Beyond 20/20 Insights: Winter 2006

In this edition:

1. Beyond 20/20 Vista 3.0 Now Available
2. Banque Nationale de Belgique Publishes Trade Stats using Beyond 20/20 WDS
3. Beyond 20/20 WDS Technical Tip
4. New Look for Beyond 20/20 Corporate Web site

Beyond 20/20 Vista 3.0 Now Available

Effective January 31, 2006, Beyond 20/20 is pleased to announce the release of Vista 3.0. The highlight of this release is a significantly enhanced user interface that focuses on ease-of-use.

With new intuitive dimension manipulation functionality and a collapsible dimension selection menu, users get compelling customized tables and charts in seconds.

Ranking and highlighting on items of interest can now be performed quickly and easily - without losing display of the data. The new user interface also supports the inclusion of custom banners or links on the top, bottom or sides of the Vista interface.

In addition, Vista 3.0 includes the following enhancements:

• Support for Firefox Browser - Vista 3.0 is fully functional by those using Mozilla Firefox.
• Enhancements to Saved Reports - Whenever possible, saved reports survive an upgrade or change to the underlying cube structure. Drillthrough report changes are also now saved as part of the overall saved report definition.
• Report Folders - Publishers can now present reports in a folder system by topic in addition to by data source. The reports folder page also includes a title search.
• Spawned Windows for Help - The option to spawn help in a new window allows users to access help while still viewing their data. Help can also be presented in frames for easier navigation and searching or in plain HTML format.
• Upgraded Charting - A move to the latest Dundas charting technology results in enhanced performance as well as the following additional chart types - fast line, stacked area and point charts.
• Enhanced Printing - A printable version with set-up options is now available. Printing now results in multipage reports for larger selections.
• Optional Export to .cub Files - From the report folder page, users can export any slice of the data to .cub files for use with Excel or Vista . Exporting to Vista format includes any relevant metadata.
• Report Navigation and Pagination - Users have increased flexibility as to number of rows and columns per viewable page. New options within the table view allow a user to jump to the end of a table or to a particular column or row.
• Download Options - Download options can now be chosen individually by download type (i.e. XLS, CSV) and also include an ExcelXML option that allows XML format to be loaded into Excel. (Requires Excel 2003.)

You can get a first hand view of the new user interface by viewing the Vista Flash Demo (registration required)

Banque Nationale de Belgique Publishes Trade Statistics using Beyond 20/20 WDS

Banque Nationale has been Belgium 's central bank since 1850 providing a myriad of services to the financial sector, the State and to the general public. Among its many duties the bank plays an important role in the collection, analysis and distribution of economic information.

The bank is responsible for compiling statistics related to the national economy as well as trade in goods with the rest of the world. It endeavors to circulate information as widely and rapidly as possible and required a solution that would provide efficient and widespread dissemination of its trade statistics. After careful consideration, Banque Nationale chose Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server (WDS). Because WDS provides access to published data using a standard internet browser, the bank can reach many users providing broad and universal access to their data.

By using Beyond 20/20 WDS, the bank is able to disseminate multidimensional data both internally and to the general public in an easy-to-use format. Users are able to manipulate large tables and create new personal views by sorting, calculating or rearranging reports using easy drag and drop features.

Beyond 20/20 solutions also simplify operations for the bank by accepting data from a variety of formats, automatically creating multidimensional data files, and permitting export to a number of software packages for off-line analysis. This flexibility allows the bank to reduce the number of internal software solutions they deploy and maintain - a key consideration for the bank.

As a result of deploying Beyond 20/20 WDS, Banque Nationale gains a number of significant advantages, easily responding to customer needs by providing fast and easy access to large amounts of trade data. And by streamlining operations, the bank is able to improve its bottom line.

Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server Technical Tip

Did you know that you can automate publishing reports to the web by using the command-line publisher utility?

By combining the powerful capabilities of the DC Wizard or Integrator's Builder with the command line publisher, you can build a completely hands-free system that generates your monthly, weekly, or daily tables and reports and makes them available to your clients.

If you have any questions about this tip, please email us at insights@beyond2020.com

New Look for Beyond 20/20 Corporate Web site

The Beyond 20/20 corporate website has a new look! We've streamlined the site and improved the navigation to make it easier to find information about our products and services. Direct links from the home page permit quick access to product demonstrations and the latest product downloads. To check out our new site, click here.

If you have any questions or comments about the Beyond 20/20 site, send us an email at insights@beyond2020.com.