1. Graphical procedures
Graphical procedures are flowcharts that implement the logic of the report. They perform database retrievals, calculations, conditional checks, text formatting and many other tasks that may be required for producing reports. Procedures represent the business logic layer of SCRIBE. See the overview for more info.

2. Graphical page layout
Graphical page layout is done with the Print Templates - print forms that define the location and visual attributes of printed data fields. Print templates receive their data content from the Procedures and format and display it according to the layout. Print Templates represent the presentation layer of SCRIBE. See the overview for more info.

3. Pie, bar and line charts
SCRIBE is capable of displaying both text and images, including dynamically generated Pie, Bar and Line Charts, with the rich set of controls for fine-tuning the appearance of the charts.

4. Exporting data into ASCII files
Data extracted from the database tables, or created by the Procedure, can be exported into a comma- or blank-separated ASCII text file, suitable for further processing by various third-party applications, such as spreadsheets.

5. Adding custom Java code
SCRIBE provides a plug-in mechanism for adding custom Java code to its body. The added code is shown as graphical Functions - "black boxes" with optional input and output parameters and return values that can be placed into the Procedure. The custom code plug-in extends the functionality of SCRIBE beyond the standard feature set provided by graphical Procedures and can be used to address issues like extracting contents of custom-formed BLOBs.

6. Invoking through API
Third-party applications can request the SCRIBE server to execute reports and forward the results to them. The API library provides the transport layer that connects the application with the server, and brings the reports into the program's address space as PDF-or HTML-formatted data streams, or Java objects ready for display through the Swing-based components provided by the library.

7. Running background jobs
Reports can be executed as stand-alone background processes that, once launched, run independently until completion. The user is free to perform other tasks with SCRIBE, such as configuring Print Templates and Procedures, running other reports, etc. The progress of background jobs can be monitored by the user.

8. Scheduling
Background jobs can be scheduled for automatic execution on a regular basis, ranging from once every minute all the way to monthly submissions.

9. Drill-down reports
"Drill-down" refers to the ability of the report to trigger execution of other reports by mouse-clicking on selected fields. The triggered reports, in their turn, can contain drill-down enabled fields that can run lower-level reports, etc. There is no limit on the depth of the drill-down. A single drill-down field can have more than one report attached to it.

10. E-mailing reports
Generated reports can be e-mailed as PDF attachments or HTML-formatted messages, along with the dynamically created plain text, to a preset list of addresses.

11. Web-publishing
SCRIBE provides a mechanism for displaying the reports in a standard Internet browser, such as IE or Netscape. The reports can be requested over the Web, and are delivered as HTML-based pages, or in the form of PDF streams displayable through the Adobe Acrobat plug-in.

12. Updating database tables
In addition to extracting data from the database tables, SCRIBE provides graphical tools for changing the table contents. These tools are executable components available to a Process flowchart; they can insert, update and delete rows in the table thus extending the functionality of the report generator into the domain of graphical database programming.

13. Multiple databases in one report
SCRIBE supports a number of relational databases. A Report Procedure can do data retrievals from a number of tables/views that belong to different databases. For example, it is possible to draw customer order data from tables located in MS SQL Server, and product descriptions from tables maintained by Oracle - all within the same report.

14. Security
Access to SCRIBE reports, and user privileges for accessing various SCRIBE tools is controlled by the user login accounts, passwords and access rights maintained by the SCRIBE Administrator.

15. Multiple concurrent users
SCRIBE server can accept concurrent connections from users on the Local Area Network running SCRIBE Client, as well as Internet users over the Web.

16. X-platform deployment
SCRIBE client and server are written in 100% Java, with no platform-dependent parts.
SCRIBE can be deployed in a mixed environment, e.g. with the server running on Linux, and clients installed on Windows.