As more and more reporting tools are made available for Enterprise Resource Planning solutions, such as Dynamics GP, it becomes more of a challenge for us to select the right one for a given circumstance. Every organization has a unique set of requirements when it comes to analyzing its data, and our goal should be to ensure that we select the right reporting application to meet those requirements. Additionally, each tool has its trade-offs, and we must always be aware of these while we are selecting the best one to meet our needs. In the end, we don't want to try to fit the proverbial square peg in a round hole by forcing a reporting tool to meet challenges that simply don't align well with its strengths.

In this chapter, we'll answer some of these questions regarding the selection of the right reporting application to meet our challenges by: