Re: NewEra replaced by 'Visionary'?

In article <35D7DB31.FF1EE289@informix.com>, Satish Katiyar <katiyar@informix.com> wrote: >leo@healthbase.nl wrote: > >> In a dutch IT magazine ('Computable 31-7-1998) we read about a new product >> called 'Visionary' and it is said to replace NewEra. >> >> This tool would be a front end for the universal data option. >> >> Can anybody comment on this? >> Is it true, is it total crap, or is it something in between? > >We showed Visionary product for the first time at the users conference this >year. We were secretive about it because I believe that we had applied for a >patent on this technology. > >Visionary, as the name suggests, was started as a visualization tool in CTO >group. Users sees different views as they drill down on a particular item. For >example, you see a map of the US and you click on California. This may bring >up a view to show all the companies (probably names and logos) in California. >Then you click on Informix and it may bring up an organization chart and >groups within Informix. Then you select finance department and the financial >data about Informix shows up e.g. latest quote and historical charts. > >All this behavior can be programed without programming !!! Just a few mouse >clicks ! > >This product is not available yet and is still in works. It may take some time >'cause it's still being developed by chief technology office. As you can see >now, it's completely different from NewEra and is not intended as a >replacement. > >I hope it helps. > >-- >Satish Katiyar >Informix Software, Inc. >DataBlade Development Group >Oakland, CA, USA >Email : katiyar@informix.com > Satish is correct about Visionary. The product was finally shown without a Non-Disclosure Agreement at IWUC and a couple of weeks earlier at the Informix Partner's Forum. It is an ActiveX drop in for web browsers, and 4GL tools (like Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, Forte, Delphi, or NewEra). It gives an application developer the ability to create different visualizations for complex data, such as 2D mapping data, timeseries graphs etc. The really cool thing comes when one zooms in and then through an item to a new type of data. An example could be looking at a stock performance graph and when you click on one stock out of the many on the graph, you jump through the "worm-hole" and look at geographic information about that company, or specific profit/loss statements, or details of market capitalization. Visionary has a nice GUI development environment that lets you link display pages together and define worm-hole behaviors. The ActiveX component itself is a fixed piece that communicates to an application layer near the server. It has numerous built-in display types already, including numerous types of barcharts, candlestick charts, graphing features, org chart display, scientific graphing, spatial mapping output and the ability to add on. My first response was that it was pretty slick. Al Landeck Informix Software DataBlade Development Group landeck@informix.com landeck@math.ohio-state.edu