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DBxtra is a performant and reliable application which helps users to create / connect to databases and start working with their tables and add new queries.
You can design queries, reports, charts, data grids and pivot tables. Deploy reports to a physical file, which end-users can open with the DBxtra.
If you need advanced security, easier installation and deployment there's also the Report Web Service where end-users can view secured reports with any web browser.
As a report creator, you’ll benefit from a complete set of layout and design controls to create formatted, interactive and professional-looking interactive reports.
DBxtra can address any report formatting and layout requirement by your company and makes it easy to design almost any report. A complete set of design controls offer the flexibility to give your reports a professional and pixel-perfect appearance.
Here are some key features of "DBxtra":
Connect to your data:
· Connect to almost any database like MS Access, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Pervasive, DB2, Excel, text files and through ODBC or OLEDB.
· Have access to all database objects like tables, views and stored procedures.
· Once a data connection was established it will always be accessible from within DBxtra.
· Organize your reports with projects and folders.
Create Queries without SQL knowledge:
· The visual query builder lets you build complex SQL queries in drag and drop mode, without the need to write any SQL code.
· Create queries from connected database tables and views and also from designed DBxtra objects or by mixing both.
· Power users can also write their own SQL syntax or copy-paste their queries in the SQL pane.
· Create het erogeneous queries from two or more different databases.
· Assign unlimited expressions supported by the connected database.
· Convert database field types with the expression converter.
· Assign groups and aggregate functions like SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.
· Apply filter criteria.
· Apply data sorting.
· Define runtime parameter queries, reports and charts - end users can specify parameters when running reports.
View your data in the Data Grid:
· Use the data grid for a simple preview of your data or build a customized data view.
· Sort and group by unlimited fields.
· Change column orders and width by simply dragging and dropping.
· Add unlimited drill down data grid views.
· Filter and save filters for quick access.
· Search for specific data.
· Select rows and columns to copy data.
· Export filte red data to text, CSV, XML and Excel.
· Save your favorite data grid views for quick access.
View your data in the Pivot Grid:
· Design pivot grid views.
· Let the end user model his own pivot grids.
· Export pivot data to text, CSV, XML and Excel.
· Save your favorite pivot grid views for quick access.
· Embed pivot grids into report.
Design even the most complex Reports in Minutes:
· Quickly create great looking reports.
· Design report dashboards by embedding reports and charts into a single report.
· Insert unlimited groups.
· Use the total wizard to enter report and group totals.
· Insert data tables.
· Add additional data sources to your report.
· Create bound and unbound sub reports and charts.
· Define report formatting with almost no limitation
· Assign one-click q uick formatting.
· Define and save styles to apply with just one click.
· Insert pictures, barcodes, page information, rich text fields, shapes and lines.
Design Charts:
· Design charts with the quick or advanced chart wizard.
· A wide variety of charts like bar, pie, point, line, doughnut, etc. are supported.
· Embed multiple charts into reports.
· Fine tune charts just as you need them.
Export and E-mail Reports:
· Export your reports to Excel, Word, PDF, HTML, CSV, Image files and XML.
· Send E-mails attaching reports and charts with a single click.
· Export to a live connected Excel sheet and live connected pivot table .
Report Deployment:
· Save reports to a file location. End-users can open any DBxtra report with the Free Desktop Report Viewer.
· Set up a centralized and secured report r epository with the Report Web Service and automatically deploy Information to end-users.
User Security Settings:
· Define user group and users .
· Assign privileges to user groups.
Requirements:
· 1GB RAM
· 80 MB available space on hard disk drive
· NET Framework 3.0 (or higher)
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· The Restore options is not available
· Nag screen
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
New features:
· DBxtra can now use SQL Server Compac t as the format of the repository instead of an Access database.
· Schedule Server: Report Objects with parameters can be scheduled now.
Bugs fixed:
· Datagrids on drilldowns display improperly (too narrow) on Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari.
· Exceptions when a datagrid view with drilldowns is accessed directly from the report object's overview.
· Column order and placement is lost when you save a bookmark of a datagrid in the Report Web Service.
· The initial view doesn't appear in the view list of the Report Web Service when you have other views.
· Firebird connections don't show any table.
· Some databases throw exceptions when their queries are converted to heterogenous queries.

Via: DBxtra 7.1.0