I had an experience today that further enhanced my appreciation for Alpha5. A client called at 11:45 AM in a panic. An unannounced, independent quality assurance inspection of his plant was occurring as he spoke. The QA inspector wanted to see a list of all product tests that had been performed. Uh, Oh - we had prepared a report in his web-based quality assurance tracking and inventory management system that gave the tests for a single selected product, but not the comprehensive report that the inspector wanted to see, even though the data was in the system. I promised the client I would try to have a solution by 2 PM.
I left the job I was working on 20 miles away and headed home to see if I could quickly come up with something that would appease the inspector. I did take time to run through the McDonalds drive thru and wolf down a sandwich on the way. After arriving at home, I discovered that my trial copy of web drive that I use for publishing to the client's server had expired and I went online to purchase the license. Finally, around 12:30 I was able to begin working on a revision to the A5 application. I quickly created a filtered grid that provided exactly what the inspector wanted and integrated the grid into the home page menu structure. Rather than take time to generate a report, I simply checked the export to Excel box in the grid properties and gave the client the ability to export and print the list from Excel if a hardcopy was needed. (Yes, I love the feature pack!) I then published to the client's server from my remote location, instantly giving him access to the new feature. I packed up and was out the door by 1 PM, only 75 minutes after the client's initial call. The client was ecstatic and the QA inspector was really impressed with the system. Obviously, if the client is happy, so am I. More than ever, I am convinced that my decision to switch from Access to Alpha5 was the correct one. Thanks, Alpha5.
Terry
I left the job I was working on 20 miles away and headed home to see if I could quickly come up with something that would appease the inspector. I did take time to run through the McDonalds drive thru and wolf down a sandwich on the way. After arriving at home, I discovered that my trial copy of web drive that I use for publishing to the client's server had expired and I went online to purchase the license. Finally, around 12:30 I was able to begin working on a revision to the A5 application. I quickly created a filtered grid that provided exactly what the inspector wanted and integrated the grid into the home page menu structure. Rather than take time to generate a report, I simply checked the export to Excel box in the grid properties and gave the client the ability to export and print the list from Excel if a hardcopy was needed. (Yes, I love the feature pack!) I then published to the client's server from my remote location, instantly giving him access to the new feature. I packed up and was out the door by 1 PM, only 75 minutes after the client's initial call. The client was ecstatic and the QA inspector was really impressed with the system. Obviously, if the client is happy, so am I. More than ever, I am convinced that my decision to switch from Access to Alpha5 was the correct one. Thanks, Alpha5.
Terry
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