Process for Annual Reports / Page Updates Etc....

Whats the best way to get the text in a document that is 20+ pages with text and images, like an annual report?
Should I link the whole WORD file?
Make a WORD file for each page?
I want my client to be able to easily make text changes and resend a word doc so there isn't so much back-and-forth going on.
In the past I just pasted the text into frames but I spent 3x the amount of time on it because the customer had so many text changes after layout was done.
Lookin' for a better solution - thanks!

--- Put a cap on the amount of edits you make to the document ---
Good luck with that approach. I wouldn't even attempt to tell a client "Hey, that's it- you can't make any more changes."
I think it's much easier to reach an understanding with the client before the project begins. I give them an estimate based on a written set of specs, and I make sure they understand that the estimate only covers work done up to the first proof. After that, straight time at the studio rate- same thing if they change the specs once the job has started. It takes as long as it takes, and it costs whatever it costs- it's all up to the client once we get into the end game.

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I think I got most out the importing of the Word file and converting all Word styling to the right Indesign styles, but the tables seem to be very time consuming still, as some are just text listings and others contain many numbers in various structures, sub headings and specifically highlighted cells.
I bet there's a much more efficient workflow for this and I try to find out about it. I'm afraid I couldn't ask the financial people to start working in a XML workflow, Incopy or anything much different from the Word+Excel software they are used to. However I reckon there's a better way they could deliver the content to me, maybe by giving separate excel sheets instead of embedded tables in Word or by using stricter formatting rules?
Ideally the workflow should also support the flexibility of linked Word/Excel files, so revised input would painlessly be updated into the formatted Indesign document.
Does anybody has any advice, tips/tricks to make a smarter workflow for such a project?

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Help with Sql for Annual Report per month

Hi, I have been given the task to create an annual report by month that would show company's profits per month and totals in the last column to show which branch had the hightest income.
Branch||January||February||March||April||May||June....||Total||
ABC ||$0.00 ||$0.00 ||$0.00||$0.00||$0.00||$0.00||Total Amt||
DEF ||$18.01 ||$3.88 ||$18.01||$4.12||$18.01||$3.97||Total Amt||
Can anyone please help me in giving an idea of how to write sql for this report..? I am building sub-queries for everymonth by giving the dates for Jan/Feb/March..but I think this is not the right way to do this....
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sum(a.commission) December,
sum(b.commission) November
FROM
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c.account_id,
c.officer,
c.account_product_class_id,
sum(c.dp_monthly_premium) Commission
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contract c
Where
c.account_id=109 and
c.status='APPROVED' and
c.protection_effective between '01-DEC-2009' and '31-DEC-2009'
Group by
c.account_id,
c.officer,
c.account_product_class_id
) a,
Select
c.account_id,
c.officer,
c.account_product_class_id,
sum(c.dp_monthly_premium) Commission
From
contract c
Where
c.account_id=109 and
c.status='APPROVED' and
c.protection_effective between '01-NOV-2009' and '30-NOV-2009'
Group by
c.account_id,
c.officer,
c.account_product_class_id
) b
I always have hight hope from this forum. So please help. Thanks in advance.
Edited by: Aditi_Seth on Jan 26, 2010 2:29 PM

You may try a group report on one simple query like:
Select
c.account_id, c.officer, to_char(c.protection_effective, 'MM') month
sum(c.dp_monthly_premium) Commission
From
contract c
Where
c.status='APPROVED' and .....
Group by
c.account_id
c.officer,
to_char(c.protection_effective, 'MM')
break/gropu on account_id, c.officer, to_char(c.protection_effective, 'MM') and total will be automatically calculated by Reports.

Background processing for ABAP report with selection screen

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we are using Hyperion WA 9.3.1 for our reports, now i want to schedule one of the Hyp WA reports and after running that report it should go to users Inbox,,,,,
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Sri......

Hi Sri,
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Two headers for a report - page 1 first header rest all second header

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currently we are using Start body and end body tags in RTF.
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Parameter passing issue for HTMLDB report page

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I have created a HTMLDB report based on SQL query in which the where clause column needs to takeup dynamic value each time.
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Thanks for your response to my concern, pvonk.
If what you're saying is correct, it's very unfortunate. I never know which machine I'm going to be working on next, and I have a lot of documents that are works in progress that I leave open for that very reason.
So if I leave a doc open on my Mac, then later find myself away from my Mac and in front of my iPad wanting to make further changes, am I just out of luck?
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I have to run program RKDBAT02(Background Processing for Drilldown Reports) from a FM that i created.
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Antonio

Antonio,
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i´m not sure what i should see in your vi, it don´t show what you make.
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TS3694 Why can't I update my iPhone 4 to iOS 5.1? Every time I try it gets all the way done downloading it; however when it's processing the file the page tells me "There is a problem downloading the software for the iPhone. Network connection timed out.

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