Focal Point: A Growth Community

By Monica McDonald

The Information Builders Product Marketing division is posting new content for developers on Focal Point. Coming soon and not to be missed are the WebFOCUS Developer Studio mini-tutorials.

These mini-tutorials will be short lessons designed to help users quickly start running the Developer Studio product. The first mini-tutorial to be posted is "Creating a New Project." Others to follow include:

	Setting up an ODBC Data Source
	Setting up a WebFOCUS Data Adapter
	Creating Metadata
	Adding Virtual Fields to Metadata
	Creating a Data View
	Creating Your First Developer Studio Report

In addition to these mini-tutorials, there is a lot more activity at Focal Point. The section called Information Builders’ Forum is generating a lot of interest and excitement among our development community, and it continues to grow everyday. The forum had 266 registered users as of this writing. These users hail from more than 50 Information Builders customer sites.

Users come from a variety of industries, including telecommunications, the public sector, insurance and financial services. About 6 percent of registered users log in from outside the United States. Users visit the Information Builders’ Forum to share FOCUS and WebFOCUS tips and techniques on the message boards. Check out these postings at http://forums.informationbuilders.com/groupee/forums.

While you’re there, be sure to take a look at the recent changes we made to the Information Builders’ Forum based on feedback from our visitors. Most notably, we have added a category for Maintain users and a section for vendor postings where Information Builders Product Managers will be making announcements and asking for product feedback. There will also be outreach programs posted under “Vendor Postings.”

In the near future, Information Builders will create a category for users of iWay products. Be sure to check back with us regularly and don’t forget to give us your feedback. What would you like to see on Focal Point or the Information Builders’ Forum? Let us know by posting under “Web Site Feedback.”