Architecture
3 tier client-server (client, application server, database)
xReports client requirements
Browser with Java Runtime Environments enabled (Sun Java 2 JRE 1.4). Memory use is about 40 MB per browser session.
xReports application server requirements
Operating system: Windows, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX J2EE Server (e.g. Web Logic, Tomcat, JBoss, etc.), Java Development Kit 1.4.2.
xReports database requirements
Oracle database (running on any server)
Databases supported
xReports can retrieve SQL-based datasets from any combination of the following:
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SAP integration
Users can access all xReports via their SAP GUI, including reports derived from non-SAP data.
xReports can obtain data from SAP, including pools and clusters, using the following access methods:
• SAP BAPI (SAP APIs)
• SAP remote function call
• SAP OpenSQL
• SAP report (running an existing SAP report)
• Direct SQL (with full database power)
ABAP programmers can extract data from any xReport using a defined interface and make this available within SAP.
Output formats
Besides the interactive browser-based Java applet, xReports supports the following output formats in native mode:
• PDF
• HTML
• XML
• Excel |
• CSV
• TXT
• PNG
• RTF |
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