IntelliPRINT Dashboard Reporting

Lotus Notes reports by default have limited functionality to create reports.

Users mostly have to export data into Excel or even write a script sometimes for

reporting. An easy solution to this is IntelliPRINT from Synaptris, a reporting

and data analysis solution for Lotus Notes and Domino. With this, even a regular

Lotus Notes user can create reports with just a few clicks.

We tested IntelliPRINT Dashboard Reporting 5.2 with the latest Lotus Notes

8.5 Beta. Installing the application was easy. Once installed, the IntelliPRINT

was present from inside Lotus Notes, under the action menu. The Dashboard

largely constitutes of widgets that range from charts, a table or a pivot table

and can be created easily through a wizard. Also, these widgets can be created

from multiple databases linked with a common field. A widget once made can also

be easily edited at a later.

After creating a widget, you can simply drag and drop it into the dashboard

reporting workspace. A dashboard supports up to four widgets. It also allows

users to save dashboards as a file, so that you can use them later. One of the

coolest things in IntelliPRINT is interactivity in its widgets through its drill

down option i.e its ability to retrieve underlying data in real time. For

instance, if you click on a bar on a chart widget, it will immediately fetch the

underlying information and represent it in a chart format again.

It allows users to export reports in a PDF document or as a BMP, JPEG and

TIFF image. Also, since all reports are generated from within Notes, you don't

have to worry about data integrity. Coming to the licensing part of it,

Synaptris offers multiple licensing options. For users who only need to view the

reports, IntelliPRINT offers IntelliPRINT Dashboard Report Viewer, where a user

can only view the reports from IntelliPRINT Reporting Dashboard. Similarly,

separate license types are available for Dashboard Report Editor and Dashboard

Report Author

Dashboard reports of IntelliPRINT are interactive. So, when you click on a graph, it will drill-down and show underlying data in graph format in real time.

Bottomline: This service makes reports making in Lotus Notes a piece

of cake. However, it's a bit expensive.