RE: Enterprise Reporting Tool anyone?

Don't let end users generate completely free reports, 'cos they will generate the mother of all SQL and submit it. Create them some nice views that you control and let them play with them. After that how much do you want to spend, you can use Access, Crystal etc. If it's for accountants then they'll want it to look pretty so you can justify a real high-end colour printer - ever found a finance department that refused to sign off hardware that was for them:-)) -----Original Message----- From: Tony Flaherty [mailto:aef@mfs.misys.co.uk] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 5:12 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Enterprise Reporting Tool anyone? 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! Any recommendations/warnings that people could give would be most welcome. TIA -- --------------------------------------- Tony Flaherty aef@mfs.misys.co.uk Analyst Programmer Misys Financial Systems All statements and opinions are my own, Misys don't pay me enough to have opinions on their behalf .