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Case Study: BIRT One-stop Portal Drives Performance
1. Case
Study
BIRT One-stop Portal Drives Performance
for Vehicle Safety Inspections > INDUSTRY
State Government /
“With BIRT, you can integrate data from external sources, such as government, news and weather Systems Integrator
websites to create a mashup application, spanning the spectrum of user needs. This is a State of the
Art application for this type of state program, unique in this domain.” > APPLICATION
Vehicle Safety Inspection
— Business Intelligence Architect
When state and provincial governments need Raw data from emissions testing of vehicle > CHALLENGES
• Decision makers needed
help with their department of motor vehicles inspections and on-board diagnostics from
intuitive charts with drill down
(DMV) safety inspection programs, they look tests each inspector runs flow into the vehicle for analysis
to a systems integrator for solutions, to make inspection database (VID). This gets broken • Reduce dependence on IT devel-
it easy for DMV management and employees down into various tables that reports go opers for reports
to get their metrics, reports and dashboards against, spanning a variety of monthly and • Needed real-time information
portal
in a format they can understand, and easy for quarterly periods, as well as quality assurance
them to digest. information. Each of the reports can address a
> SOLUTION
variety of different metrics, such as how many
One system integrator working with Actuate • BIRT mashboard, iServer, one-
tests were done for a certain type of vehicle stop interactive portal
provides solutions using Actuate and BIRT
over a specified time period, how long did • Triggers alert managers to de-
technology in vehicle inspection programs
each take, lane utilization and throughput, lays, aid corrective action
in four of the top 20 states and provinces in
vehicle wait times and more.
North America, representing over 50 million
> BENEFITS
residents. Department managers at a large state DMV
• Dashboards, metrics show
were especially dependent on IT developers
Challenge to create reports and then supply them
real-time results, drive better
decisions, save money
to the end users. Often the information • BIRT frameworks, libraries save
Flooded with raw data from vehicle safety
produced was not readily apparent or was development time
inspections, state and provincial DMVs face
difficult to understand and analyze. They were • Self-service portal, ad hoc query,
a daunting challenge—organizing and intuitive charts with drill down
looking for more intuitive reports, with data
presenting the data, then slicing and dicing empower users
visualization to help them discern trends in
that into various metrics for users in a timely
the making. And they needed them quickly,
manner to produce actionable information
with access to up-to-the-minute information.
and drive better decision making.
3. Case Study: Vehicle Safety Inspection
The application has brought a lot to the state
government, in how they run their operation
Actuate - the people
and look at their data. With BIRT, they are behind BIRT
able to integrate data from external sources,
such as government, news and weather Actuate founded and co-leads the Eclipse
websites to create a mashup application. BIRT open source project. ActuateOne
is a unified suite of products for rapidly
“We get them real-time information, and developing and deploying BIRT-based
push out the reports with the data they custom Business Intelligence applications
need,” stated the BI Architect. “So as and and information applications. Applications
when needed, we can scale up and add built with ActuateOne provide one user
widgets to create a one-stop shop within the experience regardless of task or skill
application for whatever they need.” level; are supported by one server for any
deployment including cloud and are built
Faster Development, Turnaround
with one BIRT design that can access and
BIRT frameworks and libraries saved a integrate any data source - including high
great deal of development time, and BIRT’s volume print streams. ActuateOne adds rich
intuitive design enables new users to quickly data visualizations, including interactivity,
pick it up. “Any new developer can just look dashboards, analytics, and deployment
at the spec, use drag ‘n drop components, options to web and mobile BIRT applications,
make minor modifications and the report is helping organizations drive revenue through
ready,” stated the BI Architect. higher customer satisfaction and improved
Combined with the rich information operational performance.
environment of BIRT and support for Actuate has over 4,800 customers
a variety of formats that can be emailed globally in a diverse range of business
to managers and users, the integrator areas including financial services and the
was able to deliver a superior look and feel public sector. Founded in 1993, Actuate is
while ensuring they could hit their deadlines headquartered in San Mateo, California,
with confidence. with offices worldwide. Actuate is listed
BIRT and the JavaScript API provide a on NASDAQ under the symbol BIRT. For
very intuitive designer tool that enables more information, visit the company’s web
easy, rapid development, and the ability site at www.actuate.com or visit the BIRT
to produce reports quickly, publish to the community at www.birt-exchange.com.
iServer from inside the BIRT environment,
and check-in and check-out reports.
“This hasn’t happened before for other
vehicle inspection and compliance domains
in other states, so with Actuate, this is a State
of the Art application for this type of state
program, unique in this domain,” stated the
BI Architect.
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