Archive for the ‘Data Dynamics’ Category
ActiveReports 6 RC Available
Earlier this week the ActiveReports team made a Release Candidate available in the run-up to the final release of ActiveReports 6!
This release brings us closer to the final release of ActiveReports 6, and its coming soon!
A quick word about some great products
This week has been pretty exciting at GrapeCity. I started the week off by releasing Data Dynamics Analysis, the team is already working on some killer functionality I can’t wait to talk about it in a few months or so.
Next up, ActiveReports for .NET is in the running for the asp.netPRO Reader’s Choice Awards for 2009. Please take a moment to vote for us in the Printing and Reporting category.
GrapeCity and Data Dynamics have also won several awards from ComponentSource.
2008 Bestselling Products Awards
- ActiveReports for .NET—Ranked #2 in Top 5 Products
- ActiveReports COM/ActiveX—Ranked #26 in Top 50 Products
- Data Dynamics Reports—Ranked #100 in Top 100 Products
- I’m especially proud of this, as I’ve been on the Data Dynamics Reports team since March 2006 as an Assistant Product Manager and then as Product Manager. The product had already been in development for several years before I joined; but it’s still great to see something myself and the rest of the team have worked on sell so well.
2008 Bestselling Publisher Awards
- GrapeCity-Data Dynamics—Ranked #4 in Top 5 Publishers
- GrapeCity (Japan)—Ranked #5 in Top 5 Publishers
Lastly, Data Dynamics Analysis and Data Dynamics Reports are on sale for the rest of the month!
Save 33% on Data Dynamics Reports by using coupon code “903955CBD” and save 46% on Data Dynamics Analysis by using coupon code “AE0455CBD” at checkout!
New release of Data Dynamics Analysis
Tonight I’ve released a new build of Data Dynamics Analysis to the world. The team has been working hard on this release since the beginning of the year, and I’m glad that everyone can see what they’ve been up to since then.
The release notes for this build are below.
- 119139 – Samples are now provided in Visual Basic .NET.
- 121656 – Calculated measures are now correctly supported.
- 123784 – The internal data manager has had some updates, this affects local cube files which cannot have sorting and filtering applied to them because they don’t have the required data in them. New local cube files do not have this issue.
- 123793 – When using part-to-whole calculations, the grid now indicates the cells that are considered the “whole”.
- 124878 – It is now possible to export the values of a view to the CSV file format.
- 120917 – Using a dataview with an unbound data source no longer causes a file not found error.
- 121252 – Removing a filter no longer drills up attributes.
- 122730 – All CardLayout settings are now loaded when loading layouts.
- 123785 – Improved performance of relational/unbound data.
- 123935 – A data provider error no longer occurs when dragging and dropping a hierarchy.
- 124489 – Some licensing issues have been corrected.
- 125808 – The maximum value for graphs is now calculated correctly when adding two discrete fields to the row or column shelf.
- 125810 – Part to whole calculations now calculate totals correctly.
- 125865 – The range for a quick filter and manual filter is now correctly displayed.
- 126133 – The page card no longer has a broken slider in Mozilla FireFox 3.0.
- 126186 – The Quick Filter card for a KPI is no longer empty.
We’ve got some big features planned for the future and I can’t wait to share them with you.
Hotfix for Data Dynamics Reports now available
We have released a hotfix for Data Dynamics Reports. This new build fixes the designer redraw issue that was present in the last build released.
The redraw issue was caused by a partial fix that was put in to correct an issue where borders disappeared on the chart.
New build of Data Dynamics Reports available
Over 4 months in the making, and it shows; I just uploaded a new build of Data Dynamics Reports to the site.
This build introduces many new features and even more fixes for issues that users have reported.
In the next month or two we’ll be debuting an enhanced setup application, a new chart type, and more fixes.
Release notes follow the break: Read the rest of this entry »
Thanks, Tim
I was saddened yesterday to learn that Tim Moffatt passed away after his battle with cancer.
I didn’t meet Tim until after I was hired at Data Dynamics. He was busy dealing with taxes so was unable to sit in on my interview. Which makes it all the more important to me, that he and the other owners of Data Dynamics were willing to take a chance on me; at the time I was working a dead-end IT job and had no real software development experience.
There is so much more to say, but the words don’t flow easily; so I’ll stop and repeat the words I started with today: Thanks, Tim.
Rest in peace
Keith May, Lucas, Raji, and Mike also posted their thoughts.
Data Dynamics Analysis 1.0.464.0 Released
I just uploaded the latest version of Data Dynamics Analysis to the website!
This version has been in the making for quite a while now. It introduces several important features. First is that we’ve done away with the convoluted licensing process for the ASP.NET control! DDA now makes use of the licensing facilities provided in ASP.NET and Visual Studio.
Second, we’ve introduced part-to-whole calculations. With this feature you can see how each member relates to the whole picture, a particular row/column, or row/column group. Perfect for when you’re interested in seeing how the data changes within the table, row/column, or group but don’t really care what the actual values are.
I don’t have the feature pages updated yet because I didn’t want to hold back this release any longer; I’ll get them updated sometime this weekend though.
Data Dynamics Acquired by GrapeCity
I just finished posting the press release to the Data Dynamics website, Data Dynamics has been acquired by GrapeCity.
The name probably isn’t very familiar to those in the US; however, GrapeCity has been our partner for a while now. They have been responsible for localizing the entire ActiveReports product for consumption in Japan, translating not only the strings in the control but creating documentation, advertisements, and even putting the product on store shelves! Visual Studio Magazine wrote an article on GrapeCity in Feb. 2006 that discusses some of the unique aspects about the company.
For our current and future users, this acquisition won’t change things much. The website will be getting an update, but the products will remain the same.
ActiveReports will still be the #1 report writer available for .NET developers, and we’re still going to release ActiveReports 6 sometime in the first half of next year.
My team is still hard at work on Data Dynamics Reports 2.0, though we may change the name to match the new owner. We’re continually working on improving Data Dynamics Analysis based on the feedback we’ve gotten so far. And we’ve also got a brand new product in the works that I can’t wait to tell everyone about, but that’s for a future post.
Personally, I’m excited to see what the future holds for us.
New Release of Data Dynamics Analysis
Earlier today I pushed out a new release of Data Dynamics Analysis.
This release introduces many bug fixes as well as several new features including trend lines and selection of members in the pivot view.
This release quickly follows on the introduction of the fall promotional discount on Data Dynamics Business Intelligence products, bringing the price down to as low as $499 for Data Dynamics Analysis!
Fall Discount on Data Dynamics Business Intelligence products
A quick post for everyone. First, my apologies for not writing more Feature of the Week Moment posts, I’ve got one half written and will hopefully get a chance to finish it this week and get it posted.
Second, Data Dynamics has a special promotion going on, giving over 60% off on purchases of Data Dynamics Analysis and Data Dynamics Reports. Get either one for $499 or you can get both for $899.
If you’ve held off on purchasing for any reason, now is the time to do it, as these pricing will only last until November 30th!
