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IBM DB2 Web Query for System i

Jackie Jansen [email protected] May 2007 1

i want stress-free IT.i want control.

i want an i.

IBM System i™

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© 2006 IBM Corporation

Beyond Query/400:IBM DB2 Web Query for System i

Jacqueline [email protected]

IBM System i

© 2007 IBM Corporationi want an i.

System i Query/Reporting Environment

System i

DB2

Windows

ODBC/JDBC



IBM System i


DB2 Web Query Overview

• Comprehensive Enterprise Query and Reporting Suite– Report, Analyze, Visualize– Grow into enterprise data warehousing

• Provides SIMPLE Information Access– For users at all skill-levels

• Built on the “Best-In-Class” integration platform– Extensible connectivity to 250+ data sources and

many System i ERP systems• For Strategic, Tactical and Operational information

Systems throughout your organization and beyond

IBM System i

© 2007 IBM Corporationi want an i.For more details, refer to: http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/db2

• IBM plans to deliver a Web-based query and report writing product that replaces IBM Query for iSeries (Query/400)

• Base Product– Report and graphing Assistants– Power Painter– Spreadsheet integration– Web-enable Query/400 report– DB2 for i5/OS cross system Queries

• Additional IBM Features– Active Reports (Disconnected)– On Line Analytical Processing – Developer’s Workbench

• Advanced metadata creation• SQL Wizard• HTML Layout Painter

• Additional Add-On Available – ERP System Integration– 250+ Database/Cube/Mining Connectors– Extract/Transformation/Load– Visual Discovery– MS Excel Add-In– Automatic Report Distribution / Intelligent Bursting

Product Preview: Web Based Query and Reporting



IBM System i


Know Your Audience

Developer

Power UserAnd Analyst

Non-TechnicalBusiness User

More BusinessThan Tech:Access must be easy.Data-Driven.

More tech than Business:Capable of using a tool to create reports and queries from scratch.

Technical:Capable of developing application around the tool. Can create reports and queries from scratch. DB2 Web Query Is Easier to Learn for Business Users

According To Independent Research…

• Most end users of DB2 Web Query need little or no training

• With most query and reporting products end users required from 3 to as many as 10 days of training.

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Intelligence Dashboards and Scorecards

• Manage corporate objectives and strategies

• KPIs

• Drill downs

• Operational Reporting, Data Marts, Data Warehouse

• Fastest time to market and lowest TCO



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Help is Available

• HTML• EXCEL• PDF• and

more…

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Output Reports and Graphs to:• HTML• PDF• Excel 97/2k/2k w formula's• Active Reports• Postscript

• DB2 for i5/OS table

• Excel 95• Doc with and without page breaks• WK1• DIF• Lotus• Tab Delimited• XML



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DB2 Web Query - Intelligence Query and AnalysisActive Reports

• Self-contained analytical reports– Delivered to users via email or browser

• Users interact with the data on the report w/o being connected to infrastructure

• Intuitive built-in controls– Sorting, Filtering, Visualization,

Charting, Dynamic Roll-ups– Export to HTML, CSV or Excel– Export Charts to Word, Excel, or Powerpoint

• Perfect for large scale information delivery applications where extensive user training is not possible– Great for Non-technical users

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On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)



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DB2 Web Query - Intelligence ReportingMS Excel Integration

• DB2 Web Query has excellent MS Excel integration• Dynamically generates fully formatted Excel spreadsheets

– W/ Drilldowns, Formulas, Summations, Color-coding & more• Improves end user productivity; reduces errors

Hyperlinks/Drilldowns

Formulas/Summations

Color-Coding

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Power Painter• Business people

designing reports for business people

• Powerful thin-AJAX based Report Design tool

• Build Rich Compound Reports in your business unit

• Simple, flexible access without the need to rely on IT



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DB2 for i5/OS Enablers for BI• Built into i5/OS

– SQL Query Engine (SQE)

– On Demand Performance Center

– Database Parallelism*

– Real time statistics

– Materialized Query Tables

– Star Join/LPG

– Query Rewrite

– Encoded Vector Indexing

– Remote Journaling (Trickle Feed)

– Single Level Storage

– Autonomic Indexes

– Index Advisor

– Database Monitors

Create Index with SMPeServer i5 Balanced Config.

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

1 CPU 2 CPUs 4 CPUs 8 CPUs 16CPUs

32CPUs

Min

utes

Actual 100% Linear

NEAR LINEAR SCALABILITY

* Requires DB2 SMP Feature

IBM System i


Industry Acceptance: Gartner Magic Quadrants

Publication Date: 25 August 2006 ID Number: G00141428

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Data Warehouse DBMS Servers



IBM System i

© 2007 IBM Corporationi want an i.For more details, refer to: http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/db2

• IBM plans to deliver a Web-based query and report writing product that replaces IBM Query for iSeries (Query/400)

• Base Product– Report and graphing Assistants– Power Painter– Spreadsheet integration– Web-enable Query/400 report– DB2 for i5/OS cross system Queries

• Additional IBM Features– Active Reports (Disconnected)– On Line Analytical Processing – Developer’s Workbench

• Advanced metadata creation• SQL Wizard• HTML Layout Painter

• Additional Add-On Available – ERP System Integration– 250+ Database/Cube/Mining Connectors– Extract/Transformation/Load– Visual Discovery– MS Excel Add-In– Automatic Report Distribution / Intelligent Bursting

Product Preview: Web Based Query and Reporting

IBM System i


DB2 for i5/OS Home Page

– Your portal to everything DB2!– General Information– See it Action Demos– What’s New– Education Roadmaps– HOW TO Papers

•Click on SUPPORT•Articles and White Papers

– Including: “Why System i for BI”http://www-

03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/db2/pdf/why_system_i_for_bi.pdf

Ibm.com/systems/i/db2



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IBM System i


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