This week I spent more than a few hours fighting with a report in an Access database, trying to achieve a specific layout in terms of sorting values and grouping of data. It seemed like it should have been a simple task to accomplish. But the task was described to me as unexpectedly difficult, and […]

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Ah yes, the good news and the bad news. The bad news: it’s over already, and I may not see my new and old friends for at least another year. It was a privilege to be in your company, and I wish you all, both Datawatch staff and my fellow conference attendees, the very best.
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The second day of the conference started with a presentation by Microsoft Excel MVP Curtis Frye, who gave us a run through of some of the best features available in Excel 2007 for developing dashboard reports. Not only did Curtis demonstrate the techniques that he recommends, he also was careful to point out the pitfalls […]

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