FLEX Over Easy

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FLEX Over Easy

• Summit - June 2011
• Presented by David Smith of Brinker International

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Biography

• David Smith
• Focus/WebFocus since 1985
• VMX, Opcom, Octel, Lucent, Avaya, Verizon,
  Brinker
• GL, AR, AP, Payroll, HR, Sales, Mfg, Eng, BI
• Brinker International Chilis Maggianos Little
  Italy
• 7.6.11
• RPM (Restaurant Performance System)
• MRE, Report Caster, Info Assist
• Teradata, MS SQL
• HTML, PDF, EXCEL, ACTIVE, FLEX

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Business Opportunity

• Translate Essbase driven Excel Spreadsheet into
  an On Demand WebFocus Dashboard report
• On-Demand
• Leverage Investment in WebFocus
• Viewable for business group up to senior staff
  including company president
• Save 14 man-hours per week

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Question

• What presentation style would the business group
  prefer?
• Mirror the spreadsheet (boring)?
• Animated windows (nice)?
• Animate graphs (cool)?
• Cutting Edge look feel (sexy)?

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Choices

• HTML using WF 7.6.11 HTML Composer
• HTML / Bindows Beta using HTML Composer
• FLEX format using Doc Composer
• WebFOCUS Enable 2.0.0 for Adobe Flex 3.0

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Excel
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HTML Composer
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Bindows HTML Composer
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FLEX Doc Composer
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WebFocus Enable
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The Winner?