While production and parameterized reports address wide-scale business intelligence needs and fulfill the majority of end-user information demands, power users and analysts often require more. The WebFOCUS Report Assistant is a robust, thin-client tool that empowers users to generate ad hoc queries and fully formatted reports from any enterprise data using nothing more than a Web browser. The WebFOCUS Report Assistant provides an intuitive, graphical interface that shields users from technical complexities and allows them to use business terminology instead of database terminology, so even nontechnical professionals can quickly and efficiently satisfy their own information needs in real-time.