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QSS Advanced Reporting Platform

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Webinar

October 3, 2013


Topics to be covered• QARP?

o QSS Advanced Reporting Platform

• QSS online data storeo Accessible with generic tools

• Jaspersofto Business Intelligence tool

• Simple Ad hoc reporting

• charting, crosstabs, and dashboards

• Complex report generation, Output capability to variety of

formats including PDF, HTML, Excel, RTF, ODT, CSV, and more

• Robust scheme of role based permissions

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QARPAccessible data combined with Jaspersoft’s Business

Intelligence Package

• Consists of three components…

1. Your data • Finance data

• HR information

o Employee demographic data

o Credentials

o Leave records

• Payroll

o Payroll Deductions

o Payroll Deduction History

o Payroll History

o Retirement Reporting History

• Fixed Assets

2. Online data store • De-normalized data from QSS databases

3. Jaspersoft• Business Intelligence Reporting tool

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QSS DatabasesFinance, HR

Data Store

Reporting Tools

QSS Online Data Store• Database designed for ease of data access

o De-normalized data reduces needs for Joins

o Isolated from production data to avoid

contention of server resources

o Available for Version H, and Version L

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Jaspersoft• “The World’s Most Widely Used Business Intelligence

Software.”*

• Part of the open source community

• In the same market space as o IBM Cognos Business Intelligence

o Oracle Hyperion

o SAP BusinessObjects

• Java based reporting tool

• Can be imbedded in Java-EE and Web based

applications

• Report definitions make use of xml (jrxml) files

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*According to Jaspersoft’s website, so it must be true!

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Benefits

• Ad hoc reporting

• Wider access to information

• Friendly user interface for casual users

• Ability for analysts to create sophisticated reports,

charts, crosstabs, and dashboards to meet local

needs via iReport

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Web Interface Login Page

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Using the Web Interface

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QSS Advanced Reporting Platform8

Administrator

Consumer

List of Reports

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Creating an ad hoc report

Domains define which

tables/columns are

available and allow

ordering and labeling

of tables/columns.

Choose whether this

will be a report, chart,

or a crosstab.

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Select items to include

• Can select

entire table,

or individual

fields.

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Design the report layout

Drag fields

from the left

area onto

the report

area. Right

click fields

to indicate

options

such as

sorting

/grouping /

filtering

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Sample Crosstab

• Sample cross tab. Arrows expand / collapse row

and column summaries

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Sample bar chart

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Getting started

• Define the datasource

• Create Domain that uses the data source

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Role based permissions• Access to tables can be defined by Domain

• Access to Domains limited by Permissions

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Role named “Role_User” has Read Only access to Domain named “QSS”

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Assign Users to Roles

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Folders and Reports also by Permission

• This example is for a specific report. The asterisks

indicate that permissions were inherited from a

higher level.

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iReport – Desktop tool for developing reports

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iReport can access the Jaspersoft repository

• Reports developed with

iRreport can be

published to the Jasper

repository

• Reports developed and

saved via the web

interface are accessible

to iReport

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iReport – full IDE for report development

• May be perplexing to the newcomer…

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• Sample

Vendor

History

report

created

with

iReport.

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How is QARP different from QORDS?

• QORDS is a separate QSS product that also creates

de-normalized databases for Version H or Version L

data.

• QORDS is not a pre-requisite for using QARP

• The QARP data store is a superset of QORDSo QORDS consists of separately licensed modules by product area

o QORDS maintained separate databases for each licensed module

o QORDS does not include any reporting tools

o QARP is not licensed by individual product area

o QARP maintains a single data store

o QARP comes with Jaspersoft reporting tools

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Here’s a peek at the QARP database with dbvisualizer…

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Qarpe diem?

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