Database information from up to 100 tables can be directly accessed and integrated into a standard internal report with considerable speed and efficiency. Image files can be inserted, and a page preview facility allows users to see exactly what their reports will look like before printing them.
Although R&R uses plain English commands, some technical competence is required to produce the best results. Knowledge of the particular information contained in the core databases as well as the relationship between different Jobstream databases and indexes is needed to design reports.
For existing R&R users, Jobstream Group plc has decided to publish regular details on the changes in database structure and content contained in each new release of Visual Jobstream. From the next issue, this information will become a regular feature of Visual Jobstream News. It is hoped that this extra information will enhance your use of Visual Jobstream and R&R.
A full R&R software licence is required for all those users who wish to make full use of R&R Report writer to design or modify reports. But a small executable program capable of producing the report output is available for free distrubution to any users who wish to start using R&R with Visual Jobstream. This report output can be designed to accept user-input, allowing users to set dates or query parameters.
Careful design can produce standard internal reports in a variety of different styles, including complicated tabular formats or highly laid-out form style documents, with a minimum of effort. R&R is particularly powerful in producing grouped reports, allowing several hierarchical levels for consolidation or sub-totalling. Users simply need to double-click on a desktop icon in order to launch these reports.
Jobstream Group plc is happy to provide training to assist with the task of building reports, familiarising users with the logic behind the data structures as well as the techniques of using these reporting packages.
More information on the potential of R&R can be obtained by contacting the producers of R&R Report Writer, Information Interface Systems, through their website.