Before I converted to the electronic system, I produced the reports on paper. The documents were voluminous, and there was no way they could provide the depth, flexibility and convenience of an electronic version. You might say that the high cost, inflexibility and inconvenience of the paper reports were the mother of the process described here. Although the electronic process functions similarly to an Internet, its technology is totally embodied in Excel and an office network. In contrast, converting Excel reports to HTML files results in static reports with no automatic updating capabilities.
Users retain full control of the data presentation, formatting and the printing setup.
No additional hardware or software is needed. Users can drill down into reports for details. You can restrict access to files with network security. All the data are available with a click of a mouse and can be stored as archives in one place. In addition, hyperlinks used with an Excel file can do more than just distribute reports.