You are working as a systems designer for the county Department of Social Services. The director of the county child protection agency is concerned about the agency’s caseload and the length of time that cases remain open. The agency’s objective is to have no open cases older than 60 days, and preferably none older than 30 days. The director wants a monthly report showing the number of cases, by age, for each of the 12 child protection workers in the agency.

What subclass of report should you design?

Should the output format be tabular or zoned?

Describe the data structure defi ning logical requirements for the report. Use the format described in the chapter.