Homemade reporting tool
Dear colleagues!
I've made an ABAP (4.6C) reporting tool. It is very fast and suitable. A query, including 3-4 DB tables is created with a mouse in a minute. The input language is absolutely clear, so training takes 15 minutes - half page manual. It is a real tool for every abaper daily use! It can't do everything but covers, I mean, 90% of common needs of querying.
I am ready to discuss ways of making it widely available.
If you want to know more, please, respond. Advices and suggestions are preferable - all.
(One feature: my aBAPER merges DB tables with the same structure, like BSID and BSAD. And it makes much more non-trivial things, which a programmer sometimes wants, but feels shy asking from a compiler).
Best wishes.
Vladimir
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Best wishes,
Vladimir
Could you sell it a bit more.
For example, what does it do that the standard query design tool can not do ?
How do handle inner/outter joins. Can they be specified when linking tables?
What is the maximum number of columns that can be displayed on screen and what the max number of returned records. Can the output of the report be stored to disk without displaying the results to screen?
Just a few questions...
Dr Sidewalk
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I would recommend you to put it in your Web and give a Link in the forum.
You can open your own account for a free web in Geocities, Tripod etc.
Many people here will be able to give you a feedback in that case which can make your product commercially successful.
But the first setp is you should be ready to share it free of cost (Initially).
KRK
...............Reply to Dr Sidewalk.
For example, what does it do that the standard query design tool can not do ?
- Formally - nothing, because SAP QUERY allows imbedding of any ABAP text. But my aBAPER joins tables automatically and in most cases satisf., but permits manual interference. The main advantages are small time for creation of a query and obviousness of language. It is made by practizing programmer for daily use not for piece-work.
How do handle inner/outter joins. Can they be specified when linking tables? - with one click. Also the tool permits joins of taboo types in standard ABAP, translating them into legal code. And a user get it in a minute.
What is the maximum number of columns that can be displayed on screen and what the max number of returned records.
- The output of the generator is an usual ABAP report with all the inherent restrictions
Can the output of the report be stored to disk without displaying the results to screen?
- Yes. Without and with. And the simple trick with simultanious opening in EXCEL of output text file and some predefined by user .xls file with pivots and macros allows separating of data extraction (ABAP) from calculations in more democratic EXCEL.
Well. And what is your advice, i.e. my new gratest thing?
...............Reply to KRK.
I think your recommendations are really good. And most likelly I will follow them. But I am new in such affairs. My steps are to be matured fisrt in discussions. I'd like to know how many people are interested in the tool, are ready to install it and test and so on...
I will appreciate any further talk.
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Best wishes,
Vladimir
Dear colleagues!
I've made an ABAP (4.6C) reporting tool. It is very fast and suitable. A query, including 3-4 DB tables is created with a mouse in a minute. The input language is absolutely clear, so training takes 15 minutes - half page manual. It is a real tool for every abaper daily use! It can't do everything but covers, I mean, 90% of common needs of querying.
I am ready to discuss ways of making it widely available.
If you want to know more, please, respond. Advices and suggestions are preferable - all.
(One feature: my aBAPER merges DB tables with the same structure, like BSID and BSAD. And it makes much more non-trivial things, which a programmer sometimes wants, but feels shy asking from a compiler).
Best wishes.
Vladimir
Where can I find this marvellous tool??
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Where can I find this marvellous tool??
Here
KRK
Where can I find this marvellous tool??
Here
KRK
Many thanks, Kumar.
Regards
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