Re: Additional reports

["Ben Colletti"<bcollett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

       Dennis,
       We are also running 6.0.02, C/S.  We tried Uservision and found 
       it unacceptable so we now use Crystal Reports and it is working 
       great.
       Ben Colletti
       Gasboy International Inc.

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Subject: Additional reports 
Author:  <BPCS-L@midrange.com> at internet
Date:    1/28/99 3:27 PM


We are running 6.0.02, C/S, plf., & March'98 cum tape and have been live 
since August 1, 1998.
     
What I am wondering is what other BPCS support staff is doing for the 
reports that their users have requested.  Do you have a 3rd party product 
that lets the users do their own thing.  Letting the users do their own 
thing sure helps an understaffed IS team but that will probably cause me 
more work and headaches and wasted system resources in the long run.
     
UserVision is slow and will not be further enhanced.  SSA will not give a 
date or statement of general direction on its replacement product.  
Queries work to a point but are a system resource hog and not really user 
friendly.
Tried to convert some of the User Vision reports to Access '97 but that 
definitely is not user friendly for most users.
We have some Visual Basic experience on staff and I have VB5 Professional on 
my machine.
I have also "played" some with ASNA's Visual RPG product and have the latest 
version installed.
I have also talked to the mrc (michaels,ross, & cole) people about their 
Productivity Series.  It just violates the requirement that I not spend any 
more money.
     
We have some alternatives but the problem is it all needed to be done months 
ago and here we are trying to recommend a course of action.
     
Again, our IS team is trying to make a recommendation as to what direction 
we feel the company should take and of course, do not spend any more money. 
<VBG>
     
I am looking for some ideas of what other users are doing and what are the 
pluses and minuses of your approach.
     
Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom:
"I love deadlines.  I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they 
go flying by."
     
Dennis Munro        
Badger Mining Corporation
dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com <mailto:dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com> 
     
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