ReportSmith Training

[ControlF4]

Does any know of any self paced video training for ReportSmith?

 

[CharlesCook]

Not that I know of. I started working with and training people on ReportSmith in 1994 (ish) and training materials have always been iffy. The problem is the number of people you can sell it to vs. the time you are not billing a customer. It would take about 6 mons from idea to master tape. I think ADP and SRS are billing around 2k (I charge less) a day for consulting so the numbers add up fast. And the user base is small compared to other products like Crystal.

I do a knowledge transfer training where together we build your hardest reports so at the end of the day(s) you have your reports AND you know how to build them.

Hope this helps.


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[gtarrant]

Typical training that ADP delivers is basically "Train your employees to confusion". They say ReportSmith is really easy to use, but they only show you the really basic stuff. That's why ADP bills 1000 per day to come out and build reports for companies (which they don't do a good job in doing).
And I have to admit, I'm glad that there isn't really much in the way of training and/or education in regards to ReportSmith because I can now bill 120 an hour to my clients since very few people really know how to build reports in ReportSmith correctly.
The only real way to learn the product is to go to the SRS website and download their documentation. Most importantly, take a good look at ReportBasic and the Macros section.