New Version of Bravo Dashboard Available from Sierra Bravo

Sierra Bravo has released a new version of Bravo Dashboard, adding support for several new MultiValue environments. Sierra Bravo last year released the free software for users of D3 and UniVerse on Unix. The new release (1.0.2) adds support for users running D3, UniVerse or UniData on the Windows platform.

A Pick programmer “who knows how to write reports and get data out of the system in a Pick environment,” can use Bravo Dashboard to generate Web-based dashboard screens or present the information in a number of different formats without having to learn Web development or learn any new programming languages, Luke Bucklin, president, Sierra Bravo, told DBTA. Bucklin added the company expects to provide a jBASE version in the future as well.

Free software for the creation of desktop widgets, Bravo Dashboard enables Pick programmers to install a dashboard of widgets, dynamically creating an always-current picture of their most important business metrics. According to the vendor, while it takes a programmer with Pick experience to build widgets with Bravo Dashboard, the widgets are built using tools they already know how to use.

Coinciding with the release of 1.0.2, the company has also released a Print Queue Widget for D3 on Windows and on Unix, “which allows D3 users to view, download, spool and manipulate their print jobs,” said Bucklin. “And for users of UniVerse on Unix, the print queue widget can be used to view and download print jobs.”

Sierra Bravo also plans to add new features to MV Central, the home of Bravo Dashboard and its online D3 Reference, in the next month.  Currently slated are video/screencast tutorials, a user-contributed (and rated) link directory, and more free code in its Code Library.  The company also plans to offer additional free developer tools in the next quarter.

Bravo Dashboard and the associated Print Queue Widgets are available as free downloads from Sierra Bravo's MultiValue Central.  Users must register for a free account to download the software and access other advanced features on the site.