DBReport Information is the lifeblood of a business Good business decisions depend on accurate, timely information. Information requirements change rapidly as the business changes. Information is often held across many different systems. The challenge is to produce reports that: Contain relevant information to support current business decisions. Are targeted so that the reader does not have to sift through large volumes of irrelevant information. Are timely, the information is produced in a timescale that is useful. Reporting problems Typical approaches to address these challenges include: Specialist reporting tools such as Business Objects or Crystal Reports Manual creation of the reports using a spreadsheet tool such as Microsoft Excel. The issues with specialist reporting tools are that, while the reports are robust, they a\re inflexible and often need specialist knowledge to build and maintain. The issues with spreadsheets is that they are not robust and have no audit trial. Additionally they take time-consuming to prepare. DBReport addresses these problems DBReport provides a simple, flexible reporting environment. DBReport is a Microsoft Excel add-in that allows you to easily extract data. This provides the following advantages: Flexibility – easily adapt reports to changing requirements. Ease of use – report development is wizard driven No training or specialist knowledge – uses Microsoft Excel, therefore existing skills are sufficient to produce presentation quality reports. Robustness – data is derived directly from corporate databases ensuring consistent reports. Dramatically reduced reporting cycle.– the reports are linked to the underlying databases and can be refreshed to show latest data. Speed of deployment – reports can be built and deployed quickly to respond to business requirements. Pendragon Systems Ltd can also assist with the implementation of DBeport. Click here to download a free 30 day trial of DBReport.