DAAL Files automated??? Dream or reality?

3 years ago when I was VPX on AI, one of my tasks was to develop DAAL files. This meant that every quarter I would spend approximately 2 weeks, just crunching data in excel, having orgasms with front page and nightmares with XDAQ. After I did it for the firs 2 times, I started to say “This manual work takes too much time….we needed it automated and real time data!”…
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Well, despite the fact AIESEC is one of the greatest organizations in the world…finances are still a bit tight, IS department’s usually overload and the automated DAAL files never saw day light…

BUT why am I talking about this? Today I had training in SRT (Strategic Reporting tool) which comprises more than 400 ratios from 41 countries in AP. I have to report to my boss based on this tool and at first I got quite scared remembering my old saga with DAAL Files…but GUYS!!! They have it all automated!!! Real time data on the tip of my fingers, with graphs and all designed automatically!! And they even have a sort of Country XDAQ with exactly the same logic as we have in AIESEC!! Oh, Im so happy I will not spend nights going crazy with excel and front page!

I will go crazy about the 400 ratios, but at least I don’t have to manually do it :)