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Distributed Database Systems
warehouse must effi ciently support ad hoc queries and routine analyses. The end-user tools can be
classifi ed into fi ve categories, namely, reporting and query tools, application development tools,
executive information system (EIS) tools, OLAP tools and data mining tools.
(i) Reporting and query tools – Reporting tools include production reporting tools and report
writers. Production reporting tools are used to generate regular operational reports such as
employee pay cheques, customer orders and invoices. Report writers are inexpensive desktop
tools used by end-users to generate different types of reports. ...