Discoverer was my first thought too, especially since the folks in the wood panelled offices already use Discoverer.
I don't know that the all inclusive "management" came up with this one directly. There is a very bright COO that probably spawned the idea of some kind of data mart or data warehouse because he knows that 2 of the cobol developers spend over 1/2 of their time running Powerhouse (Cognos) reports, often several times a day, just with different combination of where..., group by... or order by... differences. The cobo, or if a legitimate request spawned an idea with the IT manager. At 2/27/02, you wrote: >Oracle Discoverer? Users could poke around with that, without knowing SQL. >They won't be very quick about it though. > >I don't know the context, why did management come up with this scenario, is >there a history behind all this? > >Sounds a bit strange to try to impose an impossible situation that just >won't work. Decrees don't make reality. > >Even when the tools work and the data is there, sometimes users don't use >systems because the informatics setup does not dovetail nicely with the way >they go about their daily tasks. > >If it's not natural to them, or it complicates their lives, there will be >resistance. > > From the description though it seems there is more than that to it here. > >Regards, >Patrice Boivin >Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Don INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
