[AccessD] Access 2007 - Business Dashboards

As a thought, anything you can do with a web page can be embedded in a Browser control.


On 13 Feb 2012 at 13:52, Brad Marks wrote:

> All,
> 
> We have an existing Access 2007 application which provides a number of
> key reports.  Recently there has been some discussion regarding Business
> Dashboards.
> 
> All of the data for the Dashboards would be from the same data source as
> the existing reports in the Access application.
> 
> It would be best if the Dashboards were integrated into the existing
> Access Reporting Application if possible.
> 
> I believe that we can build most of the basic Dashboard components with
> Access and Excel using Windows Automation (graphs, simple gauges, etc.).
> 
> However, there may be requests for some things that may be difficult to
> build with Access/Excel.
> 
> For example, we might want a map of the U.S. and Canada to show sales
> data by region (group of States or Provinces).  This would involve
> changing the color of the States or Provinces depending on underlying
> data.
> 
> I am curious how others may have built Dashboards either with Access
> and/or Excel or with other software products that hopefully integrate
> with Access/Excel.
> 
> Are there Dashboard products available that interface nicely with Access
> and/or Excel?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brad   
> 
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