Rave Reports Developer Guide

What Is the Rave Server

Rave Server can also serve applications and act as a middle tier. This allows Reports to be run on a centralized managed high power server that has a fast network connection to the database. Since only the actual Reports are returned to the application and the Reports are executed on the Server, the application does not require a high-speed connection to the Report Server. The application does not require any database connectivity either.

The application passes all parameters and Report information to the Server, and retrieves the generated Report via HTTP and displays it within the application, exactly as if the Report had been generated from the application.

Note that to make use of this alternative, the client application would be required to support HTTP calls and responses.