Edition/Version Listing

This document describes WOW features by version. WOW ships currently in four versions: ENTRY, STANDARD, PROFESSIONAL, and ENTERPRISE.

Id	Item	Entry	Standard	Professional	Enterprise	Description
1	(AS/400) ISeries Data Driver	*¹	*	*	*	JDBC access to iSeries DB2/400 database. (Read Access). Entry provides 5-report limit.
2	Oracle Data Driver	*	*	*	*	JDBC access to Oracle database. (Read Access)
3	MS SQL Server Data Driver	*	*	*	*	JDBC access to MS SQL Server (Read Access)
4	MYSQL Data Driver	*	*	*	*	JDBC access to MYSQL (Read Access)
5	JDBC-ODBC Data Driver to MS Access, MS EXCEL, CSV files	*	*	*	*	JDBC access to MS Access, MS Excel (Read Access)
6	IBM DB2 Windows Data Driver	*	*	*	*	JDBC access to IBM DB2 (Read Access)
7	Apache Tomcat	*	*	*	*	WOW capable of running on Tomcat 4.x and high application servers.
8	IBM WebSphere	*	*	*	*	WOW capable of running on WebSphere 4.x and high application servers. (5.x and high recommended)
9	High performance data cache	*	*	*	*	Powerful caching of data for a user specified time period.
10	Data Paging	*	*	*	*	For large reports, the ability to return only a specific # of records and then allow the user to page down through the data.
11	Customize field headings	*	*	*	*	Ability to dynamically specify field headings for reports.

12	File associations and drill downs		*	*	*	Ability to “link” and drill down from data set to data set. For example, drill down from summary data to details.
13	Download to MS EXCEL		*	*	*	One click downloads to MS Excel in CSV format.
14	XML conversion		*	*	*	Convert data into XML format.
15	Dynamic runtime prompting for queries			*	*	Ability to prompt the user at runtime for selection parameters.
16	Possible value or pick list support			*	*	Ability to specify pick list values from any database to be used as pick lists in selection or update operations.
17	Dynamic drill down associations with user prompting			*	*	Ability to drill down to data with dynamic selection criteria.
18	Scheduled operations				*	Ability to schedule operations to execute in batch at a specific interval. For example, send a report to sales staff each evening at 11pm.
	Security:
19	Require Operating System user profile			*	*	Allow specification and automatic enforcement that a valid OS user profile is required to run an application.
20	Local user only support			*	*	Allow specification and automatic enforcement that users require an internal IP address. This can be used to secure INTRANET only applications from use over the public Internet.
21	Secure operations				*	Ability to secure operations or queries to specific groups. For example, only management can view and execute this report.
22	Field level security				*	Ability to dynamically assign authorized users to view or edit a particular field. For example, vendors can view the inventory quantity but can’t edit the value while customer support can both view and edit the value.
	Data Operations
23	Data updates				*	Ability to update any database record(s).
24	Data delete				*	Ability to delete any database record(s).
25	Data insert/adds				*	Ability to insert or add any database record(s).
26	Data copies to another system				*	Ability to copy data from one database system to another. For example, DB2 to Oracle.
29	Auto-populate records				*	Ability to auto-populate a record based on a user selection. For example, automatically populate a vehicle record once a VIN # was specified.
30	Auto increment field values				*	Ability to have a field automatically increment itself. For example, an order number may obtain the next numerically higher value and use that as the order number.
31	Concurrent updates (Optimistic Lock)				*	Optimistic lock support by allowing specification of the behavior to enforce if database values have changed since the data was read from the database.
32	Status Change request				*	Ability to change record contents when a field is changed. For example, if a purchase order is set to urgent, allow input of expedite data.
33	Merge into pre-built MS EXCEL				*	Ability to extract and merge data dynamically into a pre-built MS Excel file. Allows layout of format, graphs, pivot tables and then runtime merging of data.
34	Intelligent Field Behavior				*	Fields can be assigned a business behavior such as Social Security Number. Once set, complete validation and prompting are automated. Support provided for major field types.
	SELF SERVICE
35	Database driven security				*	Ability to authenticate users by a secure database. Useful for securing B 2 B and B 2 C applications via data driven userid and password combinations.
36	User specific value support				*	Ability to tie and restrict data results to a specific user. For example, when a financial customer signs on, they would ONLY see their account information. Useful and required for all “self service” applications.
	Extensions
37	Custom user interface				*	Ability to customize the layout, look and feel, and graphics.
38	Custom data pages				*	Ability to customize insert, edit, and view screens providing any level of user specific detail.
39	Custom logic				*	Ability to override and extend logic using Java. For example, only updates, if the customer status is open. This provides the solution to any type of requirement.
40	Integration with Eclipse and WebSphere Studio				*	Ability to import and extend WOW within the Eclipse and WebSphere Studio environments.