Best Practices

Best Practices guides provide tips and techniques that are designed to help you achieve your goals in implementing a variety of Information Builders products.

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Title	DN	Description	PDF
Best Practices: HTML Active Reports: Considerations for Development and Deployment 7.6.2	4500881.0607	This documentation describes best practices for HTML Active Reports.
Best Practices Considerations When Using ReportCaster 7.6	4500923.0908	This Best Practices guide provides tips and techniques that will enable you to review existing WebFOCUS reports and develop new reports that meet the requirements for scheduling and distribution using ReportCaster Version 7 Release 6.
z/OS Best Practices for WebFOCUS and ReportCaster 7.1 and 5.x	4500666.1005	WebFOCUS products provide the most sophisticated Business Intelligence solutions for z/OS and OS/390 systems, as well as Windows, UNIX, and iSeries systems. This document contains Best Practices information for running WebFOCUS and ReportCaster Version 5 or Version 7 on OS/390 and z/OS systems.
Best Practices: Considerations When Using ReportCaster 7.1	4500646.1006	This Best Practices guide provides tips and techniques that will enable you to review existing WebFOCUS reports and develop new reports that meet the requirements for scheduling and distribution using ReportCaster Version 7 Release 1.
Best Practices: Application Implementation Considerations When Using the ReportCaster API 7.1	4500738.0505	This documentation provides an overview of, and sample code for, the ReportCaster API, Version 7. It will help you to define an application implementation strategy that best fits your organization.
WebFOCUS, Developer Studio and ReportCaster Migration Best Practices 7.1	4500765.0206	This documentation describes best practices for migrating WebFOCUS, Developer Studio, and ReportCaster to Version 7 Release 1 (7.1). This documentation is intended for WebFOCUS administrators with knowledge of their WebFOCUS implementation and operating system.
WebFOCUS, Developer Studio, and ReportCaster Migration Best Practices 5.3	4500643.1004	This documentation describes best practices for migrating WebFOCUS, Developer Studio, and ReportCaster to release Version 5 Release 3 (5.3). This documentation is intended for WebFOCUS administrators with knowledge of their WebFOCUS implementation and operating system.
Best Practices: Considerations When Using ReportCaster 5.3	4500543.1204	This Best Practices guide provides tips and techniques that will enable you to review existing WebFOCUS reports and develop new reports that meet the requirements for scheduling and distribution using ReportCaster Version 5 Release 3.
Best Practices: Enterprise Implementation Considerations for ReportCaster 5.2	4500450.0203	This documentation provides guidelines for implementing multiple ReportCaster environments. It includes tips on scalability, failover, and support of the application lifecycle.
Best Practices: Enterprise Implementation Considerations for WebFOCUS Reporting 5.2	4500416.0203	This documentation provides guidelines for implementing multiple WebFOCUS environments. It includes tips on scalability, failover, and support of the application life cycle. See also Technical Memo 4508: Configuring Multiple WebFOCUS 5.2 Environments on a Single Windows Machine (DN4500471.0503). For Version 5 Release 3 instructions see Appendix D in the WebFOCUS and ReportCaster Installation and Configuration for Windows Version 5 Release 3 manual (DN4500603.0904).
Best Practices: Enterprise Implementation Considerations for Managed Reporting 5.2	4500452.0203	This documentation provides guidelines for implementing multiple Managed Reporting Environments. It includes tips on scalability, failover, and support of the application lifecycle.
Technical Memo 4508: Configuring Multiple WebFOCUS Environments on a Single Windows Machine 5.2	4500471.0503	This document assists technical representatives and customers with the process of configuring two or more WebFOCUS environments to run simultaneously on a single Windows machine.
Best Practices: Considerations When Using ReportCaster 5.2	4500543.0903	This Best Practices guide provides tips and techniques that will enable you to review existing WebFOCUS reports and develop new reports that meet the requirements for scheduling and distribution using ReportCaster Version 5 Release 2.
Best Practices: Application Implementation Considerations For ReportCaster API  4.3.6	4500493.0902	This documentation provides an overview of, and sample code for, each of the ReportCaster API components (Bean, Servlet, and Subroutine). It will help you to define an application implementation strategy that best fits your organization.
WebFOCUS Maintain Best Practices 4.3	4500448.1101	WebFOCUS Maintain Best Practices Version 4.3 provides comprehensive guidelines for the WebFOCUS Maintain developer and implementer when building medium to large enterprise applications.
Best Practices: Coding Considerations For ReportCaster 4.3	4500488.0702	This documentation provides tips and techniques that will enable you to review and develop WebFOCUS reports to the requirements for scheduling and distribution using ReportCaster Version 4.3.