Re: Any "Directly-Editable" Report Generators?

Hyperion Analyzer.
Regards,
Fan Ruo Xin

Nick P wrote:

> I have to agree, it sounds like a dodgy idea.
>
> The only type of 'editing' of reports you would give to users would be
> something like Oracle Discoverer or Cognos Impromptu and the rest of the
> suite, PowerPlay etc...
>
> "BP Margolin" <bpmargo_at_attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:3caca769_2_at_news1.prserv.net...
> > David,
> >
> > It's not clear from your post whether you want the "edited" report to
> update
> > the data in the database. In many cases, this is not possible, because
> many
> > reports represent aggregated data, and there would be no way to properly
> > alter the rows affected. For example, if you have a query with a SUM in
> it,
> > and the query aggregates, say, 200 rows of data to a single output line,
> and
> > a user changes the SUM value on the report from 2500 to 2600, how is the
> > extra 100 supposed to be distributed over the original 200 rows of data?
> >
> > -------------------------------------------
> > BP Margolin
> > Please reply only to the newsgroups.
> > When posting, inclusion of SQL (CREATE TABLE ..., INSERT ..., etc.) which
> > can be cut and pasted into Query Analyzer is appreciated.
> >
> > "altemir" <altemir_at_alum.mit.edu> wrote in message
> > news:f4943dbb.0204041007.6aafc7ab_at_posting.google.com...
> > > Can anyone recommend a reporting package that allows users to edit the
> > > generated report?
> > >
> > > Although I know that virtually all report writers allow users to
> > > customize their reports by giving them a design environment to set up
> > > their own report templates, I'm looking for something that allows
> > > users to directly edit the generated report as if it was a Word
> > > document.
> > >
> > > I guess I'm describing a package that is a basic report writer PLUS a
> > > document editor.
> > >
> > > Does such a thing exist that can be easily integrated with a VC++
> > > application.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any leads.
> > >
> > > -- David
> >
> >
Received on Fri Apr 05 2002 - 17:48:13 CEST