Mark, Why not take a look at some OLAP analysis software like ContourCube which works well with VFP in the ActiveX format. It allows the end user to manipulate the Readonly data in a type of spreadsheet and filter in/out any displayed fields
http://www.contourcomponents.com/?pcode=news20070622 and demo screens at http://developers.contourcomponents.com/?pcode=overview Once I used this with my end users they never wanted to go back to standard reports. Dave Crozier -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stanton Sent: 08 August 2007 12:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Data Strategy What do you assembled guru's do about data filtering? My situation is that, having developed an application which accumulates trading data, my users are getting boggled by the amount of information so want to filter it in various ways, for example by financial year. However, there are various such filters that might be applied, either individually or in combinations. The system is built with Codebook, so data is all accessed through views. It seems a little ott to write the views so that they all have system wide filters in them, or is that the way you'd do it? Or some other way? Regards Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
