Re: Which Ad Hoc Report tool to use?

From: Craig S. Mullins <MULLC_at_platinum.com>
Date: 1996/03/21
Message-ID: <MULLC.345.000B3024_at_platinum.com>#1/1


In article <4i7163$23i_at_news2.cts.com> resumes_at_dyncorp-bksd.com (Resumes) writes:
>From: resumes_at_dyncorp-bksd.com (Resumes)
>Subject: Which Ad Hoc Report tool to use?
>Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 17:37:55 GMT
 

>Hi everyone!
 

>We would like to use an ad hoc report tool for a Database. The tool
>must:
 

>1. allow for editing of the (tool) code by a simple text editor like TED;
>2. handle queries against many tables, not just one or two;
>3. be able to do easy matrix reporting;
>4. be able to read a variety of file formats (flat, Oracle, XBase
>etc.);
>5. be able to produce a variety of file formats (flat, Oracle,
>Lotus/Excel, XBase, word processing etc.)
>snip<
>I'd love to hear your opinions. My email is sanjay_at_dyncorp-bksd.com.

Sanjay:

PLATINUM's business intelligence product line provides full ad hoc query, reporting, and customization, as well as multi-dimensional analysis, across a multi-tiered client/server architecture. This enables us to serve this market more effectively than any other query and reporting tool or stand-alone OLAP vendor.

PLATINUM Forest & Trees V4.0 provides business users of all skill levels with the tools they need to query, report and analyze data to make important business decisionswithout having to depend on IS staff. Forest & Trees provides intuitive query and reporting without IS involvement. Report formatting is easy empowering business users to engage in productive data analysis. The Forest & Trees dictionary helps users understand databases and their structure. Forest & Trees is easy to setup, customize, and maintain.

PLATINUM InfoReports is a breakthrough client/server report writer that allows multiple queries from heterogeneous databases across multiple platforms from a Windows interface. This allows innumerable ways to access, view, analyze, and present previously inaccessible data. For example, with a few clicks of a mouse, a user could combine manufacturing data from Oracle on an HP, purchasing information from DB2 on MVS, and forecasting information from Microsoft Access on a PC in a single report. ProServer, the companion product of InfoReports allows reports to be created on a client and run on a server, while retaining identical formatting attributes. Therefore, documents can be created on a PC using InfoReports for Windows and scheduled to run on any server overnight, minimizing network traffic and optimizing resources.

PLATINUM InfoQuery is an enterprise wide decision support tool with data access, querying, reporting and conversion facilities. It is fast, powerful, and sophisticated, yet still usable by endusers. InfoQuery provides novice users with the ease of a graphical Windows interface and shields them from having to know the SQL language. Yet, an interactive SQL mode is also available for power users, as InfoQuery reads and writes SQL code. InfoQuery was judged the best ad hoc query tool in a recent Information Week article, "InfoQuery for Windows is a superior product.. .. a highly polished, well planned product. The great number of advanced features made it a winner for novice and power users."

For Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) consider PLATINUM InfoBeacon. This solution allows users to take a multidimensional view of the information stored in their databases. Users can examine information along common business “dimensions” such as product, geography, time, organization, etc. and then drill down from summary levels to finer levels of detail in each dimension. Users can navigate through these data to uncover trends and exceptions that help decision making.

For more information on these products, contact PLATINUM technology, inc. at: WWW: http://www.platinum.com
E-mail: info_at_platinum.com
Phone: 1-800-442-6861 -or- 708/620-5000. Received on Thu Mar 21 1996 - 00:00:00 CET

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