Ad hoc queries and reports are the bane of many IT departments. The need to churn out frequent, one-off, "must have" data queries for users can be a significant drain on developers' time. Users can't be blamed for the numerous impromptu requests. Customer service, continuous improvement, and the maintenance of competitive advantage demand that business people regularly look at data in innovative...
Do your users have ODBC connections to your IBM i environment through tools like Microsoft Access or Microsoft Excel?
Unprotected ODBC connections make it easy for people to access unauthorized data or accidentally change and delete database records.
Surveyor/400 minimizes the risk of unauthorized access by providing connections to your IBM i data while maintaining database security and inte...
If you perform development for the IBM i, you will discover that Surveyor/400 provides a wide variety of benefits to make your job easier. Listed below is just a sample of some of the work you can easily perform using Surveyor/400:
Explore your IBM i through a drill-down tree interface similar to Windows Explorer
View extensive details on any object through an intuitive multi-tabbed panel
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Appvion, Inc. manufactures paper—thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital specialty and colored papers. But this Appleton, Wisconsin-based company had a problem when it came to digital documents in their customer web portal. Their existing system just wasn’t up to snuff. It was time to make a change.
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Reports are an essential part of all businesses. Among other purposes, they help organizations to better manage and control their operations. But what if managing those documents placed an unnecessary burden on the enterprise? Paper-based reports do exactly that.