Re: Beginning of the end for SQR?

["Peter R. Lewandowski" <peter.lewandowski@CSUN.EDU>]

Since PeopleSoft is still programming new SQR's I would say that you might have 
a bit before you will need to worry
about the application going away.  With all the delivered reports that 
PeopleSoft now has utilizing this utility it would
take them years to convert to a new tool.

I will say that they are getting rid of SQR's to update PeopleSoft data.  Like 
to close GL etc, but when it comes to
producing reports to the end user community to run in batch the SQR tool is 
still the only thing they have in house.
There are only a few wish lists items now that PeopleSoft has fixed it's 
security issues:

1)  A good process scheduler - even buy one rather then develop one in house.

2)  A good batch report tool from PS not from a third party that might pull the 
plug.

3)  Apache webserver support is good but how about others, IIS not really 
fantastic in an all UNIX shop with only NT
workstations.  Also you might want a more stable environment for DB2 shops then 
the Windows NT Appserver.

Later,



Date sent:              Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:48:06 -0500
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From:                   "Fetzik, John" <JFetzik@SANDC.COM>
Subject:                Re: Beginning of the end for SQR?
To:                     SQR-USERS@list.iex.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Murray [mailto:Brian.C.Murray@VANDERBILT.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:36 AM
> To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
> Subject: Re: Beginning of the end for SQR?
>
>
> I remember a similar announcement and similar concern for
> SQR's future in a
> PeopleSoft environment when PeopleSoft acquired an equity position in
> Actuate.  30 seconds later many, myself included, were asking: are you
> getting rid of SQR? should we convert all our SQR's to Actuate?  etc.
>
> Well, we're still writing SQR's here so Actuate must not have been the
> killer that we thought it was going to be.
>
> SQR will be with us for a while and here's why:

And don't forget that SQR is used in plenty places that are not PeopleSoft
shops.
Pete Lewandowski
Analyst/Programmer
818-677-7539