>also another drop down next to each group combo that allows for some addition building of groups such as Month which builds a CMONTH around the date field, etc. They can then save their criteria and give it a name for easy access for next time. They also have the option to send it to the printer, screen, or an excel file. Whew!

Do you generate a .frx on the fly, or have some other means of generating output? I'm just using a couple of predefined reports, which are general enough, and did it in a couple of very specific cases when they really need the same data twisted around in several ways, but with basically the same detail band, and total the same things under different groupings.