William Sanders wrote:
Andy -
You've just described a great business case for selling (profit margin)
and installing (billable time) and configuring (billable time) and
training users on (billable time) a product called FoxFire!
Companies, imo, WANT this type of data and reports that you've described,
and they don't have their database organized in a way thats meaningful -
ie - truly relational with PK's and FK's.
Most SMB's will not want to put in sql anything, as they don't have the
money to keep the expertise in house. They aren't gonna wanna 'try' an
instance of Business Objects - they don't have the expertise to put their
datastores into Oracle or Sql Server, and they mostly just sell their own
products , hoping to keep track of inventory, invoicing, and sales.
FoxFire! on the other hand, works with ANY kind of data (including VFP
data) and can produce the types of reports you're asking about. The thing
that I find a cool kick in the pants is the real time preview of the
report as one is designing it. For an end-user at a secretary level -
this is a fabulous thing. I also see it as a strategic sales / project
time / revenue stream for me in the near future.
Check out http://www.foxfirereporting.com
Doug Hennig (Stonefield) has a tool also called Stonefield Query, iirc.
I believe it might be an option as well?
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
MB Software Solutions, LLC
http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com
http://fabmate.com
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