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PhilNussbaum
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2011-01-18 : 22:23:56
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| Can someone suggest the names of a few BI tools that would allow access to pivoting tables and views and allow for drilling into any pivot element to see the constituent rows. Something that requires no programming and would be intuitive enough for endusers to manipulate. Price counts. Suggestions? |
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Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master
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Posted - 2011-01-19 : 07:47:59
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| PowerPivot, SQL Server Analysis Services. It will take programming on your end though.- LumbagoMy blog-> www.thefirstsql.com |
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PhilNussbaum
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-01-19 : 18:05:36
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| Lumbago, Do you think that there would be a place for something like what I described?Powerful reconfigurable Pivot tables, drill down, free and no programming?Like, setup and run in 5 minutes.Phil |
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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
2365 Posts |
Posted - 2011-01-24 : 13:12:47
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| Two other 3rd-party options, both well-established in the industry:http://www.cognos10.com/http://www.dimins.com/________________________________________________If it is not practically useful, then it is practically useless.________________________________________________ |
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dataguru1971
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1464 Posts |
Posted - 2011-01-24 : 14:22:30
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QlikView. Requires no advanced programming skill, but does require someone who could handle the initial build that users and power users could use to drill down as needed. The tool is wicked slick IMHO.
Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. |
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kooper2009
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-05-12 : 10:42:11
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| I've been using Stonefield Query [url]www.stonefieldquery.com[/url] for the past 3 years. The SDK version has all the tools I need to create custom reports, dashboards, charts and graphs, and more. I downloaded the software and was running reports inside of an hour. A great crystal reports alternative. |
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