We originally purchased Safari but it was overall too complex for the standard end-user and report building by IT was not intuitive and very complex.

We used native UniData reporting. We switched for many reasons, Informer has more security than the native DB reporting, it is far more end-user customizable, users can schedule their own reports, users can export the data to many formats without IT programming the export, etc.

Our previous reporting solution was no longer viable with our new software upgrade. We researched a few different products and were very impressed with the Informer reporting solution.

Our previous solution barely qualifies as a solution. What we were doing before had so many steps between request and delivery, we couldn't keep up with demand, let alone account for the changes to data. We switched because this tool empowers our users to get their data when they want consistently and reliably.

I was used to using TELNET (colon prompt) for all my reporting before we adopted Informer. At first, the graphic user interface seemed slower and more cumbersome, but over time I've realized that tools like the Live Excels and the ability to connect between different files in the database seamlessly make up more than enough for the slower graphic user interface instead of a command prompt.

Can not comment on this piece of the product. I work for the Community College Systems office and all parts of application purchase and installation performed by upper management.

No, we shopped around on the front end, and Entrinsik Informer was the choice we made.

No, we didn't previously use a different solution.

Previous reporting was handled at the database level via a terminal emulator. Informer was a much easier tool for end users to work with.

Not here, This was installed when I came here. I have used other reporting tools and Informer is a better product that what I have at another job site.

Used Query Builder in Datatel. It was time to advance.

None

I used a combination of downloads with Excel. It was very time consuming and error prone. I still used Excel for many things, but my data behind it is much more solid.

We were using Unidata and Unibasic at column prompt to create reports.

Yes. Moving over was a college wide decision.