PRODUCTION OF REPORT USING DISTRIBUTED WORK STATION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a report based on the data stored in plural remote work stations. SOLUTION: This report production method includes a process where a request is sent to every remote work station 22 from a master work station 24 to designate a function having its name and a group name, a process where the data stored in the station 22 of a group that is designated by the group name are identified, a process where the data stored in the station 22 are operated based on the algorithm that is designated by the function having its name, a process where the output is returned to the station 24 from the station 22, and a process where the outputs are integrated at the station 24.