GrapeCity’s ActiveReports Server Adds Support for Automating Deployments

Feb. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Kirkland, WA — GrapeCity today announced that the latest release of ActiveReports Server®, a 100% web-based ad hoc reporting solution for business users, makes it easier to automate deployment with an enhanced web service API.

ActiveReports Server also adds a new automatic switch to an HTML 5 based web interface when client machines do not have Adobe Flash installed, plus allows for deeper customization of the business user view of the reporting portal.

The new release includes optimized support for installing the evaluation version of ActiveReports Server on a Windows 8 machine with IIS8 and for using Windows Server 2012 in production, plus it adds support for synonym table types in Microsoft SQL Server databases.

The latest ActiveReports Server release includes enhancements such as these.

• Programmers can now hide the report designer "File" tab when integrating the designer into an existing application.
• When a business user chooses "Select All" in prompts, ActiveReports Server now generates a more optimized query.
• ActiveReports Server automatically presents an HTML5 version of the portal when Flash is not installed.
• Programmers can now automate deployment more easily with web service API enhancements, including sample PowerShell scripts in the SDK to get you started.

About ActiveReports Server

ActiveReports Server is a 100% web-based, rich, ad hoc reporting solution for business users, enabling them to easily create interactive reports. Its browser-based, ad hoc report designer and secure, scalable storage support multi-tenant reporting and accelerate self-service BI adoption much more effectively than traditional reporting tools. Learn more at http://www.activereportsserver.com.