 Just Imagine...
To make smart decisions, you need reports that reflect the complex, multidimensional nature of your business. How much time could you save if you could instantly reformat your most critical reports? Could you make quicker, more accurate decisions if you were able to highlight critical values and drill down or up through multiple levels of detail and summary data – even down to original purchase orders or invoices, for example? Could your remote users or traveling managers benefit by accessing your corporate data via the Internet and graphing the results in virtually any presentation format?
You can do all of the above and more with SmartView™ from New Generation Software, Inc. (NGS).
What is SmartView?
SmartView is the powerful, Windows online analytical processing (OLAP) system from NGS. It's a comprehensive business data analysis solution for senior managers and other key staff members who must make informed decisions quickly with the most current, accurate information.
With SmartView, any Windows user authorized to run NGS-IQ™ reports can build an unlimited number of multidimensional reports. SmartView can show you what you need in seconds without any programming or custom database design work on your IBM i (AS/400) – whether you want to see sales by division and territory; product by quarter, month and week; shipments by delivery plants; aged payables in 30 60, and 90 day buckets; or any other type of analytical report.
How It Works
SmartView goes far beyond traditional two-dimensional spreadsheet reporting to support the kind of multidimensional summarization and analysis you need to gain new insight into your business. You choose the data elements and business factors you want to summarize and analyze.
NGS-IQ extracts the data you need from the IBM i, and then SmartView gives you the perspective you want in seconds. From there, you can use SmartView’s intuitive, drag-and-drop graphical user interface to pivot and reformat your report as needed, filter out unwanted data, and graph selected slices of information. SmartView allows you to save as many different views of your data on your PC or network as you need. SmartView also gives you the flexibility to refresh your data from your host system as required.
SmartView Features
- Drag-and-drop formatting
- Drill-down from summary to detail in presentations and charts
- User-defined data highlighting logic
- Split screens for data comparison
- 2-D and 3-D graphics (pie charts, bar charts, line graphs, etc.)
- Ability to save SmartView presentations and charts as Adobe® PDF files using the Adobe Acrobat
- Distiller or a PDF printer driver
- Ability to copy/paste selected SmartView data into other applications, such as Excel
Complete Integration with NGS-IQ
SmartView is a completely integrated module of the NGS-IQ business intelligence system. This integration means you use the full database extraction and reporting power of NGS-IQ to build the queries you send to SmartView. It also means you can provide your managers with easy access to your data without compromising security or performance.
What is NGS-IQ?
NGS-IQ is a comprehensive query, reporting, and business intelligence software solution built for the IBM i. It includes both IBM i and Windows-based data extraction and reporting tools that provide you with advanced functionality and presentation features. You define your query with NGS-IQ's IQ Server™ (IQ), IQ Client™, or Qport Builder™ modules. You may run these reports directly on your IBM i or from Windows or your Web browser. NGS-IQ's Qport Access™ module provides run-time access to these reports and supports the ad-hoc entry of selection criteria, calculation formulas, and the target desktop application. You can then direct your results for automatic transfer to SmartView, Excel, Word, Microsoft Access, the Windows display, and IBM i or ASCII printers.
All data extractions, queries and reports defined and run through NGS-IQ operate in accordance with your existing IBM i security. You may also develop database and report authority specifically for your NGS-IQ users with the IQ SeQure™ module.
Smart Client Architecture
SmartView performs impressively on nearly any Windows workstation. It receives output exclusively through the Qport Access module of NGS-IQ via TCP/IP. Users need no additional IBM i connectivity software to operate SmartView. The software offers a long list of multidimensional analysis functions while requiring surprisingly little personal computer memory. It lets you connect and leverage the resources of the IBM i for data retrieval and then work offline while performing your analysis to make optimal use of your computing resources.
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NGS-IQ, IQ Server, IQ SeQure, Qport Access, Qport Builder, SmartView, and IQ Client are trademarks of New Generation Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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