Databeacon makes a .NET OLAP Front end

Mark Levison posts First Commercial .NET No Touch Deployment application. Databeacon is my favorite Analysis Services front end, hands down. It is built to be web delivered, and the Java plug in is extremely intuitive and much easier to use than any other OLAP front end I've seen. Now, here's the .NET version, which looks very slick.

"No touch" is a bit misleading though. Instructions from his site:

1. Verify that Microsoft .NET 1.1 Framework is installed
2. Use the Microsoft .NET Framework wizard to grant full trust to trusted sites
3. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, add services.databeacon.com to the list of trusted sites (via internet options)

That wizard is under Administrative Tools on XP, under "Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Wizards", not Configuration. Then, the right option is "Adjust .NET Security", and on the "trusted Sites" tab raise the bar to full access.

And then under Internet Option in IE, add that site to trusted sites, but take off the checkbox first, or it won't work. What a pain... that the Java option is so much easier.

The front end looks very nice. I like how it shows both the report view, and whatever graph view you choose at the same time. This is a real improvement. Here's a screenshot from the example: