5. Better reporting

It is one thing to store data in a database - but of course you need to view the data as well!

This is the task of the reporting function within a DBMS.

Consider a basic flat file - you will probably just format the worksheet itself and print that out

spreadsheet report

 

This is fine for simple reporting, but if more elegant reporting is needed then a DBMS offers much better results. It is also better at summarising large quantity of data.

 

better reporting

 

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