Reporting Issues

Users complain about the freshness of data contained in reports

Displeased users are the result

Old data is just that.. old data

Users are allowed/encouraged to submit ad-hoc report requests

This may slow the system

Users may not need large reports, or need them so quickly/often

Users complain about the length of time it takes for reports to run

Too many users may be part of the problem!

Educating users may help reduce type/length of reports

Reports are generated directly out of the live production database system

Slows entire system.inefficient use of DB

System can't handle voluminous reports

Might not actually need such huge reports.just done out of habit

Dashboard reduces need for large reports.. summaries are great!

When reports are run, other users experience slow performance with their applications

Lack of cost-effective, simple solutions for reporting on real-time production data affects the ROI for the Business Intelligence/Decision Support systems, and directly impacts the bottom line. The solutions are sometimes right in front of us, just waiting to be noticed. Other solutions may require re-thinking business reporting needs. Either way, costly reporting issues can and should be reduced.