PMF incorporates nearly every product capability across
the WebFOCUS product line. The WebFOCUS system components required
for basic operation include the following:
WebFOCUS Reporting Server and WebFOCUS Client. Provides
a standard reporting infrastructure including data access drivers,
complex business rules, exports to Excel, HTML, and PDF, graphing
capabilities, and drill downs. WebFOCUS also hosts the Financial
Modeling Language (FML) that enables creation of complex financial views
that lie at the heart of any PMF application.
WebFOCUS Managed Reporting. Provides
user administration, a repository for storing components, and ad
hoc and OLAP (online analytical processing) tools if you choose
to expand the PMF application to include these.
WebFOCUS Business Intelligence Dashboard. Supports
the selectable views needed for each distinct role in the PMF user
base. Provides the customizable user interface.
WebFOCUS Maintain. Provides
a platform for updating data.
WebFOCUS ReportCaster. Delivers
alerts and schedules metric loads. Also offers a library that allows
tracking and history.
Optional components include:
Adapters. For
data and application.
ESRI. Allows
GIS (Geographic Information System) operations to be performed in
the field on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), on a desktop, and throughout
the enterprise.
Integrated Search (Magnify) Support. PMF
supports full integration with WebFOCUS Magnify, which enables you
to search for feedback, measure tasks, objectives, measures, and
dimension-level values.
Mapping/GIS Support. PMF
allows you to place Google Maps™ in a dashboard gadget and integrate
Google Maps capabilities directly into the PMF dashboard.