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 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 Portal. Supports
the selectable views needed for each distinct role in the PMF user
base. Provides a customizable user interface.
- WebFOCUS Maintain. Provides
a platform for updating all data in the customer framework.
- 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 access.
- ESRI. Allows GIS (Geographic Information System) operations
to be performed in the field on a mobile device, 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™ or ESRI in a dashboard gadget, and
integrate Google Maps capabilities directly into the PMF dashboard.