Report development is only a part of application program, therefore,
the integration of Web reporting tool is of great importance.

All the traditional Web reporting tools provide an independent report
server without exception.

The disadvantages of an independent report server:
$B!|(B The independent report server communicates with application program
via network protocol, and this degrades system performance seriously.
$B!|(B It is unable to use all the advantageous functions of application
server, such as the cluster capability, the management capability of
connection pool, etc.
$B!|(B Report server has an independent management mechanism of user
permissions, which can not adapt the requirements of particular user
role management from various industries and applications. It is
insufficient, while it force application program to obey its rules.
$B!|(B With too few APIs and weak control, it is hard to integrate.

As a professional Web report solution, RAQ Report provides integration
as Jar package to programmers. Without independent report server,
application infrastructure, and independent management mechanism of
user permissions, it can help programmers to implement integration
conveniently.

The advantages of no independent report server:
$B!|(B The server of RAQ report is submitted as Jar package or application
of application server. Therefore, it can get integrated with
application program seamlessly to achieve the peak operating
efficiency.
$B!|(B Share the cluster capability and the management capability of
connection pool of application server.
$B!|(B Make unified deployment. Use the user role management mechanism of
Web application directly to avoid the incompatible problem of two
management mechanisms. Provide a unified login screen, and end users
need not to log in twice.

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