Report Management System

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Report Management System
Lecture 8
Inam Ul-Haq Lecturer in Computer Science UE,
Okara Campus organizer_at_dfd-charity.com,
inam_at_ue.edu.pk
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Report Management System

• Electronic Reporting System
• The Electronic Recording Reporting System (ERS)
  is used to record, report, process, store and
  send data.

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Reports Generating Software

• Reporting software is used to generate
  human-readable reports from various data sources.

Commercial Software ActiveReports Actuate Busines
s Objects Birst BOARD Cognos BI Crystal
Reports JReport  List Label
Open Source Software Eclipse BIRT Project GNU
Enterprise  JasperReports LibreOffice
Base OpenOffice Base Pentaho SpagoBI
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Types of Report

• Informal business reports are typically
  communicated via email, memos, letters, or orally

• Informal Reports
• Activity reports
• Minutes of meetings
• Policy or procedural directives
• Progress or status reports
• Survey reports
• Trip reports

• Formal Reports
• Analytical reports
• Progress reports
• Informational reports
• with no comments
• Recommendations
• Proposed actions

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Parts of Report

• Introduction Begin the report with a brief
  overview of its contents.
• Summary Summarize the situation on which you are
  reporting, or describe the problem or opportunity
  that your report is exploring.
• Discussion Provide some explanatory detail,
  including the results of whatever research you
  may have conducted. List the available options.
  Explain your methods, if appropriate. If you are
  writing an analytical report or recommendation,
  give the criteria by which you are making
  judgments.
• Conclusions If you are writing an analytical
  report, offer your evaluation here. If you are
  writing a recommendation or feasibility study,
  explain which option you think is best, and why.

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Example Eclipse BIRT Reporting
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Example Tabeau Desktop (data visualization)
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Example inventoryos.com (web-based)
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Bonus AssignmentMarks 4

• If a student gives 10 minute demonstration over
  one of these
• Crystal Reports
• Inventory System
• Accounting Software
• SAP
• Teleconferencing Apps
• ZOHO Reports

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References
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• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reporting_sof
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