drill-down tally was created to help everyday and non-technical users create ad-hoc reports quickly and easily without the need or help of your it department. the process of creating a drill-down tally report is very easy. you choose field descriptions and their associated show as type from a selected data set, drill-down tally dynamically changes the report to reflect your desired output. you can dynamically change the report definition 1000's of different ways to get what you want in a flash. group your totals by team, division, salesman, job type, year or even total dollar amounts. you can use the recordset filter to restrict the records reported on. any field in the recordset can be used to restrict your records. so you ask a question like? i want to see this report format with records from a beginning date to an ending date. you can also use the totals filter to only get customers that have profit margins above one million dollars. after you have the records you want, you can preview, print and save the new report. drill-down tally is a complementary product to crystal reports or microsoft access. but drill-down tally allows you to do 80% or more of your companies reports and take 20% of your time. whereas crystal reports or microsoft access will only do 20% of your companies reports and take 80% of your time. drill-down tally allows a company to flip your reporting capabilities on its head. plus with drill-down tally's new views, reporting is like being hooked into a t1 line versus a 56k dial-up with crystal reports or microsoft access.