Chapter I - Introduction to Logi Reporting Products

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce you to the different versions of Logi reporting products and help you with an installation. I believe the best way to learn is through examples. However, if you’ve already installed your Logi reporting product and you're ready to start building reports, feel free to skip to the next chapter.

Versions

There are three different versions of the LogiXML reporting products. The most obvious difference between the versions is the cost.

Logi Report, which is available for free, is not a stripped-down or “crippled” version of the reporting product. This version contains all of the functionality required by many web reporting applications.

Hint: The latest version of Logi Report is available for free at http://www.freereporting.com/.

For example, the following popular features are now included in the free version of the product:

• Multi-processor servers
• PDF exporting
• Plug-ins

Logi Info Lite adds report scheduling and delivery, process tasks, and integrated element-level security capabilities.

Logi Info adds dashboards, portal capabilities, and additional Chart and Graph elements such as Heatmaps, GoogleMaps, and animated gauges.

All of the elements appear in the each version of the LogiXML reporting products but the elements not supported by a particular version appear as “grayed-out” (inactive).