No, usually there is an enterprising analyst who knows a bit of SQL and wants to write a particular report, but doesn't want to wait for an IT cycle to free up.

No, usually there is an enterprising analyst who knows a bit of SQL and wants to write a particular report, but doesn't want to wait for an IT cycle to free up. I'm the same way so I empathize. Most of the time it's Excel, because they all have it by default.