A few years ago I found a tool that would let you connect to your database and build up a control panel of widgets giving mini reports on the state of your business - basically you write the queries, they allow them to look attractive and laid out nicely. In the end I couldn't use it because it didn't work with shared hosting, and I think it was a paid service. I have a client who needs something like this though and I can't find them in Google. Does anyone use / produce something like this?
Someone asked me something similar the other day and I found this. Hope it helps. N. http://www.dbfacephp.com/
QlikView. I would have said "No!" a while back, but being in the business and seeing it doing its job ..