Guidelines for understanding a model created by someone else

Hi BlueNote ,

You are dealing with an issue that can be a big problem, especially due to the lack of documentation that accompanies a report.  I add various hidden pages with notes for my projects.

At my work, if I take over a project, if it is working, I try to make as few changes as possible, and let my manager know that it is a poorly created report.  The most important failing is typically the data model, although I have also had to deal with "faked in" graphs etc.

You will have to weigh the time it would take to creating a new project, or working with the old one.  In some cases, I have worked minimally on the project, but find over time, as change requests come in that I have a better understanding of the data and process.

They are a ticking bomb, though. 

Let's ask some others.  jdbuchanan71 , ImkeF , KenPuls MattAllington 

Let me know if you have any questions.

If this solves your issues, please mark it as the solution, so that others can find it easily. Kudos 👍are nice too.
Nathaniel