Re: Any report writer suggestions?

[Javier Sanchez <javiersanchezbarquero@xxxxxxxxx>]

Very good, powerful, elegant tool.  I recommend it.

JS


El vie, 26 jul 2024 a las 9:15, Paul Nelson (<nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>)
escribió:

> The original, and still in use at dozens of my clients:
>
> https://www.fortra.com/product-lines/sequel
>
>
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> Troy Hyde
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2024 4:04 PM
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> 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
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