CORVU experts please weigh in

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Hi,
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We get monthly consignment movement info from the customer 3 days after monthend for that month's consignment usage. We post the invoices into the previous month i.e. 9/30/09
The info was received and processed on 10/03/09 but posted in September.
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I use Corvu daily but have found it hard to get an a/r aging or a/p aging or inventory report that would balance to the system report at monthend that would be run after monthend that I could flat file for our auditors.
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I really need to be able to flat file the canned cutoff reports but we use Vantage 6.X.
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 On Wed, 10/28/09, Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@...> wrote:


From: Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@...>
Subject: Re: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:15 PM


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Hi,

Sorry but there are different views/methods on consignment billing, need some clarification on this in terms on the back posting?

E.g. 500 units, shipped and invoiced 50 as of 15.12. How do you view 450?

Thanks

Â

____________ _________ _________ __
From: Mike Faden <Hi,mikefabo@yahoo. com>
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 16:14:18
Subject: Re: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in

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Hi Brychan,
I need to give our auditors the a/r, a/p, and inv listings at 12/31/09.
Â
We back post consignment billing, so I need a way to program to that date.
Â
Until now, all I have suceeded in doing is to run the reports just after cut-off which gets me close but would need to be adjusted for the consignment billing (500 order lines).

--- On Wed, 10/28/09, Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:56 AM

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It is certainly possible but may I ask why and exactly what do you want to do?

Automatic output, user prompts etc.

____________ _________ _________ __
From: Mike Faden <mikefabo@yahoo. com>
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 19:36:29
Subject: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in

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Is it possible to create a date sensitive report in Corvu that would be the flat file equivalent of the accounts receivable aging at monthend? I think it has to be a query since it must be downloaded.
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: CorVu question
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:52 AM

Hi,

We use both for different reasons. Corvu is good for sucking out data. I mean that you can get corvu to runover night and then reports can be ran on that data extraction. Because it can store the data , for example the part tran table, you don't have to query the whole tables all the time. One application are changes in the PO system over a week for example. Crystal is better at producing 'prettier' reports. If you want corvu to produce documents like travellers etc it is not good or designed to do that. If want management reports then it is a good solution.

At the end of the day, you could probably do what you want in crystal, excel , corvu etc . It is how down to have you the administrator and the users to use the system. For example, in corvu you could create datasets which your users could use to generate reports without touching the db. Also users can change the grouping etc which you can't do in crystal.

I have found, taking the po example. If you set up a scheduled export of a baq to output the same , it is slower. Corvu has a front end for all reports etc. The scheduler can email , copy etc.

Corvu is different to other reporting tools but in the same sense that cognos is different to crystal and corvu.

If you could provide some examples then that would help.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups .com, "leann_37" <lmarruffo@. ..> wrote:
>
> All,
> We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
> I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
> (This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports.. Just looking for opinions.)
> Thanks!
> - leAnn
>

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All,
We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
(This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
Thanks!
- leAnn
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I have never used CorVu, but if you tell me what its weak points for you are, I can tell you if Crystal would help. (Very familiar with Crystal)




________________________________
From: leann_37 <lmarruffo@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:15:58 PM
Subject: [Vantage] CorVu question





All,
We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
(This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
Thanks!
- leAnn







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We purchased Corvu right from the get go just from their sales pitch.
We had already owned plenty of licenses from crystal. I think the money
would have been better spent on a new Weber grill for the office (albeit
a very fancy one).



Rob Bucek

Manufacturing Engineer

PH: 715-284-5376 ext 311

FAX: 715-284-4084

<http://www.dsmfg.com/>

(Click the logo to view our site)



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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of leann_37
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:16 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] CorVu question





All,
We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting
tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do
you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
(This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal
reports. Just looking for opinions.)
Thanks!
- leAnn





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We have both but have never been able to get the dynamart updates to run overnight. Lots of weird privilege issues so I dropped it a long time ago....with considerable egg on face for recommending it. Crystal has advanced enough since then and with the 8.xx.xx and 9 BAQ facilities I don't think I would even consider CorVu any more. Granted it comes from Epicor with a ton of pre-created reports and drill-downs but most of those would not be that hard to duplicate with Crystal and tailor to exact needs from the start.
-Todd C.


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From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of leann_37
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 12:16 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] CorVu question





All,
We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
(This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
Thanks!
- leAnn
6
I use corvu. It is nice for flat filing and placing reports on a scheduler to email to users.

--- On Thu, 4/9/09, leann_37 <lmarruffo@...> wrote:


From: leann_37 <lmarruffo@...>
Subject: [Vantage] CorVu question
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 12:15 PM








All,
We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
(This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
Thanks!
- leAnn



















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Hi,

We use both for different reasons. Corvu is good for sucking out data. I mean that you can get corvu to runover night and then reports can be ran on that data extraction. Because it can store the data , for example the part tran table, you don't have to query the whole tables all the time. One application are changes in the PO system over a week for example. Crystal is better at producing 'prettier' reports. If you want corvu to produce documents like travellers etc it is not good or designed to do that. If want management reports then it is a good solution.

At the end of the day, you could probably do what you want in crystal, excel , corvu etc . It is how down to have you the administrator and the users to use the system. For example, in corvu you could create datasets which your users could use to generate reports without touching the db. Also users can change the grouping etc which you can't do in crystal.

I have found, taking the po example. If you set up a scheduled export of a baq to output the same , it is slower. Corvu has a front end for all reports etc. The scheduler can email , copy etc.

Corvu is different to other reporting tools but in the same sense that cognos is different to crystal and corvu.

If you could provide some examples then that would help.



--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "leann_37" <lmarruffo@...> wrote:
>
> All,
> We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
> I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
> (This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
> Thanks!
> - leAnn
>
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Is it possible to create a date sensitive report in Corvu that would be the flat file equivalent of the accounts receivable aging at monthend? I think it has to be a query since it must be downloaded.
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@...> wrote:


From: brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@...>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: CorVu question
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:52 AM








Hi,

We use both for different reasons. Corvu is good for sucking out data. I mean that you can get corvu to runover night and then reports can be ran on that data extraction. Because it can store the data , for example the part tran table, you don't have to query the whole tables all the time. One application are changes in the PO system over a week for example. Crystal is better at producing 'prettier' reports. If you want corvu to produce documents like travellers etc it is not good or designed to do that. If want management reports then it is a good solution.

At the end of the day, you could probably do what you want in crystal, excel , corvu etc . It is how down to have you the administrator and the users to use the system. For example, in corvu you could create datasets which your users could use to generate reports without touching the db. Also users can change the grouping etc which you can't do in crystal.

I have found, taking the po example. If you set up a scheduled export of a baq to output the same , it is slower. Corvu has a front end for all reports etc. The scheduler can email , copy etc.

Corvu is different to other reporting tools but in the same sense that cognos is different to crystal and corvu.

If you could provide some examples then that would help.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups .com, "leann_37" <lmarruffo@. ..> wrote:
>
> All,
> We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
> I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
> (This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
> Thanks!
> - leAnn
>



















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It is certainly possible but may I ask why and exactly what do you want to do?

Automatic output, user prompts etc.




________________________________
From: Mike Faden <mikefabo@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 19:36:29
Subject: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in

Â
Is it possible to create a date sensitive report in Corvu that would be the flat file equivalent of the accounts receivable aging at monthend? I think it has to be a query since it must be downloaded.
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: CorVu question
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:52 AM

Hi,

We use both for different reasons. Corvu is good for sucking out data. I mean that you can get corvu to runover night and then reports can be ran on that data extraction. Because it can store the data , for example the part tran table, you don't have to query the whole tables all the time. One application are changes in the PO system over a week for example. Crystal is better at producing 'prettier' reports. If you want corvu to produce documents like travellers etc it is not good or designed to do that. If want management reports then it is a good solution.

At the end of the day, you could probably do what you want in crystal, excel , corvu etc . It is how down to have you the administrator and the users to use the system. For example, in corvu you could create datasets which your users could use to generate reports without touching the db. Also users can change the grouping etc which you can't do in crystal.

I have found, taking the po example. If you set up a scheduled export of a baq to output the same , it is slower. Corvu has a front end for all reports etc. The scheduler can email , copy etc.

Corvu is different to other reporting tools but in the same sense that cognos is different to crystal and corvu.

If you could provide some examples then that would help.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups .com, "leann_37" <lmarruffo@. ..> wrote:
>
> All,
> We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
> I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
> (This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
> Thanks!
> - leAnn
>

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Hi Brychan,
I need to give our auditors the a/r, a/p, and inv listings at 12/31/09.
Â
We back post consignment billing, so I need a way to program to that date.
Â
Until now, all I have suceeded in doing is to run the reports just after cut-off which gets me close but would need to be adjusted for the consignment billing (500 order lines).

--- On Wed, 10/28/09, Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@...> wrote:


From: Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@...>
Subject: Re: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:56 AM


Â



It is certainly possible but may I ask why and exactly what do you want to do?

Automatic output, user prompts etc.

____________ _________ _________ __
From: Mike Faden <mikefabo@yahoo. com>
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 19:36:29
Subject: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in

Â
Is it possible to create a date sensitive report in Corvu that would be the flat file equivalent of the accounts receivable aging at monthend? I think it has to be a query since it must be downloaded.
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: CorVu question
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:52 AM

Hi,

We use both for different reasons. Corvu is good for sucking out data. I mean that you can get corvu to runover night and then reports can be ran on that data extraction. Because it can store the data , for example the part tran table, you don't have to query the whole tables all the time. One application are changes in the PO system over a week for example. Crystal is better at producing 'prettier' reports. If you want corvu to produce documents like travellers etc it is not good or designed to do that. If want management reports then it is a good solution.

At the end of the day, you could probably do what you want in crystal, excel , corvu etc . It is how down to have you the administrator and the users to use the system. For example, in corvu you could create datasets which your users could use to generate reports without touching the db. Also users can change the grouping etc which you can't do in crystal.

I have found, taking the po example. If you set up a scheduled export of a baq to output the same , it is slower. Corvu has a front end for all reports etc. The scheduler can email , copy etc.

Corvu is different to other reporting tools but in the same sense that cognos is different to crystal and corvu.

If you could provide some examples then that would help.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups .com, "leann_37" <lmarruffo@. ..> wrote:
>
> All,
> We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
> I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
> (This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
> Thanks!
> - leAnn
>

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Hi,

Sorry but there are different views/methods on consignment billing, need some clarification on this in terms on the back posting?

E.g. 500 units, shipped and invoiced 50 as of 15.12. How do you view 450?

Thanks

Â



________________________________
From: Mike Faden <Hi,mikefabo@...>
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 16:14:18
Subject: Re: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in

Â
Hi Brychan,
I need to give our auditors the a/r, a/p, and inv listings at 12/31/09.
Â
We back post consignment billing, so I need a way to program to that date.
Â
Until now, all I have suceeded in doing is to run the reports just after cut-off which gets me close but would need to be adjusted for the consignment billing (500 order lines).

--- On Wed, 10/28/09, Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Brychan Williams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:56 AM

Â

It is certainly possible but may I ask why and exactly what do you want to do?

Automatic output, user prompts etc.

____________ _________ _________ __
From: Mike Faden <mikefabo@yahoo. com>
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009 19:36:29
Subject: [Vantage] CORVU experts please weigh in

Â
Is it possible to create a date sensitive report in Corvu that would be the flat file equivalent of the accounts receivable aging at monthend? I think it has to be a query since it must be downloaded.
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com> wrote:

From: brychanwilliams <brychanwilliams@ yahoo.com>
Subject: [Vantage] Re: CorVu question
To: vantage@yahoogroups .com
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:52 AM

Hi,

We use both for different reasons. Corvu is good for sucking out data. I mean that you can get corvu to runover night and then reports can be ran on that data extraction. Because it can store the data , for example the part tran table, you don't have to query the whole tables all the time. One application are changes in the PO system over a week for example. Crystal is better at producing 'prettier' reports. If you want corvu to produce documents like travellers etc it is not good or designed to do that. If want management reports then it is a good solution.

At the end of the day, you could probably do what you want in crystal, excel , corvu etc . It is how down to have you the administrator and the users to use the system. For example, in corvu you could create datasets which your users could use to generate reports without touching the db. Also users can change the grouping etc which you can't do in crystal.

I have found, taking the po example. If you set up a scheduled export of a baq to output the same , it is slower. Corvu has a front end for all reports etc. The scheduler can email , copy etc.

Corvu is different to other reporting tools but in the same sense that cognos is different to crystal and corvu.

If you could provide some examples then that would help.

--- In vantage@yahoogroups .com, "leann_37" <lmarruffo@. ..> wrote:
>
> All,
> We are assessing whether or not to use CorVu as a primary reporting tool, as opposed to Crystal Reports or another tool.
> I would really appreciate input from this group- do you use CorVu? Do you believe it to be the best choice? Why or why not?
> (This will not affect a purchase- we own CorVu as well as Crystal reports. Just looking for opinions.)
> Thanks!
> - leAnn
>

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