A New Version of the OLAP ModelKit for .NET is Released

Application area of software components based on OLAP technology is quite wide: from creation of financial and sales reporting systems to opinion surveys and web statistics analysis. It puts the OLAP software vendors in the intricate situation since the produced components should meet a wide spectrum of requirements of both developers and end users. Taking into account a variety of potential tasks to be completed with OLAP components, Perpetuum Software LLC offers a universal solution - a new version 2.1 of the OLAP ModelKit. This use-proven software component combines ease of use, rich functionality, high speed and flexibility - everything needed for effective work.

(PRWeb) November 27, 2006 -- Application area of software components based on OLAP technology is quite wide: from creation of financial and sales reporting systems to opinion surveys and web statistics analysis. It puts the OLAP software vendors in the intricate situation since the produced components should meet a wide spectrum of requirements of both developers and end users.

Taking into account a variety of potential tasks to be completed with OLAP components, Perpetuum Software LLC offers a universal solution - a new version 2.1 of the OLAP ModelKit. This use-proven software component combines ease of use, rich functionality, high speed and flexibility - everything needed for effective work.

The OLAP ModelKit 2.1 is fully compatible with Visual Studio 2003 & 2005 and MS .NET Framework 1.1 & 2.0. It is written in C# and contains only managed code. However, product flexibility and functionality is in every bit as good as that of analogous ActiveX components. The OLAP ModelKit allows developers to embed an effective OLAP technology in all Windows applications based on relational data, allowing end users to interact with huge databases, summarizing and exploring data infinitely.

Data processing.

The OLAP ModelKit 2.1 supports all .NET data sources, including ADO.NET and third-party business objects. The following manipulations over data are available: dynamic data sorting and filtering by assigned or arbitrary conditions, interactive grouping of values, ranged dimensions creation, sorting by the total columns and many others. It is possible to create an unlimited number of dimensions.

Support for expression language along with the convenient report wizard allow users to arbitrary adapt an application, to add custom fields, dimensions and clauses at a pivot table design-time as well as at an application run-time. The OLAP ModelKit 2.1 supports a rich set of aggregate functions and allows the creation of custom functions. This makes it possible to calculate different aggregates for the same data.

Data visualization.

Quality data visualization is a decisive advantage of each analytical system. In many cases, expert needs just to have a glance at data to make a decision. The OLAP ModelKit 2.1 allows presenting data with a fully compatible component for charts and graphs creation Chart ModelKit, as well as with any third-party charting component.

To provide maximum operational comfort, OLAP ModelKit makes it possible to set special modes for displaying cell values. For example, values can be displayed as percent or as a progress bar that fills the cell depending on the percent value.

The OLAP ModelKit 2.1 uses different appearance styles including XP that allow users to execute reports in the most professional manner. Using more than 30 styles performed in different color palettes, developers are able to quickly and easily create reports which meet end-user requirements. Moreover, it is possible to change all appearance properties at design-time and run-time. As an alternative, the product supports ability to use custom styles.

If required, it is possible to export a report to Excel, HTML or PDF formats.

More detailed information on the OLAP ModelKit 2.1 is available on the product page:

http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/Product.aspx?lang=en&pid=32&prw=olap

About Perpetuum Software LLC:

Perpetuum Software specializes in development of high-quality .NET and ASP.NET software components compatible with MS Visual Studio .NET, C# Builder, Delphi .NET and other IDEs supporting .NET Framework. Such use-proven components as Report Sharp-Shooter, Instrumentation ModelKit, OLAP ModelKit, Chart ModelKit and other .NET components by Perpetuum Software are already well known on the software development market and are used by developers in more than 50 countries.

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