You are right - there are no silver bullets, you don't throw the baby out with the bath water [I will not go into the sordid history of this one], and some degree of effort is required to embrace anything that is new
[and I'll exit the thread there before I get spanked by Clif :-] Ross Ferris Stamina Software Visage – an Evolution in Software Development >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, 19 April 2004 1:57 PM >To: U2 Users Discussion List >Subject: Re: GUI from Mv code Re: Crystal Reports > >In a message dated 4/18/2004 9:46:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> So YOU, as a developer, would construct a cube with the 6 "key" fields >that the user is interested in. You also get to do things like define an >"opening" view of the information - AND also the query that is used to >generate the cube (BTW, did >> I mention that Visage has a drag'n'drop query facility :-) > >I don't think you understood me. There isn't "the user" and there isn't "6 >key fields". There are 500 reports, some have three fields, some have >twelve fields. The entire data set of reports in total utilizes 50 >different numeric or date fields. > >So no I wouldn't create a cube with 6 fields. I would create a cube with >50 fields and create 500 views into it.. or your software would have to >allow users to easily create and save their own views. > >The point being that it's not a magic bullet. I or they STILL have to >create those 500 views ... >Will >-- >u2-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.659 / Virus Database: 423 - Release Date: 15/04/2004 -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
