The traditional reporting tools usually need higher technical requirements, such as retrieving script, complex report expressions, and abstract logic. While with esCalc, the business users can complete the entire report independently without technical background.
First, esCalc provides retrieving data UI to guide static data extraction from the database, Excel or text files. Second, its ease-of-use and traditional Excel-style user interface allows users to build the report more quickly; third, it transforms the script writing functions of traditional reporting tools into visual operations, including filter, sort, group, hide, merge, join, union, etc; fourth, it overcomes difficulties facing by traditional reports with simple formula, which is easy to understand like a common spreadsheet. Finally, esCalc provides professional reporting functions, including rich landscaping styles, multiple charts, exporting to multiple data formats, page breaking and printing, etc.
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