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The Problem I’ve been working with the Made2Manage product for well over a decade and the single biggest complaint I hear about it is that customers can’t get data out of it. The most common complaints I hear are: The included reports are too limiting and inadequate for most companies.
Using Excel/PowerPivot with M2M Presentation. First, I want to take a moment to thank everyone at Consona for putting on a great convention this year. Having worked on SQL Saturday Events, I have an idea of how much work goes into it. I’d especially like to thank Devon Everage, who was largely responsible for planning [...]
Justice League – Looking for More Members I received an e-mail from a reader recently regarding Consona Connect. She and I have met at a few of these events and she asked me the following question. Every time I attend a Consona Connect I see you there. You always seem to know what is being presented [...] In recent articles, I’ve apologized because my blogging has become sporadic and mentioned that there were reasons for it which would be revealed soon. Well, one of them is that Consona (Made2Manage) has foolishly graciously asked me to present at their national conference in Vegas next week and I’m all kinds of geeked about it. [...] Ghostbusters? I get at least one e-mail or call a month from someone, who is unhappy with Made2Manage in some way. Either they’re unhappy with the product, or with support, or both. Obviously, if the problem is technical the first step is to contact support. However, support may not be able or willing to help [...] The Need for Structure In my years of working with M2M, one of my biggest frustrations is that it allows you to do almost whatever you want with it. There is a lack of structure, required workflows, etc. This makes data analysis difficult to impossible at times. I’ll just name a few examples from the sales [...] You must choose… but choose wisely. I received an e-mail from a M2M customer last week regarding problems he had using the system. He complained that the system was too rigid, required too much work to maintain the data, and kept his company from being more productive. I’ve had experience with many different kinds of [...]
Not My Job Experienced M2M Administrators may have noticed something consipicously absent from my article on maintenance plans. I either skipped it intentionally to make a point or forgot because I have the attention span of a gnat, I’ll let you speculate the reason amongst yourselves. As of now, all versions of Made2Manage since 3.X [...] I get a ton of questions and calls about SQL Server Maintenance issues from Administrators who just want their server to work and be protected. They’re not interested in the intricate structure of a transaction log, how to use wait stats, etc. While many database administrators who read this article will disagree or perhaps outright [...] Last night I received a call from a independent M2M Consultant who needed help with a transaction log that was growing too large. One of the reasons I have this blog is to find others with skills which complement mine. I like to think of us as a group of rebel soldiers with various roles [...] |
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