Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Yardi Voyager Custom Reports:Why are Specifications Necessary?

 http://www.lupinepartners.com/custom_reports - David Wolfe of Lupine Partners explains what Yardi Voyager Custom Report specifications are and if they are necessary for your implementation.

 

Report ‘specs’ give the report developer the Who, What, When, and Where of the report. It basically draws a box around what the user is requesting for a report .

The specifications outline the purpose of the report -- what you are trying to get done and any sort of special logic that the report developer needs to take into account as he’s developing the report.  Without the report specifications the developer is just guessing.  

Sometimes, even a minor change can be a complete redo ($$!!) of the report because of the approach taken.  I’ve had instances where I would have developed a report differently had I had all of the desired/required information from the start.

 



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