Re: Report Tools over IDS

On Apr 23, 9:48 pm, "Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.)" <mark.scran...@gmail.com> wrote: > A client just sent me this question...not really my area, so any help > would be greatly appreciated! > > "Can you tell me if there is a tool that will create web-based reports > from an Informix Database? I also wonder if there is a tool that has a > gui interface that would allow executives the ability to create these > reports themselves?" > > TIA - > Mark Scranton > Xtivia Inc. Microstrategy (www.microstrategy.com) is one of the solutions. My company has good experience with them. For dealing with very large data sets, Microstrategy is supposed to perform better than most other tools, since it is ROLAP-based (instead of MOLAP). Darko Krstic

On Apr 25, 10:22 am, darko <darko.krs...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 23, 9:48 pm, "Mark Scranton (Xtivia Inc.)" > > <mark.scran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A client just sent me this question...not really my area, so any help > > would be greatly appreciated! > > > "Can you tell me if there is a tool that will create web-based reports > > from an Informix Database? I also wonder if there is a tool that has a > > gui interface that would allow executives the ability to create these > > reports themselves?" > > > TIA - > > Mark Scranton > > Xtivia Inc. > > Microstrategy (www.microstrategy.com) is one of the solutions. My > company has good experience with them. For dealing with very large > data sets, Microstrategy is supposed to perform better than most other > tools, since it is ROLAP-based (instead of MOLAP). > > Darko Krstic And now you can get Microstrategy for very good price :-) : http://www.microstrategy.com/freereportingsoftware/ "MicroStrategy’s award-winning business intelligence software is now available in a convenient reporting suite, designed for departments to start building and using reports quickly and easily...and at no charge." Darko Krstic