On the 22nd of March 2010, Advantage Software Factory, one of the most important local manufacturers of overdue debt collection and CRM applications, launched a new version of NextReports reporting suite (www.next-reports.com). It includes NextReports Designer, an application for easy creation of reports and charts, and NextReports Server, a software application that allows the publication and distribution of reports to users in the entire organisation.

NextReports Designer has reached version 3.0. Here are some of its features:

• improved ergonomics for simplified work procedures
• possibility to create charts based on simple interrogations
• chart publication on server; it helps users to publish charts on a NextReports Server instance, by just one click
• charts available in several formats: bar, pie, line, stacked bar, multiple series
• wizard for fast design of charts
• xml export for reports defined with NextReports
• inserting images in reports
• inserting hyperlinks in reports

NextReports Server is now version 2.0. The new version features practical capabilities, such as:

• dashboard construction (collection of related charts)
• drag-and-drop mechanism for customising the looks of the dashboard
• dashboard sharing – allows users to share access to dashboards created by other users
• improved user interface version

“The development of this product has just begun. However, the features that the suite provides to companies are of significant interest for any business; this is supported by a very low investment cost. At the present, most reporting solutions imply significant investments and time to become familiar with the large solution. Our aim is to provide a practical and accessible alternative with NextReports suite.”
Stefan Paun – General Manager of ASF.

NextReports reporting suite can use a wide range of data sources, such as Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, MS Access and allows exporting reports in popular formats, such as: PDF, Excel, CSV, XML, RTF, HTML.
The suite is designed for small and medium companies that wish to analyse and publish data from various sources, such as ERP, CRM or accounting applications.