Re: JBA @ctive Report Writer

[Arthur Weiner <arthur@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Although I didn't ask the original question...yes, could please send details.

Also, does anyone have experience producing financial reports using IQ Objects ?

"Peralta, David" wrote:

> Or... Just use excel pivot tables linked via ODBC.  We no longer use the
> standard reports (P&L, aged debtors/ creditors) as far more useful reports
> can be produced in excel.  Let me know if you wnat details.
>
> Regards,
>
> David Peralta
>
> > ----------
> > From:         OleBlighty[SMTP:oleblighty@home.com]
> > Reply To:     JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> > Sent:         26 May 1999 09:07
> > To:   JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:      Re: JBA @ctive Report Writer
> >
> > One of my clients has just bought it as a (semi) replacement to Financial
> > Manager as Financial manager does not handle cross year budget/actual
> > comparisons very well.  There are some bugs in F/M.....who would have
> > thought.
> >
> > I spent a couple of days with a JBA consultant who did not know the Active
> > Report Writer product (or Excel for that matter) very well.  To me it
> > seemed
> > quite cumbersome but that may have been partially caused by the level of
> > product expertise shown by the consultant.  If you are currently writing
> > your own Financial Manager reports, know Excel very well and understand
> > the
> > database well, you should understand it relatively easily.
> >
> > For end of month reporting it seems like a powerfull tool.  Once the data
> > is
> > downloaded from the AS/400 you can shape it anyway you like.  Of course,
> > you
> > must remember to refresh your data from the AS/400 whenever it changes.
> >
> > As applies to most software, get your trining from someone who knows the
> > product inside-out.
> >
> > Best of luck.
> >
> >
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