eremitic19 wrote: The problem is that management wants all of the configuration to be on the Excel side Yup. That's the problem. And what made those managers such specialists that they get to decide about a technical problem? eremitic19 wrote: How would you approach a solution? I'd be asking management what qualifies them to dare bring solutions to the table. And yes, not going to make you popular, but that's what I'd do, since that's what they paying me for. Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.