Perhaps some pc report/graph generator and ODBC would do the trick.  We use
ms access and MiniSoft ODBC driver

-------------------------------------------------
Larry Simonsen                Phone: 801-489-2450
Flowserve Corporation     Fax: 801-491-1750
PO Box 2200                    http://www.Flowserve.com
Springville, UT 84663      e-mail: [log in to unmask]
-------------------------------------------------
All opinions expressed herein are my own and reflect, in no way, those of my
employer.

 -----Original Message-----
From:   ALBERT KARMAN [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Monday, March 20, 2000 4:46 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        OT:  PC-based package for graphical reporting

Greetings, fellow listers.

My OT Topic for today is as follows:

I've been given a well thought-out, carefully organized missive from
Senior Management to find a reporting package supporting a multi-page
formal spec.  Then, I awoke from my nap!

What actually happened is somewhat more typical.  I've gotten a request
to find what looks like a 'what if' reporting package that:
        -       Will import delimited files
-       Will produce the ever-popular bar/pie chart (aren't pictures
what matters?)
-       And, most importantly, will allow 'on-the-fly' changes so you
can, for  example, change values on a an axis from, say Sales per $1
million to
                Sales per $2 million, click your pointing device and
have a new chart.

I may have to look at some Cognos Client-Server offering, but I'm hoping
there might be something more reasonably priced.

TIA!!

Al Karman
Senior Operations Analyst
Administrative Management Group
847.870.9288
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>