Ad Hoc Reporting - Infoview

[HCSOBOXI]

Hello All,

Did you find the users had a hard time grasping the concepts of creating ad hoc reports using Infoview or have you implemented that?

Thank you!

 

[hilfy]

We've implemented it for "Power Users". All of the power users have been to the WebI Design class offered by Business Objects. Non-Power users can run reports that have been designed by the power users, but they can't create their own.

A lot of it depends on the technical skill level of the users.

-Dell

A computer only does what you actually told it to do - not what you thought you told it to do.

 

[HCSOBOXI]

hilfy,

Thank you for your input. The more I am getting involved with this project, the more concern I have for the users creating reports.

Very helpful...thank you again!

 

[MJRBIM]

No matter what the BOBJ salesperson tells you - in our experience, it is about a MAX of 10% of trained end-users are competent enough to generate their own WebI reports - even against a well-developed Universe.

If you are not in the data and the formatting tools (WebI / Crystal) every-day, you can't be expected to produce an accurate, well-designed report for public-consumption.

Most people want X numbers (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly) - so they run pre-defined WebI / Crystal content, rather than starting from a "BLANK page".

Take a look at the comments and links in the attached thread for more details...

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1462982

 

[HCSOBOXI]

MJRBIM,

Thank you for your response and the link. The link was very helpful as to what people are using.

This is just what I thought, that the deeper I get in, I see it's not going to be as easy as it was expected.

Thank you!