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Depends on what you plan to do report writing-wize. I'd take a very close look at Jasper Reports/Jasper Server. It installs easily on IBM i 6.1 or 7.1. It has a great WYSIWYI report writing tool. It will talk to DB2 on i and has a great report server component that allows you to deploy and manage reports for your users using a web interface.

Best of all it is free (Community Edition) and has a commercial version with support if you are so interested.

If you are kicking tires on report writing tools of IBM i, you should take a look and give it a try (you might have to invest an hour of your time to install the compoents and deploy your first test report). Very easy. If you are interested I also wrote some RPG wrappers that allow you to run Jasper reports from an RPG/5250 program.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java


On 1/16/2012 3:31 PM, Steven Spencer wrote:
So, what if you are using no tool so far ?
And would like one, preferably one that is visual and easy for an
executive or two.

What are the alternatives ?.

5733-QU2 and WebSphere ? (I'll have to check if we own this now, we
are on 7.1, if not, then the licensing fee).

Programs like DbVisualizer, Aquafold ? (They were not originally
designed for the iSeries and DbVisualizer, at least does not have
official support.)

More long-term iSeries utilities ? Which tend to be more pricey.

What are good Query tools in the under-$2500-or-so arena ?
(We are running a P05, note that we also have the data in QS36F,
although it could be moved to the native database.)

Steven Spencer
Queens, NY

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