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IQ Client™ is the graphical, point-and-click, drag-and-drop, query, report writing, and Web output design module of NGS-IQ™ that you can use anywhere, anytime. It combines the ease of use and familiarity of Microsoft Windows with the reliability and power of your IBM i.
The Windows “smart client” architecture of IQ Client lets you develop everything from quick ad-hoc queries to production reports and formatted HTML pages. You simply save your work to the IBM i for storage and processing. Your queries and reports process as native, batch jobs without compromising performance, security, or data integrity. Your users don't need ODBC or JDBC drivers to use IQ Client.
Query and Report Development
IQ Client supports all the great functions of NGS-IQ’s IQ Server™ on the IBM i, plus powerful, Web report design capabilities. Your queries can include the following:
- Multi-file joins
- Simple and conditionally calculated fields
- Run-time prompts for selection criteria and/or calculation methods
- Date arithmetic, report break summaries and calculations, rankings, running totals, averages, and percentages
- Dynamic drill down from summary to detail when viewing reports over the Web from a computer, PDA, or smartphone
- Banners, backgrounds, style sheets, and other valuable Web page design elements
- Email and FTP delivery instructions
Users can also output queries to their Windows display, printers, DB2 (summary or detail), XML, CSV, TXT, PDF, and other formats.
When you use IQ Client with NGS-IQ’s Qport Access™, SmartView™, and NGS Business Performance Dashboard modules, your output options expand to include Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access; multidimensional “OLAP” presentations; and even dynamic, graphical, Web-based dashboards.
While you can certainly use IQ Client to increase your productivity when writing new queries, the software also enables users who may not have felt capable of writing queries before to download existing queries and use them as templates from which they can quickly produce valuable output. IQ Client’s offline development capability means telecommuters and workers who travel can be productive wherever and whenever they need to be, even while in flight or working in places where Internet access is unreliable or slow.
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Web Design and Modernization
IQ Client offers extensive Web design capabilities, so users can create custom Web reports just like a Web Master, without Java, PHP, or other programming languages. You can incorporate logos, graphics and other elements into a report; customize the layout; add hyperlinks to dashboards, Web pages, or applications; and more.
You don't need HTML or Web page design experience as IQ Client automatically generates HTML which advanced users may edit directly if desired.
Users can securely access and run drillable Web reports from a browser, portal, smartphone or mobile device without the overhead of ODBC or JDBC.
IQ Server users can instantly "Web-enable" existing queries. Just download and open the existing query object in IQ Client, click on the HTML tab, save, upload, and run!
How It Works
- Download DB2 file layouts or NGS-IQ queries to IQ Client. IQ Client does not transfer any actual records to your PC – just the file, field names and attributes or query objects you request.
- Write or revise your query.
- Save and upload your query to the IBM i.
- Run your query.
Security is enforced through the IBM i operating system’s object authority and IQ SeQure™, NGS-IQ’s optional security management module.
Query/400 queries can also be enhanced in IQ Client through the NGS-IQ Query/400 API. You don't need to immediately rewrite your legacy Query/400 queries to begin gaining benefits from IQ Client and NGS-IQ.
Queries created with IQ Client can be revised and run from NGS-IQ’s Windows, Web browser and 5250 user interfaces. No conversion or translation is required, and you don't have to sacrifice the simplicity of the native IBM i execution environment.
About NGS
NGS is an IBM Premier Partner and has been providing solutions for IBM midrange computers since 1982. NGS provides a comprehensive technical support, training, and consulting program for its customers and Business Partners.
IQ Client, NGS-IQ, IQ Server, Qport Builder, Qport Access, IQ SeQure, and SmartView are trademarks of New Generation Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
