Appendix CAd Hoc Reporting
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The previous sections of this book were aimed at report authors creating reports to be used over and over again. These types of reports are often referred to, rather ignominiously, as "canned" reports. While not a glamorous moniker, it is rather fitting. These reports are prepared ahead of time, packaged, and stored for later execution by the user.
At times, however, rather than opening a can, cooking from scratch is more appropriate. A user may need some information on short notice, so a report author has no time to create a report. An analyst may need a bit of data for a one-time analysis, so a report development effort is hard to justify. ...
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