For developers, embedding business intelligence (BI) analytics and interactive visualizations in an application can be a frustrating experience. You can sacrifice flexibility and more powerful capabilities in favor of simplicity and use iFrames or charting libraries. Or you can use representational state transfer (REST) APIs that grant you lots of control but are code-intensive to embed, making them difficult to scale.
TIBCO Software's Jaspersoft group wants to change that with today's release of a new JavaScript framework for advanced embedding of visualizations and reports in applications.
Dubbed Visualize.js, the new framework is included in the newly released TIBCO Jaspersoft 5.6 product and available as a cloud service. It combines the capabilities of the full Jaspersoft analytic server with the control of JavaScript, giving developers the capability to embed the features of the Jaspersoft analytic server directly into their applications with just a few lines of code.