On 5/24/2012 12:45 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:15 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's not that many tables really at all. In fact, for these views, >> they're going against 3 different tables. But there's different >> criteria at which this data is viewed, and these views create the >> possible datasets for which the accountants may access/analyze the data, >> giving them a quick snapshot of the data rather than them having to do a >> lot of SQL. > -------------------------- > > 3 tables = 7 combinations in joined/single tables > > After that you need to change params, and present aggregates as > alternatives for end user consumption. >
Moreover, the fields in the report are like this: Region (there are 8 of them) Categories (there are 8 of them) LineItems (there are 52 of them) I created views from several different perspectives to give them visibility from any direction. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
