Re: Enterprise Reporting Tool anyone?

Obnoxio The Clown · 2000-04-10T14:30:22Z

From: "Craig Carpenter" > >Also check out Cognos Impromptu...they own the BI marketspace, company is "Own" the BI marketspace? I'm sure that will come as news to BO, Brio, Hummingbird, Seagate, et al. Anyway, I did mention them in my original post. >growing like gangbusters as well...stock has grown $15/share in the last >week... Excuse me, but this *is* irrelevant, isn't it? irwin_goldstein@my-deja.com wrote in message > ... > >I would add BriQuery to the list of tools to look at. It provides > >similar meta-data capabilities to Business Objects (but generally not > >quite as sophisticated) allowing you to hide the complexity of the > >database from the user. On the other hand, it can be set up to allow > >developers or true "power" users to get straight at the data. > > > >In article , > >"Obnoxio The Clown" wrote: > >> > >> From: "Tony Flaherty" > >> > >…

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Obnoxio The Clown — Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:30:22 BST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: "Craig Carpenter" <CrCarpenter@harland.net> > >Also check out Cognos Impromptu...they own the BI marketspace, company is "Own" the BI marketspace? I'm sure that will come as news to BO, Brio, Hummingbird, Seagate, et al. Anyway, I did mention them in my original post. >growing like gangbusters as well...stock has grown $15/share in the last >week... Excuse me, but this *is* irrelevant, isn't it? irwin_goldstein@my-deja.com wrote in message ><8cd1ik$2s7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... > >I would add BriQuery to the list of tools to look at. It provides > >similar meta-data capabilities to Business Objects (but generally not > >quite as sophisticated) allowing you to hide the complexity of the > >database from the user. On the other hand, it can be set up to allow > >developers or true "power" users to get straight at the data. > > > >In article <8cc8au$ovi$1@news.xmission.com>, > >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> From: "Tony Flaherty" <aef@mfs.misys.co.uk> > >> > > >> >I've been asked to look into products which allow end users to > >create their > >> >own reports, this is to reduce the time I spend writing reports and > >to > >> >increase the time I spend trying to explain the theories of database > >design > >> >to accountants! > >> > >> I would say that you could consider, in decreasing order of > >preference, > >> Business Objects, Hummingbird BI/Suite, Cognos, Seagate Analysis, > >Crystal > >> Reports. > >> > >> Business Objects is my number one favourite because it's great to > >make > >> accountants talk about the problems they have with BO. No, actually, > >it's > >> because BO has the most comprehensive "universe-definition" > >capabilities, > >> which makes it easier to hand over to lusers. > >> > >> Hummingbird is really easy to use, but slightly less comprehensive in > >the > >> "universe-definition" stakes. > >> > >> But that's just an opinion. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com