01240nas a2200133   4500008004100000022001400041245004100055210004100096260004200137520085500179100002001034700001601054856003601070       2009                        eng d  a1913-610200aOpen Source BI Reporting Tool Review0 aOpen Source BI Reporting Tool Review  aOttawabTalent First Networkc09/20093 aThe main purpose of a business intelligence (BI) system is to provide access to information for decision makers. Reporting tools help to create, administer and distribute reports. Reports can be classified into three categories: i) standard reports containing information in table form; ii) cubes which are online analytical processing reports designed to analyze multidimensional data; and iii) dashboards which provide an overview of selected reports and key performance indicators. Each of these report types are often supplemented by graphical representations of the data.

There are many different reporting solutions available in the open source market. In this article, we compare four open source reporting solutions. They give a good insight of the current state of the market and are among the the most popular solutions in use today. 
 1 aDietz, Benjamin1 aSingh, Lily  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/288