Hi.
I can currently connect and 'see' the database via general ODBC using the 'Microsoft ODBC for Oracle' driver and can pull simple data into Excel very easily (and hence Crystal Reports).
But without a full database table structure with a definition of the fields and relationships, building a report would be like looking for a needle in a haystack!
If PTC would release this database information then customers like ourselves could save substantial amounts of money by creating our our interfaces/reports. Like in our case using Crystal Reports (which we already have) to build custom reports. The connection to Windchill would only ever be READ-ONLY.