{"id":6751,"date":"2013-08-26T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T14:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=6751"},"modified":"2016-06-22T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T17:53:23","slug":"15-must-have-features-of-a-good-reporting-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/15-must-have-features-of-a-good-reporting-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"15 must-have features of a good reporting solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" alt=\"Education\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" \/><\/a>A few weeks back, we examined the question, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/how-to-buy-business-software-you-wont-regret-later\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">How can you buy business software that you won\u2019t regret later?<\/span><\/a>\u201d While that article is loaded with great advice for software purchasing, the points are all very general.<\/p>\n<p>What if you need a specific type of software, like reporting, Business Intelligence, or a development platform? While the points in that article still apply, how do you know what essential features to look for in each type of software?<\/p>\n<p>Today, let\u2019s answer that question from the reporting side of things. What features must you look for in an enterprise reporting solution? While your needs will (of course) vary depending on your company, all enterprise-class reporting solutions must include certain essential features. Buy software missing any of these features, and you\u2019ll soon regret that purchase.<\/p>\n<p>What are these features? <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve put together a handy little reporting checklist that lists and explains which features you must look for in any reporting solution. You can find it here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/research\/Report_Checklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">mrc\u2019s 15-point reporting checklist<\/span><\/a>.<br \/>\n<a name=\"20130823\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks back, we examined the question, \u201cHow can you buy business software that you won\u2019t regret later?\u201d While that article is loaded with great advice for software purchasing, the points are all very general. What if you need a specific type of software, like reporting, Business Intelligence, or a development platform? While the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/15-must-have-features-of-a-good-reporting-solution\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">15 must-have features of a good reporting solution<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"15 must-have features of a good reporting solution - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"A few weeks back, we examined the question, \u201c How can you buy business software that you won\u2019t regret later? \u201d While that article is loaded with great advice fo"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-6751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-web-reporting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6751"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10352,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6751\/revisions\/10352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}