- Complexity - won't be used
- Over Reporting - doubling dollars, etc
- Under Reporting - dropping data
- Infrastructure Overload - billion line report
Core & Options Reports
Core - always on report, can be summarized
and filtered
Options - added to report upon request, can add new columns,
groups and sub-totals
Method:
- Programmer writes the 90%
of program (core and formatting).
- The user selects options when they request the report.
- Program finishes writing itself and produces the report.
- The user selects options when they request the report.
- Program finishes writing itself and produces the report.
Examples
of Tools (one of each, not extensive) :
- Complete - WebFocus (Agile Methodologies and Chaos Revisited: mngt & tech)
- Cocktail - Oracle (stored proc) + Crystal Reports + EXCEL
Each approach has
their advantages and disadvantages
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