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Cognos notwithstanding, isn't the objective in the case of Data
Warehouse/DSS/Reporting/BI (or whatever the latest buzzword is for
generating reports) to give end-users access to the data. These end-users
then generate the own reports, without the need for IT every time they need
a new total on a report?
Sure I understand the need to prevent cartesian products and other queries from hell, but there are ways to achieve that. I fail to understand why the end-users shouldn't have access to the data, it is THEIR data, after all, not the DBA's.
Paul
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:08 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Anybody have any experience with "Cognos"? We've got a bhb that thinks its the solution for giving every end user access to the raw data (groan...loudly!)... I've argued every which-a-way against the concept, now I have to fight the specifics....
HELP!
John P Weatherman
Database Administrator
Replacements Ltd.
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