Improving the Appearance of Your Reports and Dashboards

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Ever present to a client or manager an information dashboard or a key report, only to be crushed by their underwhelming response? Maybe the problem isnโ€™t your data or how well you understood the requirements; maybe you need to understand how to create more attractive reports and dashboards. While you may be a developer not an artist/designer type person, you need to understand at least the basics of design if you want to surprise and excite your customers, clients, or management. Read More

Izenda Reports 6.4: Customizable Dashboard Filters

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(This is part of a series of posts on the new Izenda Reports 6.4, presently at theย Release Candidate stage.)

Customizable Dashboard Filters

Dashboards now have individual filters which can be customized to your design and function. Just add a customized DashboardFilters control to the Izenda Reports directory and use logic in the code behind page to control its appearance and function. To add customizable dashboard filters a custom user control named DashboardFilters.ascx must be created.ย  If found, this control will be inserted into the dashboard viewer below the toolbar. Read More

Storing TSQL Queries in a Table Without Losing Formatting

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Guest post by Jacob Sebastian of Beyond Relational

One of the applications we worked on recently had to deal with storing TSQL queries in a table and executing them based on some business logic. It was not a very complicated project, but the development team had a tough time with the formatting of the queries stored in the table. This was a huge problem when the queries were to be modified.

The Problem

The developer writes a well formatted TSQL code and stores it into the table. Later on when a change request comes, he retrieves the query text from the table and finds that all the formatting is lost. Read More

Izenda Reports 6.4: Deducing Logical Data Joins

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(This is the start of a series of posts on the new Izenda Reports 6.4, presently at the Release Candidate stage.)

Smart Joining of Data Sources

Ever try to explain what SQL joins are to a user? Izenda in version 6.4 adds a very nice feature that takes the mystery and guesswork – and the calls for tech support – out of situations where users are unsure of which joins in a complicated relationships can be included in a report.

With a few clicks– Izenda Reports deduces the table joining relationships for the user. A new simplified data sources GUI automatically disable data selections that would create nonsensical joins.

You can try Smart Joins against your data by requesting a free trialย of Izenda.

Power 30 Under 30

By | Izenda Reports

Sanjay Bhatia of Izenda was a host at the Power 30 Under 30 awardsOur own Sanjay Bhatia, CEO of Izenda, was one of this year’s hosts at Atlanta’s Power 30 Under 30 Awards event.ย The Power 30 Under 30โ„ข Awards honors thirty outstanding individuals under the age of thirty around the United States that have achieved extraordinary success. The Power 30 Under 30โ„ข award is one of the most prestigious honors given.

Here’s are a few more pictures from the event: 2011 Power 30 Under 30 Awards – Atlanta, Georgia.

Wondering if you should try for this next year? Here’s a short video: