On 9/21/05, Hennessey, Mark F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been tasked to try to find a solution to some of our reporting > issues. One way would be to get some of our power users additional training > in UniVerse/Retrieve, etc. > > I'm thinking a better (or maybe just different) approach might be to get > something like MITS, Monarch or Crystal Reports. Is anyone working with > these products in a UniVerse environment?
I have done considerable research on reporting against UniData over the past, atlhough I have not necessarily kept current on all alternatives in the past year. After working with several SQL-based approaches, I ended up recommending the Informer product from Entrinsik to folks (www.entrinsik.com<http://www.entrinsik.com>) because it "thinks like U2" and has a good, modern architecture. For OLAP, I know there are people satisfied with the MITS tools as well. I am not familiar with Monarch, but am familiar with Crystal Reports and it is a reasonably good SQL-based tool, but doing SQL against "PICK" is unnecessarily painful in some respects. If so, how would you rate them? (Especially on initial cost and > installation/configuration issues). I'd be particularly interested in > hearing from anyone who's worked with all three, or knows of other products. > > Any help/advice/caveats would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ask for more specifics offlist. --dawn Mark Hennessey > State of Connecticut > DSS/MIS Child Support Systems > Voice: 860-424-5261 > Fax: 860-424-4956 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > -- Dawn M. Wolthuis Tincat Group, Inc. Take and give some delight today! ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
