Chris

[MDXpressor]

Hey Everybody.

I am a Report Author.  We are employing a number of C8 environments, as well as some ReportNet and even some legacy Series 7 solutions (though most are being migrated/reconstructed now).  I have had the pleasure of developing a large number of reports in C8 RS against multidimensional sources.  Mostly Cognos PowerCubes, but also a couple of ROLAP packages.  Let me tell you for sure:  Relative Time analysis has never been easier!  I also have prepared a number of full deck documents (20 - 30 page reports) for the Board as well as our xEO's.  We've employed, everything including custom classes and dynamic page sets.  As you can imagine, our Senior Management is very happy with our ability execute, and using our newest products. My long term goal is to deliver our Quarterly statement entirely via C8.  Ambitious to be sure, we will need to address some business processes to accomplish it, but it is possible!

In relational reporting C8 makes a lot of things easier, especially with the ability to define cardinality in joins, this makes exception reporting a breeze. 

I look forward to reading some of the issues and solutions this community has encountered.  Imagination seems to know no bounds, and some of the solutions I have read have been incredible.  I hope I can bring some of that knowledge to this group.

Cheers,
Chris.