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Summary

ContourCube / Classic Edition (ActiveX) by Contour Components

URLs: contourcube-classic, contourcube classic, contourcubeclassic, contour-components, contour components, contourcomponents

Add analytical and interactive reporting functionality. ContourCube Classic Edition (ActiveX) is a high-performance OLAP component for rapid development of Internet, client-server and desktop business intelligence applications. ContourCube allows end users to perform OLAP and statistical analyses using current data from any relational database. ContourCube Classic Edition (ActiveX) provides a highly dynamic interface for interactive data analysis, sophisticated analytical, statistical, reporting and graphing features. ContourCube performs OLAP operations on hundreds of thousands of records without an OLAP server.

ContourCube Classic Edition (ActiveX) is a high-performance OLAP component for interactive reporting and data analysis. It offers embeddable OLAP technology for all Windows and web applications based on relational data. Application powered with ContourCube Classic Edition (ActiveX) allows users to create numerous nice-formed screen and printable reports in a minute. User can interact with data: slice and dice, drill down and roll up, pivot with sub-second response times and without additional server.

ContourCube Classic Edition (ActiveX) enables you to embed reach Business Intelligence functionality into native windows or web applications and distribute this application royalty-free. Embedded OLAP is easy to install, zero administration and low cost. ContourCube can get data from any data source of your application via ADO, BDE, ODBC and unbound data source, so you can just drop ContourCube onto a form in your project, link it to your data and get all of new opportunities of embedded OLAP.

Benefits:

Interactive data analysis and reporting with sub-second response times

ContourCube allows your users to analyze data, build and print reports interactively simply with a click and drag&drop (with sub-second response times). Users can dynamically interact with data: move rows and columns, filter data, drill-down, roll-up, pivot table and get all possible reports from one dataset. ContourCube will make millions of calculations simultaneously and show new subtotals and totals instantly.

Embeddable OLAP for any database application

ContourCube allows you to integrate OLAP functionality into your General Ledger, ERP, CRM and all other database applications. No additional multidimensional database system (OLAP server) is required. Just substitute the ordinal grid to ContourCube and link it to your data source. You don't need hard programming of hundreds of reports for your application anymore. Your users will be impressed with the way your native windows or web application enables them to understand their data. You will save time and leave your competitors behind. Distribution of this functionality in your application is royalty-free. Embedded OLAP is easy to install, zero administration and not expensive.

Affordable Web based OLAP solution

ContourCube allows you to create affordable Web based OLAP solutions. You can place ContourCube on a Web page, link it to Contour microcube or directly to a corporate data source and all your users will get highly interactive reports from anywhere without additional software and training. Only one license for unlimited numbers of users is needed. It's very suitable solution for creating public information sites and extranet or internet corporate reporting systems.

Rich multidimensional calculations

ContourCube provides rich built-in calculation algorithms palette for business and statistical reports. This palette was based on experience of our users and includes all popular algorithms:

Sum

Count algorithms

Percentage algorithms

Weighted average

Last algorithm for balance sheet and inventory reports

And many others

You can also create your custom calculations using the powerful multidimensional formula language. ContourCube allows you to add calculated fields and edit formulae at runtime dynamically, so users can make OLAP calculations in a manner similar to the use of Excel.

High quality data visualization

ContourCube provides tools for report formatting at design-time and for producing presentation quality reports at run-time. Developer and user can change all colors and fonts and add Titles and Headers containing explanations as well as Footers with footnotes. Header and Footer have RTF formating and allow you to format texts in MS Word style.

Conditional formatting allows developers and users to define conditional colors and fonts of table elements in cascading stylesheets which can make reports far clearer. You can use this feature to create Executive Information systems providing data to decision makers in a simple and convenient form.

Reports distribution technology

Contour microcube contains an extremely compact, well formed report that enables you to rapidly deploy business intelligence applications and information delivery systems to distribute reports to a wide range of users via extranet, intranet, internet and e-mail.

Usage scenarios

Web based OLAP solution for public or corporate users

Embedded OLAP in your database application for rich data visualization, interactive reporting and analysis

Enterprise-wide information delivery solutions

Special Analytical applications

Main Features Include

Interactive data analysis and reporting features

Processing millions of rows with sub-second response times

Dynamic data filtering, pivoting, drill-down and roll-up

Interactive drill-down into multiple detail levels

Show/hide detail levels in summary views

Interactive filtering of dimension data values

Sorting table by dimension members or facts values

Hierarchical filtering for navigation in thousands of dimension members

Instant switching between ascending and descending sort orders

Automatic sizing of columns and rows to fit values into cells

Header and footer in RTF format

Exporting reports into HTML format, showing reports in Excel and Word

Presentation quality colored or grayscale reports generated with zero programming

Print preview with Zoom, Scale and Fit to Page

Web based OLAP features

Allows you to create web-based OLAP solutions

Users can view and interact with reports stored on Web sites

Reads data and report definitions via HTTP and FTP

Calculations features

Multiple aggregation functions: Sum, Min, Max, Count, and many others

Calculated facts, based on predefined functions or user-defined formulae

Powerful multidimensional Formula language allows you to operate with Totals, Subtotals and any elements of cube data

Conditional operators, built-in functions, user-defined functions and constants in formulae

Multiple calculated facts can be based on other calculated facts

Allows user to interactively add and edit formula facts at runtime like in Excel

Several percentage calculation algorithms: by totals, subtotals, or grand totals

The unique "LAST" aggregation algorithm allows to analyze stocks, inventory stock, balance sheets, loan balance and other datasheets with balance carried forward

Advanced dynamic Ranking

Breaking date and time fields into series dimensions (Year, Quarter, Month, Week, Ten-Day Period, Day of Month, Day Of Week, Time, Hour, Minute, Second )

Rich set of dynamically calculated statistical functions: Average, Variance, Standard Deviation, Root Mean Square, Variance Ratio

Data visualization features

Allows to change all appearance properties at design time and at runtime

Conditional style rules grouped in cascaded stylesheets allow users to highlight various data

Runtime editors for connection settings, fields used, report layout, header and footer, styles and rules

Professional looking toolbar with source code included

Report distribution features

Generates extremely compact microcubes for persistent data storage

Microcube data is compressed from 10 to 1000 times, and generates low traffic while transferring by email or internet and can be saved for offline working

Contour microcube contains not only data but all report layout settings and is a universal mobile report container

Any ContourCube-powered tool and application can exchange reports stored in microcubes

Microcube allows you to develop corporate and public information delivery systems

Add analytical and interactive reporting functionality.

Evals & Downloads: Read the ContourCube ActiveX help file, Read the ContourCube Classic Edition License Agreement

Operating System for Deployment: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0

Architecture of Product: 32Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: ActiveX OCX

Built Using: Borland(R) C++ Builder[TM] 5

General: Internet Enhanced, Includes Digital Signature

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 97, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0, Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0, Microsoft Access 2003, Microsoft Access 2002, Microsoft Access 2000, Microsoft Access 97, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0, Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, C++Builder 6, C++Builder 5, Delphi 7.0, Delphi 6.0, Delphi 5.0, Sybase PowerBuilder 9.0, Oracle Database 9i, Oracle Database 10g

Product Class: Business Components

Keywords: OLAP MOLAP ROLAP Business Intelligence Analyze Grid Database Report Grid Table Graph ChartCreating Making SQL queries access

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