OVERVIEW
Siera is an innovative and intuitive environmental management software system from Sustainable Commercial Solutions (SCS) which enables fund stake holders to report on, manage and monitor the environmental parameters for large property portfolios.
BUILT USING
- Sencha ExtJS 6
- HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript
- Microsoft .NET
- Microsoft SQL Server
THE BRIEF
SCS had already developed the Siera application using Sencha ExtJS 4 and wanted to upgrade to a newer version of the ExtJS framework. SCS wanted the web application to be reskinned and enhanced reporting tools added using the latest ExtJS charting technology to give property fund managers an easy way to produce and analyse reports that conform to industry standards with minimal effort.
THE SOLUTION
SwarmOnline started working with SCS by upgrading the Siera application from ExtJS 4 to ExtJS 6 using our in house Sencha expertise to provide a smooth transition to the new application framework.
Siera was modernised with design collaboration between SwarmOnline’s in-house design team and the property experts at SCS to produce a system which exceeds the functionality and usability of it’s competitors.
After a re-skin, various new reporting and data manipulation features have been added to the application using the rich charting and data management components in the ExtJS framework. Siera also features many custom cutting edge components which provide dynamic charting, full front-end PDF report generation and the ability to use fine grain searches to produce detailed reports without an analyst having to produce resource-intensive reports via traditional methods such as Microsoft Excel.
One of the biggest challenges in this project was handling and presenting a large set of data in a front-end Javascript application. Using the capability of the ExtJS framework and our experienced team of software developers, SwarmOnline has provided unique and innovative solution to this complicated problem by using the latest web development techniques and best practices to provide an efficient and responsive user experience.
In close partnership with SCS, SwarmOnline has used an agile implementation process to take a complicated data set and display it in a meaningful way to SCS’s clients using core web technologies. We worked with the project team daily to respond to the projects requirements quickly and efficiently.
The new re-skinned and feature rich Siera application has been greeted with excellent feedback from SCS’s clients and is helping them provide a rich user experience despite handling large and complicated data sets.
