<br><font size=2 face="Verdana">Dear Kent,</font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>> > May someone recommend any simple solution
to distribute some dozen<br>
> > parametrizable sql reports<br>
> > for some dozen users with a minimal access controll.<br>
> > Some kind of charting possibilty needed, but I needn't web-based
front end.<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>> I'm not sure I understand your requirements.
Do you want a way for a<br>
> dozen users to be able to create reports from a database, where they<br>
> select some parameters and create the report on demand?<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Currently I have some crystal reports, some dozen
excel tables with simple or complicated </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>database queries and some delphi programs with some
grids and sometimes with charts. </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>All of these 'reports' and it's contents are managed
by the IT department.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>My dream to have a central repository of database
reports, </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>organized based on the workflow and controlled by
the controlling department.</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>The distribution can be made by filesystem level (each
report a separate file),</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>or by application level (the report manager shows
a tree with the accessible reports).</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>The candidates are till now:</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> crystal report server</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> ms reporting services</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt> commercial reportlab</tt></font>
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<br><font size=2 color=#333333 face="Verdana">Yours sincerely,</font><font size=3><br>
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János Juhász<br>
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