Axiant cost?

[pete]

I think that there is an element of missing the point here, in comparing
quiz to Impromptu. Quiz is not exactly an end-user reporting tool !

I have used PH quiz and Impromptu for a number of years, and my biggest
whinge with Impromptu is that the concept of a data dictionary, so well
implemented in Powerhouse, is not implemented very well in Impromptu.
For example, it is not possible to save formatting options in the
catalog (eg 'money' format for numerics, or specialised patterns for
character strings like Post Codes (in the UK). 
The concept touted a while back was that Impromptu was going to be able
to read an Axiant repository, in which these kind of issues would have
been addressed...

Cheers

Pete Foulkes. 	( mailto:petefoulkes@powersoft-services.co.uk )




-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Witkopp [mailto:witkopp@idt.com]
Sent: Monday, May 17, 1999 5:56 PM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: RE: Axiant cost?


My exposure to Impromptu is limited to a 2 day class that
felt like it was a month. Maybe it's changed since then, but
it seemed much less powerful than quiz. A multi-pass quiz
run with indexed subfiles, etc. can be stored and executed
in 1 file. Is this also true of Impromptu? Server-based is
much more desirable for us because we can log in from various
locations, not because of processing speed.

> Hi Richard.
> 
> The only benefits, I can see of Quiz over Impromptu are:
> 
> 1. As a reporting component of the overall PH application 
> sharing common
> dictionary etc...
> 2. The processing (other than that done by the database) can 
> be done on the
> server and therefore faster.
> 
> Now, from what you are saying about your desired use, neither 
> of these are
> applicable. Hence I would recommend Impromptu.
> 
> The issue of subfiles can also be resolved. If you need 
> subfiles for further
> processing using other tools, that can be accommodated by 
> saving Impromtu
> report as (for example) a CSV file. If you are talking about 
> a multipass
> report, using subfiles to store data between the passes, 
> again there are
> ways to accomplish this with Impromptu. For example, you could use
> sub-reports or you could use Hotfiles.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Arthur Kogan
> Westpac Financial Services
> Sydney, Australia
> 
> My views are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views 
> of my employer.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Richard Witkopp [SMTP:witkopp@idt.com]
> > Sent:	Saturday, 15 May 1999 4:37 AM
> > To:	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> > Subject:	RE: Axiant cost?
> > 
> > Not really. Our user base is already experienced in Quiz.
> > IIRC Impromptu is not as powerful as quiz, subfiles, etc?
> > If I'm wrong, maybe it would be a good alternative, I think
> > it's cheaper.
> > 
> > > Quiz only?  Sounds to me that you want something like 
> > > Impromptu.  Or perhaps
> > > PowerPlay.
> > > 
> > > Dirk Rohde
> > > VantagePoint Group
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Witkopp [mailto:witkopp@idt.com]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 9:51 AM
> > > To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> > > Subject: Axiant cost?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Just out of curiosity, about how much does a 3 or 5 user Axiant
> > > license cost? Quiz (user) only, if there is such a thing 
> for Axiant.
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