Key to Navigator's immediate ROI, Navigator provides pre-built application modules that provides point and click access to Application Data. No knowledge of databases or SQL query language, or proprietary scripting languages are required to create reports, as the Navigator report module provides a pre-mapped database reporting tree with all the database conversions, joins, and link in place. Even better, the data is organized in Report Types that match the business process and roles of the Application, so end users can quickly find what they are looking for.

Navigator includes a core set of canned reports that provide immediate value to the end user. More importantly, all canned reports are editable so that they can be used as templates and modified by the Report Builder to create the exact report needed for your organization.

Leveraging the latest Web based technology,  the Navigator Web Generator provides a powerful method for viewing, analyzing, and distributing report data.   With no client downloads required,  internal and external end users can run reports from multiple modules in a single robust interface.   Report results can be analyzed on the web or exported to common file types and with the Web Generator API reports can be integrated into other Web Applications and Websites.

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Navigator’s powerful Web Generator provides the ability to create multi-level drill down reports that can be integrated with other Web Applications and Websites.   In addition to linking with other Navigator reports,  links can be embedded in the reports to launch in context to Web Applications such as Microsoft Sharepoint®,  Salesforce®, CA Unicenter®, and numerous others.

Navigator provides a direct link to each report that can be used to integrate reports with other Web Based tools such as Portals, Dashboards, and Applications.   The Navigator External URL is also useful to email a link directly to an end user or for Internet Bookmarks.

Included in the Report Builder, the Criteria Builder provides a simple graphical interface so that end users can add simple filters or complex Boolean expressions to report data. No coding or SQL query knowledge is needed. With the Criteria Builder powerful filters based on Wildcards and numerical operators such as greater than/less than, between, and many other common used filtering options are available.

Within the Report Builder reports can be designed with fields that prompt the end users for filtering information each time they run the report.   With this feature static hard coded reports can be converted to flexible reports where the end user controls what filters to apply and what data they wish to see.   Useful application include date driven reports that allow the users to select a pre-program data range such as Last Month or a report that prompts the user for a data range so that the specific information needed is retrieved.

Customers have been using Navigator since the year 2000 and based on their feedback from years of experience, we have included many pre-calculated fields to make SLA and Trend reporting easy. For example,  Navigator includes a field for Elapsed Time Open which take the Current Date/Time and an Open Date field in the Application Database to provide how many Days, Hours, Minutes, and/or seconds a particular Service Desk ticket has been opened. Other examples include adding a field that calculates the time between open and closed so you can quickly see how long its taking to close tickets or what the average time to close is. If there is a calculated field you need specific to your environment, OakTree Navigator Professional Services can assist with getting it added to your Application Module.

From the Web Generator or the Report Builder,  report results are displayed in a power grid that allows users the ability to group, sort, filter, re-arrange columns, and correct report data if needed.

Report data can be exported with a single click to Microsoft Excel and Adobe PDF format or to a delimited text file. With the export to HTML option the end user can quickly print a report or copy and paste the data to a email or Microsoft Office document.

The Enhanced Security within Navigator is designed to keep data locked from those not meant to see it and giving you the peace of mind to conduct business as usual without compromising data.

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The Navigator Report Builder supports windows authentication as a login method to the OakTreeNav Database.

Navigator provides multiple connection methods to access and report on data in Microsoft SQL (2000 and 2005),  Oracle,  Ingres, and any ODBC compliant database.

Easily integrate Navigator into batch process or custom scripts with the Command Line API. Navigator reports can be automatically exported into a numerous file formats which can be useful as input to other processes such as an email tool, a event monitoring system, or a historical reporting website.

In the Report Builder reports can be scheduled by the Report Schedule Service and automatically exported to a files tem in a HTML, Excel, or Text format.

For environments that have customized their application databases, Navigator provides an easy method to add those new fields into the Navigator Module for immediate reporting. In addition to database fields, links to other applications and databases can be added into a Module Tree.

Each Web Generator page and Report Builder screen has integrated help features that link to a searchable web based help system.