Re: Any report writer suggestions?

I miss the WinSpool/400 product I wrote. That was my 2nd product back in 1994 😊

Jasper Reports is fun but there is a bit of a learning curve for report design.

Feel free to reach out if you need some help getting started.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:13:47 -0500
from: Ricky Thompson <rickyt29@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Any report writer suggestions?

Richard Schoen recently published this open source that uses Jasper Reports.
https://github.com/richardschoen/ibmijasper

I have used Symtrax Compleo in the past and was pleased with it.

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date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 17:04:13 -0600
from: "Troy Hyde" <troy.hyde@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Any report writer suggestions?

For more than 40 years we've been using (mostly) RPG to create reports
for our clients who have their data on the System 36, AS400, iSeries,
and now IBM i midrange servers.

As the data becomes more accessible (via ODBC & etc), many of our
clients are using various tools such as Microsoft's Power BI to create
some of their own reports, charts, Internet dashboards & etc.

We are now hoping to find a tool (open source or otherwise) that will
allow non-programmers to create reports that can be run against the
IBM i data. It would need to be able to not only access the straight
data but also utilize SQL procedures and functions we provide for
complex calculations.? We would want to be able to write reports that
our clients can run but also allow them to write their own reports. A
Wysiwyg editor would be the ideal.

I'm just beginning to look at this but two products that pique my
interest are JasperReports and Crystal Reports. I'm sure there are myriad others.

Any recommendations based on experience from the group? Would either
of the two meet the needs I've described? Are there better products available?

Vendors comments welcome.

Thanks, Troy