what is the use of adhoc reporting

[sekharapp]

normal table and adhoc report looks like same then what is the specialty of adhoc report

what is the purpose of it?

[salonicdk28]

Adhoc reporting provides you the ability to create a report on your own without relying on the data team. Specifically, you want to be able to create a report by populating it with dimensions and measures which you can choose on your own from a list.

Depending on the user, you can show or hide certain dimensions or metrics.  If you would like end users to create their own tables / reports, you may use this feature to dynamically add/remove dimensions or metrics.

[vikasmahajan]

More point to add :

- it improves performance issues in case you are dealing with large data sets.

- it also give flexibility to user select those dimensions & facts which are there interest rest all will be hidden.