Company

Praxair Distribution, Inc., Bethlehem, PA

Description

With annual sales of $5.1 billion, Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) is a global, Fortune 500 company that supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases, high-performance coatings, and related services and technologies.

Web

www.praxair.com

Requirements to meet

To extract information from Oracle databases in an efficient manner without extensive programming experience. Needs to be somewhat user-friendly so others can use it's capabilities.

Issues to tackle

Few employees at our location have the time or background to learn how to use SQL+ commands to obtain information or create reports.

Approach taken

After an extensive internet and literature search, I purchased SQL*XL. Gerrit-Jan was extremely helpful with overcoming a few start-up issues to get the program working as I had envisioned.

Results

Terrific! I combined the power of SQL*XL with Excel macro programming to easily create both routine and complex reports. I have also trained others how to use it as well.