Can reports be scheduled to run at a given time? Can a user specify a separate schedule? Can a list of reports be run based on an event (for example, audit is complete)?
How much will it cost to run the report engine at a customer site? Is it a site license? Is it per user license (seat or concurrent)? Is it per CPUs or cluster servers?
Does report engine support reporting requirements extensibity that don't map easily into the report engine model? For example, not all reports lend themselves to 'banded' reports that group and sub-total data sources.
Does the report engine support access to SQL Server 2005, DB2,PostgreSQL and MySQL? Additionally, does the report engine support accessing data from flat files, XML files or message queues?
Does the report engine support access to SQL Server 2005, DB2,PostgreSQL and MySQL? Additionally, does the report engine support accessing data from flat files, XML files or message queues?