I work at an association that collects industry data from its members to process into reports for member use. Currently the system we use consists of some in-house designed web pages using Javascript to display data from and write to MS Access databases. Users log into the system with a username/password which allows them to update their records each quarter/year. Each report we do has multiple kinds of information that need to be separated, because they are collected on different levels - hence the need for different tables in each report's Access database. Also Access allows us to easily take that data and turn it into access reports that summarize the data in different ways.
The backend system of Access works well enough for us; I'm not sure if there's a way to improve on that but am welcome to suggestions. The frontend the users work in (in-house designed pages) is horrible and starting to show its age. The pages are ugly and you have to know HTML and Javascript to edit them (I know some but this is not my primary job). They are starting to show their age, don't always work properly, and some users are experiencing errors where all their data is deleted from the system when they try to submit it (I assume due to browser/system updates?)
My question is, is there any sort of online system or product that other people use that works well for them, that's something that could be contracted for so they provide the tech support, but maybe has some customization for us?
Thanks in advance, please let me know if I can clarify anything?
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I guess I don't know enough of the technical stuff to be able to describe what I'm looking for, more I was looking to people who do this kind of work (data collection from outsiders) to see what systems they use or if they use in-house.
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