OPEN/DB’s unique and powerful Information Interface is taught, stores and applies the rules inherent in your database and business application, protecting users from database and technical intricacies.

The Information Interface combines in one place, the analyst’s knowledge of the business rules with any IS needs concerning security and resource availability. This combination enables users to work with only field descriptions (that may have been modified to be more meaningful), to construct the most advanced reports without expert knowledge of database structure, files, keys or field names.

The Information Interface can include derived fields, which may be introduced to ensure consistency of calculations across reports or, to represent complex expressions involving one or many files, saving users from this potentially challenging task during report definition.

The key to true end-user report writing is Jacana’s ability to take full advantage of the Information Interface. From only a simple list of data to which they are authorised, using easy and familiar ‘point and click’ techniques, Jacana lets users specify all report design criteria, including data selection, sequencing, summarising, calculation, manipulation, work field creation, layout etc.. When satisfied, the definition is saved to the iSeries-400 server for compilation and execution.

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