New LGX Report Liberator+ Now Supports Microsoft Excel As Design Front End for Excel-based Reports

LogiXMLs New LGX Report Liberator+ Edition targets the needs of financial services and accounting organizations to drive data from multiple corporate data sources directly into reports designed in Microsoft Excel

McLean, VA (PRWEB) October 3, 2005 -- LogiXML (www.logixml.com) today announces general availability of the new LGX Report Liberator+ Edition of the company's free reporting product. The LGX Report Liberator+ Edition is a powerful Web based reporting product that now adds MS Excel® as a front end supported for designing Business Intelligence reports.

The LGX Report Liberator+ Edition adds a new feature that allows users to open an "empty" MS Excel document as a template and fill in the data from any data source. The template Excel document may contain formulas, charts, multiple pages, etc. LGX Report Liberator+ Edition fills in the data rows and columns, populating the complete spreadsheet that is delivered to the end user – ideal for business analysts.

generally prefer to design their reports Excel format -- a de facto standard. They also want to drive data queries from distributed data sources into those reports which are what LGX Report does extremely well

This edition also includes a new tree view" element that supports building expandable/collapsible tree views from any data source. The product also includes a new MS Word Export element that runs on the server, addressing the problems of reliability, accuracy, style, and size.

Web or HTML is the most popular reporting format, but for example in the financial services industry and corporate accounting departments, the influential power users" generally prefer to design their reports Excel format -- a de facto standard. They also want to drive data queries from distributed data sources into those reports which are what LGX Report does extremely well," said Arman Eshraghi, LogiXML CEO. LGX Report Liberator+ Edition allows users to design the reports in Excel that is beyond exporting to Excel. By using Excel as report designer, users can make sure nothing will be lost in translation."

Available for Free Download:
LGX Report Liberator+ Edition is available free of charge, as it has been since its initial release, and LogiXML is committed long term to offering free reporting in addition to its premium reporting products. The product is available at www.freereporting.com.

An Open Alternative:
LGX Report Liberator+ Edition it is based on an open, portable XML standard that does not lock users into saving reports in proprietary binary files. It is the base component of LogiXML's complete Business Intelligence Report Development Platform, and can be easily upgraded to Enterprise Reporting, Dashboarding and Interactive Data Analysis via LogiXML's premium offerings LGX Report Plus and LGX Info. Users can easily upgrade LGX Report Liberator+ Edition to LGX Report Plus or LGX Info with one click and add functionality to the reports developed in LGX Report.

LGX Report Liberator+ Edition supports all major databases including Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MS SQL Server, Cache and MySQL and can be deployed across any .NET architecture.

About LogiXML, Inc.:
LogiXML builds powerful Business Intelligence reporting and analytics tools that are easy to learn, use, deploy and maintain. Our tools help organizations make better, timelier decisions by transforming disparate data into critical business information.

LogiXML's growing base of customers includes leading organizations in Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Finance, Logistics, Education, Computer Hardware and Software, Retail, Non-Profit and Government. LogiXML stands as a leading provider of BI tools, featuring a complete and unique set of easy to use, XML-based solutions accessible through a standard web browser. Visit our website at www.logixml.com.

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