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This content was adapted from Internet.com's DevX and Developer.com Web sites. Contributors:Chi-Wei Wang, Gustavo Velez, Lee Richardson,and Daan De Brouckere and Raj Agarwal.While Java helps in fulfilling the promise of "writeonce, use anywhere", there are practical concernsdevelopers need to address in developing their code, whether its porting from another language,working in the best IDE or optimizing for today'smulti-core computing environments. This eBook will help you in understanding these issues and how you can get the most out of your Java code.

Overview of a SharePointReport Repository andCrystal Reports

Chi-Wei Wang

Auditing in SharePoint 2007

Gustavo Velez

Leveraging Content Types inSharePoint DocumentLibraries and Lists

Daan De Brouckere & Raj Agarwal

Sync Your Database toSharePoint Using SSIS

Lee Richardson

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Putting SharePoint to Work for You

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rganizationsarecontinuouslyfacedwiththeneedtoorganizeinformationandpresentitasreports.Combiningtheabilitytogenerateandmanagereportsintoasinglesystemaddressesthisneedandisapowerfultoolforusers.An automated report gener-ation process has many ben-efits. It can quickly generatea complex report that wouldotherwise require a consid-erable amount of time tocreate by hand. People havemore time to focus on otherbusiness needs rather thancreate reports. In addition,this means that the endusers have quicker access totheir reports as well. Whentimely decisions have to bemade based on these reports, the time saved can beinvaluable. Lastly, this reduces the potential for humanerror when creating the reports while increasing thereport's acceptance among its users.As reports are generated, there is a need for them tobe organized and accessible to its users. A centralizeddocument repository makes it easier to keep track of different reports by minimizing the risk of inconsistentreports. In addition, it allowsan organization to bettermanage who has access towhich information.A reporting system withthese advantages can becreated combiningSharePoint's document man-agement features with a.NET application for generat-ing reports.

Overview

The reporting system shownin Figure 1 supports the following process:• Manage existing reports through SharePoint• Schedule reports to be created• Generate reports• Upload new reports to SharePoint

Putting SharePoint to Work for You

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Overview of a SharePoint ReportRepository and Crystal Reports

By Chi-Wei Wang

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A centralized document repository makes it easier to keep track of differ-ent reports by minimizing the risk of inconsistent reports.

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