What is the best approach - thanks to all

[Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM>]

Thank you to all the people who responded to my question on the best approach
to take with a browser-based ad-hoc reporting system.  As usual, I guess I was
wearing blinders, and could only see two options, documenting each and every
possible variation of a report, or documenting the system in a linear fashion,
going through each screen and field explaining options.

As always, there were other options, as you kind people pointed out to me.  The
majority of the suggestions were a variation of *chunking* the information.
 Therefore, here's how my manual will look:

Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview
Logging On
Selecting the Report Type
        Transaction Reports
        Closing Reports
        Other Reports
Selecting the Report Criteria
        Sale Level Criteria
        Transaction Level Criteria
Selecting Stores to be Included in the Report
Select the Date Range for the Report
Viewing the Report Information
        Summary Information
        Transaction List
        Transaction Detail
        Employee Detail
        Store Detail
Sample Reports
        (I have asked to be provided with a few
        of the anticipated popular reports that I
        can include and break down into detailed
        explanation).
Glossary
Index
Reader Comment Form

Thanks for everyone's help.

Suzette Seveny
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
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