Re: BI tools and postgresql

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 08:17:19AM -0400, Chris Curvey wrote:
> 1) a tool for power users to be able to get their own data.  There are
> a few folks here who are smart enough to be trusted with direct access
> to the database, but I don't want to ask them to learn SQL.  Something
> like an open source version of the old Business Objects drag-n-drop
> interface would be great.
>
> 2) I could also use a more traditional reporting tool to replace (or
> augment) Crystal Reports.  Heck, I'd take an open-source version of
> SQR if I could get it.

I don't know since I haven't used it yet, but Sofa looks rather promising:
http://www.sofastatistics.com/

Cheers,
Peter
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