Reporting on databases is a rather 90's thing to do. Why would you still actively pursue such a reporting method from the OLTP/OLAP world? If you use tools that

Reporting on databases is a rather 90's thing to do. Why would you still actively pursue such a reporting method from the OLTP/OLAP world? If you use tools that are purposely made to work in such a way, an analyst using those tools will obviously not be able to utilise them in an incompatible environment.