Evaluate FRX Please 1

[CarpalT]

We are looking at frx as a possible replacement for our financial report writer, which is bundled with the SQL version of Infor/SyteLine (formerly MAPICS, formerly FrontStep,formerly something else). Your comments about the functionality of frx and SQL data would be appreciated. Thanks!

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[dgillz]

FRx is a great package. It used to be bundled with Macola as well. I wish it still was.

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[CarpalT]

Can you tell me the things you like about it? Any pesky drawbacks you had to work around?

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[dgillz]

The user interface is a grid much like excel, and thus most users, even non-technical users, are pretty comfortable with it.

The approach of FRx is a 3 way combo of row definitions (account numbers or groups of accounts), column definitions (such as budget, actual, YTD, Last Year, etc) and profiles (which profit or cost centers are included on the report).

This provides a finacial report, and once a report is completed it is very easy to clone it and tweak it slightly. So it is very quick and easy to write dozens if not hundreds of reports. You can also create a group of reports that run together at month end, weekly, whatever, which is a great utility.

You really don't need much training, and I highly recommend this software.

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[CarpalT]

Thanks, if you think of other useful information, please post it here. Everything is helpful!
Thank you again.

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