[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Reports Wizard

[Nancy Studebaker]

I was 
motivated by some of the presentations at the Evergreen Conference in Grand Rapids last week. 

 
I am 
working on designing what the user interface would look like for a reports 
wizard.  I am *not* a developer or 
coder or programmer.  I am just (to borrow some terms from Jed’s presentation) 
“drawing boxes” and “teeing it up.”
 
My 
vision is something that would step you through the process of creating a report 
by asking you questions using simple, plain language.  For example, the first 
would be, “Do you want the report to create 1) a list of people 2) a count of 
people 3) a list of items 4) a count of items 5) a count of 
transactions.”
 
Attached is my first half-hour or so of work, if anyone 
is interested in seeing what I have in mind.
 
Is 
anyone else working on anything like this?  Does this sound appealing to anyone 
else?  Does this sound “doable” to any one who has coding or programming 
experience.  Am I just barking up the wrong tree?  Is this a reasonable 
approach?  Any suggestions?
 Nancy Studebaker
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