DSF Views are the data source to all your reporting needs.
Reporting is data mining for any purpose. The search and extraction of data from a database in business terms that are understandable.
Visualization of the information, whether it is on a screen as a chart, a piece of paper, a list in a spreadsheet or an extract to another system, is immaterial.
DSF exposes and organizes data from your database in business terms displaying a familiar treeview style selection list. Users select items from the list and create DSF Views that will be published to your database and used as the data source for all other visualization and reporting tools.
Details on creating and managing DSF Views can be found here.