As good as Maxwell’s DataLink Module is at exporting reports and data to text, Excel, and PDF files, there are times when you need something more in your tool-kit. That extra tool could be Monarch Pro from Datawatch.
Monarch Pro is called a data mining or data extraction tool. It takes the output from any report you have, extracts the data from the report, and outputs it into a file, such as an Excel spreadsheet, for easy manipulation.
The beauty of Monarch Pro is it’s simplicity. Just print your report to a text file, then point Monarch Pro to that file. Then a simple to use parsing tool scans, filters, and extracts data from your report into a spreadsheet like format. The data can then be output to almost any type of file including spreadsheets. And once the parsing rules are defined, you save those rules as a template to be over and over each time you print the report.
Monarch Pro can also access data files directly. Almost any file can be read by Monarch Pro. Access and Excel files as well as any data file accessible via ODBC can be read and manipulated.
So if you can’t get just the right data extracted using your standard tools, consider Monarch Pro (priced at $559.00 at this time).
Mike,
Just another note of thanks for always looking out for us users! Pointing us towards the Monarch software without profit and markup is another example of your customer caring. This web site is a great idea!
TG
Thanks for the encouraging words Tom. I’ve got to warn you that eventually I may include ‘advertising links’ from places like Google.