Netscape^?, Microsoft^? Internet Explorer) with Java plug-in and Adobe^? PDF plug-in for viewing and printing of reports.

 

Diagram description: Web Deployment

 

 

 

tJava application that uses the thin client viewer for previewing and printing of reports.

tWeb based application that uses Servlets to invoke the reports and stream back the content for online viewing in JGF (using Java Graphic Format lightweight viewer) or PDF formats.

tWeb based portal that allows on-demand batch generation of reports. These reports are cached and can be retrieved for later viewing or/and printing.

tCommand-line invocation for scheduling or batched report generation or/and printing.

 

 

Per Server-Instance License for Elixir Report Server Runtime:

The runtime licensing is based on per server runtime instance* for unlimited user connection and regardless of number of CPUs.  There are 2 options:

a)       Elixir Report Server Runtime- Dual-Engine

b)       Elixir Report Server Runtime- Multi-Engine

 

Elixir provides:

1)       Gold and Silver Priority Support to corporate customers, and

2)       Back-To-Back Priority Support for partners on per incident basis,

to facilitate high availability operations.

Free Version Upgrades are available through annual maintenance contract.

 

A typical purchase package includes 2 Server run-time licenses: a Dual-Engine for the Development Staging Server and a Multi-Engine for the Deployment Server.

 

For Server-based Development, the Elixir Report Toolkit is required, and it is licensed on a per developer basis.

In addition, for Client-based Development, Elixir Report Professional and Elixir Report Standard Editions are available, licensed on a per developer basis.

 

 

Specially tailored for OEM partners, OEM licensing provides significant cost-savings for incorporating high performance, scalable reporting capability into our partner's solution.  In addition, OEM partners can bundle our Report Designer to provide report creation and modification functions with their applications.

 

Server Edition- Unix (Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X, AIX) and Windows NT/2000 with JRE/JDK 1.2, JDK 1.3 or higher. 

Client Edition- Solaris, Windows NT/2000/9x/ME, Linux, Macintosh and any JRE/JDK 1.1 (or higher) compliant platforms with Swing. 

 

Operating requirements depend on the complexity, volume and size of the reports to be generated. The minimum requirement would be as per standard Java VM operating requirement.

 

 

Browser Client

Servlet

Java Application

Workdspace

Report Request Controller

Rendering Engine

Data Source Manager

Relational Databases

Text File

XML Structured Data

Java Objects

Data Sources

 

Web Client

Web Server

Server Engine

Report Cache

OS Scheduling

Report Server Engine