Reporting

Hi all,

Just wondered what you guys use for end-user reporting in your rails apps if anything? We’ve tried a few things and are about to embark on an evaluation of Crystal Reports. Has anybody had any experience of this in a RoR environment?

Depending on your needs, there are a couple of Ruby-based reporting tools. Ruport (http://ruport.infogami.com/) is one of them, another is ActiveWarehouse (http://activewarehouse.rubyforge.org/) which I am developing. Both are open source.

If you are looking for charting options then you could use Gruff or Scruffy or alternatively use a Flash-based graphing tool such as XML/SWF Charts (http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/) or Fusion Charts.

If you'd like to discuss this further feel free to email me directly or join the ActiveWarehouse mailing list. HTH.

V/r Anthony Eden