Differences between Explorer and Reporter licences

[ostfeld]

I have been told that with a Reporter licence you cannot use the slice & dice pannel.

I have always thought the difference between these 2 licences was the drill-down possibilities enabled only for Explorer licences.

Does someone know?

 

[skrandel]

Talk to your rep. It used to be that way. I'm not sure anymore. There really isn't much value in the slice and dice panel any more. There is nothing you can do there that you can't do with drag and drop.

In V6, Reporter and Explorer are gone. You just have Infoview and BusinessObjects or Infoview and WebIntelligence.

Steve Krandel
Knightsbridge Solutions
formerly BASE Consulting Group

http://www.knightsbridge.com

 

[cedrictours]

Hi,

Don't forget you need both Reporter AND explorer to use VBA macros. This not a difference but ...

 

[ostfeld]

Our Reps do not have any documentation stating this clearly.

I know it is possible to do the sums, to insert rows easily with the drag & drop etc... but it is not very efficient for big cross tabs esp. for the 120 users who have been used to work with it...

Funny thing is that this icon appears in the standard menu, and I think it is a very basic feature when building tables.


Is there anyone using 5.1 here that could confirm slice & dice is not part of the Reporter licence? really hard to get info on this in the user manual.

 

[skrandel]

What I would do is to install the software by doing a custom install. Don't install Explorer. If the slice and dice panel is still there, then you don't have to worry about it.

In reality, the new licensing scheme does not break this apart. Now, you have InfoView and BusinessObjects or InfoView and WebI.



Steve Krandel
Knightsbridge Solutions
formerly BASE Consulting Group

http://www.knightsbridge.com