Reporting Software

A good enterprise reporting software system provides tools to distribute reports, easily design and generate. Reporting software helps you to make the most of your company's data. But what do you you think that helps you to make the most of your business reporting software?
Suppose your data is in a SQL database such as Oracle, IBM's DB2, Microsoft's Sql Server or My Sql then you need a system that can provide killer SQL Reports. Learn how paying attention to 6 key features can turn your report from blah to wow!
 How can you make people care as much about your data as you do? How can you help them understand your report? The answer is in data representation. If your data is in XML form, XML extracted from a database, be it a file, a REST datasource etc.., then you need a system that can provide kick-ass XML Reports.
For the output, many times you want Excel Reports which are created from your data. Excel is superior to banded reports. There are cases where banded reports are appropriate, but that is a very limited sub-set of where they are used.
Another useful output format is HTML Reports as they can be displayed easily in any browser. This is very useful for OEM Reporting systems as the best way to attract more customers – and keep them – is to upgrade your software's reporting component.

Document Generation Software

Document Generation Software is the most thorough and efficient means of automating documents. Sometimes called dynamic document composition, document process automation, or docgen, advanced Document Generation software should provide its users with a flexible, intelligent format.
And for additional information, we recomend Wikipedia - Document Generation, Wikipedia - List of Reporting Software, and DMOZ - List of Java Reporting Software.