Flexmonster Pivot Table vs Flex 3 OLAP Data Grid
OLAP data grid in Flex 3 is not full-featured Pivot Table. Flexmonster Pivot Table has many features with are absent in OLAP data grid:
- Flexmonster Pivot Table can collapse/expand both rows and columns (while OLAP data grid can do this for rows only)
- Flexmonster Pivot Table is optimized for large volumes of data (millions of facts) visualization (while OLAP data grid becomes terribly slow for rendering and scrolling even after 2-3 thousands facts)
- Flexmonster Pivot Table has features for the analyst to configure reports on-the-fly (configure the dimension, switch views, auto-sorting and filtering)
- Flexmonster Pivot Table can work with OLAP server via connection string (while OLAP data grid needs additional data preparation)
- Flexmonster Pivot Table has Pivot Charts showing the same grid visualization but in charts view