RE: Cognos Expertise? Urgent

From: Satar Naghshineh <Satar.Naghshineh_at_irvine.mellesgriot.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 07:39:02 -0800
Message-Id: <10711.124717@fatcity.com>

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Their competition: Top Tier

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tarkanyi Antal [SMTP:tantal_at_nagev.hu]
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 7:01 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: Cognos Expertise? Urgent
>
> Hi !
>
> Could you suggest me something instead of COGNOS ?
>
> Thank you !
> Anti
>
> ==============================================================
>
> It IS costly! And if your are not running marketing numbers, then
> not very
> intuitive either! We hired a consultant to build a cube for us a
> long time ago
> (after a year ago) . Months after he has been far gone, we found
> issues with
> the setup. The underlying queries are pulling up multiple records
> in the total
> counts.....ahhhh.... so much for user testing and unfortunately I
> was NOT
> involved in that phase of the project.
>
> I was basically trying to redefine a dimension with a new query, but
> the whole
> cube went berserk.
> .....
> .....
> .....
> Ok. Enough rant. Going for a little walk, take a little break,
> then will come
> back and throw my computer out of the window!
>
> DILBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>

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SIZE=3D1 FACE=3D"Arial">Tarkanyi Antal [SMTP:tantal_at_nagev.hu] Sent:   Friday, December 15, 2000 7:01 AM To:     Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:       = Re: Cognos Expertise? Urgent

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi !</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Could you suggest me something =

instead of COGNOS ?

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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thank you !</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">It IS costly!=A0 And if your are not running =

marketing numbers, then not very 
intuitive either!=A0 We hired a consultant to build a cube for us a = long time ago 
(after a year ago) .=A0 Months after he has been far gone, we found = issues with 
the setup.=A0 The underlying queries are pulling up multiple records in = the total 
counts.....ahhhh.... so much for user testing and unfortunately I was = NOT 
involved in that phase of the project. 
I was basically trying to redefine a dimension with a new query, but = the whole 
cube went berserk.

</FONT><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.....</FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE=3D"Arial">.....</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">.....</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Ok.=A0 Enough rant.=A0 Going for a little =

walk, take a little break, then will come back and throw my computer out of the window!

DILBERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR>

Received on Fri Dec 15 2000 - 09:39:02 CST