The document discusses how BIRT and Actuate 11 can help users access and analyze data quickly through self-service analytics. It highlights how the solution allows for agile data access across multiple data sources. It also provides a unified user experience through collaborative tools that break down barriers between different user groups. This empowers users to access, interact with, and visualize data through dashboards and reports in a secure manner and on various platforms or devices.

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2. Accelerate with BIRT and Actuate 11

3. DATASOURCES SFDC Successfully integrating, transforming and presenting data to end users is a slow and painful process USERS DW AnyEmployeeRepAnalystManagerExecutive HR Finance AgentsPartnersCustomers Docs PrintStreams …

4. USER AGILITY AND SELF-SERVICE TIME TO MARKET DATASOURCES Must be quick to build and deploy solution Must integrate disparate data sources Gathering all user requirements up front is hard; can’t articulate what they need till they start using it UI requirements are driven by the other apps users use; at work and online at home As the business changes, requirements change Users need answers immediately – delays hurt business Users want to be self-empowered Solutions must be intuitive and meet the immediate need SFDC USERS DW AnyEmployeeRepAnalystManagerExecutive HR Finance AgentsPartnersCustomers Docs PrintStreams …

6. Component-based development

7. Multiple data sources and sets

8. Full programmatic control

10. Community-vetted features and qualitySimplicity that makes Power to create very simple tasks easy complex applications

13. Interactive web content

14. Operational dashboards

15. Excel-based analysis

16. Analytics and analytical apps

17. PDF contentUser Agility and Self-Service

18. One User Experience COLLABORATIVE INTERACTIVE VISUAL D S A D S R H B A O

19. DEMO VISUAL Content must be engagingand readily understandable

21. Zero training

22. Simplifies information

24. Built-in graphics

25. 266 Flash objects included

26. Lightweight and reusableInformation is Compelling

27. DEMO INTERACTIVE Answer the questionthat has not yet been asked

29. Save their changes

30. Leverages their ideas

32. Reusable components

33. Use changes to drive requirements…and when users become smarter, they change their questions

34. DEMO DASHBOARDS Summarize and interact with key information

37. Combine visual elements

38. Charts, gauges, tables

39. Reports and reportlets

40. Web pages

41. Google Gadgets

42. Interact and exploreBIRT 360 Dashboards

43. COLLABORATIVE Break traditional barriers between developers and end users

44. Fragmented Technology Models Do Not Work Different Tools for Each User Inhibits Collaboration IT “I can’t give you the data until you tell me what you want.” “Fill out the business justification form.” Deployments stall and become expensive End Users “I can’t tell you what I want until I see the data.” “They’re not responsive. I’ll just do it myself.” Iteration and change are discouraged and become expensive

45. DataAnalyzer BIRTStudio BIRT Designers Content development Web-based ad-hoc IT Producers Content Consumers Application Developers, Data Architects &Report Designers Collaborative Architecture BIRTInteractiveViewing One Design: BIRT BIRT 360 Analysis Dashboards Interactivity BIRT Casual UsersCustomers & Partners Power Users &Business Users

47. Keep pace with evolving requirements

48. Solicit and incorporate feedbackEvolved Requirements Original Requirements Traditional Data Warehouse Approach Time Agile approach can complement Data Warehouse approach

49. Agile Data Access and BIRT DEMO DATASOURCES SFDC DirectAccess DW BIRT 360:OperationalDashboards BIRT 360:AnalyticDashboards HR BIRTDataObject Via DataObject Finance BIRT DataAnalyzer Analysis-ReadyExport to Excel Metadata Docs ViaMetadata Flexible delivery of analytics to users PrintStreams …

52. Agile Data AccessBIRT 360 Studio BIRT Studio

53. User Agility and Self-Service: Summary BIRT 360:Analytical Dashboards BIRT 360:Operational Dashboards Ad Hoc Reports Interactive Content Analysis-Ready Export to Excel BIRT Data Analyzer

55. Standard and JavaScript portlets

57. Live Excel, PPT, etc…

58. Live documents & spreadsheets

60. Integrate marketing & upsellopportunities

61. Simple, guided interaction & help…in BI applications …in custom apps …in mobile apps …even in blogs

62. How Do I Get There? Quickly. SOA Web Services URLs JavaScript API Web User Interface ONE SERVER Phased-In Services BIRTiServer Scheduling and distribution Document management Usage logging Alerts and Subscriptions Security High Availability Multi-tenant Metadata Elasticprovisioning Security Integration

63. How Do I Get There? Quickly. DEMO BIRT iServer On-Premise Installation BIRT iServer Cloud Installation ONE SERVER Phased-In Services Scheduling and distribution Document management Usage logging Alerts and Subscriptions Security High Availability Multi-tenant Metadata Elasticprovisioning BIRT iServer Embedded OEM BIRT On-Demand Flexible Licensing and Pricing

64. Summary One Design BIRT: The Technical Leader One User Experience Integrated support for many usage styles One Server Rapid deployment with unlimited scalability

66. Demos

68. Rate, comment

70. Software

72. Technical tips

73. Applicationswww.birt-exchange.com

74. Accelerate with BIRT and Actuate 11

76. All training materials posted online at http://www.actuate.com/BIRT_Roadshow_India

77. Complete course materials and take online test to receive certificate

78. Answer your questions and connect with others on BIRT Exchange

79. http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/new-to-birt/

80. Enter our worldwide contest: “Get Started with BIRT”

81. Sign up for training with Actuate University

83. Local Contact Details Sandip Sharma Head of Operations, India, Actuate Asia-Pacific Land Line: +65 (6238) 7519 Mobile: +65 (9787) 2688 ssharma@actuate.com Nilesh Karandia Business Development Manager, India Land Line: +91 (22) 4090 7281 Mobile: +91 (9820) 107474 nkarandia@actuate.com

84. Discussion Questions and Answers

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