Previously,
it specialized in the realm of enterprise reporting applications. However, seeing a
ripe opportunity to address a growing market, the idea of an open-source reporting
platform was proposed.
Most applications have some sort of reporting requirement. Typically, the success
or failure of a product is hinged on how well that reporting works. The problem
with this is that oftentimes, reporting in the real world is a challenging issue. Data
is typically spread out and not formatted for reporting purposes. There are several
different sources, such as data warehouses, transactional systems providing website
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analysis, point of sale, data marts, and all sorts of different collections of data. To top
it off, reporting requirements often change based on user requirements and market
influences. So, creating flexible reports becomes a challenge.
Actuate decided to address these kinds of concerns, leveraging its years of experience,
to create a more modern framework for report development. Keeping in mind the
issues that came across, the Actuate developers focused on addressing these issues in
a manner that can assist report developers, and reach a level of adoption of reports
close to total. The Actuate philosophy has been stated on a number of occasions as
that it seeks to create products that allow its customers to get to "100% adoption" of
reports.
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