webquery for iSeries is webfocus?

October 16, 2007, 05:11 PM

Jason K.

I sat in on an IBM event today where they showed there new webquery tool that they are touting as an improvemnt on the query/400 application.

It IS webfocus, except they changed developer studio to 'developer workbench'. I didn't see much different about it.

Webfocus is going to see a bigger audience now with this I think. There's a lot of folks running the IBM iSeries but didn't have any way to display data easily, but now IBM is putting there logo on Webfocus and selling it directly.

I didn't see any reportcaster and didn't see a view builder application, but otherwise it looks exactly the same!

Any thoughts on this new product? anyone using it yet?
Is anyone here running webfocus off of iSeries data like we are?

In Focus since 1993. WebFOCUS 7.7.03 Win 2003

October 16, 2007, 09:16 PM

FortuneCookie

Looks like it is: http://www.informationbuilders.com/solutions/ibm.html
http://www.informationbuilders.com/solutions/DB2WebQuery.html

October 17, 2007, 02:32 AM

Tony A

I thought that people knew about this joint venture with IBM? I first heard about it around Summit time (I think).

It has the potential to vastly improve things for folks with iSeries and provides a larger market place for people like me

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October 17, 2007, 10:44 AM

Francis Mariani

So, what do you think: less or more bugs in WebQuery?

Francis

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Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server

October 17, 2007, 10:52 AM

Tony A

At least as many

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October 17, 2007, 02:28 PM

Jason K.

considering webquery is free for folks who have a license for query/400, we're going to put in on our iseries.

I'll let you know how it works.

Prod: Single Windows 2008 Server running Webfocus 7.7.03 Reporting server Web server IIS6/Tomcat, AS400 DB2 database.

October 18, 2007, 02:00 AM

susannah

its beyond cool, imho, that ibm have replaced their own green screen query tool with wf.
and they're the folks who invented the green of green screen. and since the 400 has the largest audience, the most boxes of all their boxes, this just ought to be a huge success. It means that if you want to run caster on a server to read db2 data on the 400 and bring down data and build your site, you already have eda on the as400, you don't need to buy a separate license. wicked!
Where did you see the presentation, Jason?

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October 18, 2007, 09:40 AM

jgelona

When I saw this yesterday, I emailed our Finance dept to give them a heads-up. They didn't know about but are going to investigate. They seemed somewhat excited about the possibilities.

In FOCUS since 1985. Prod WF 8.0.08 (z90/Suse Linux) DB (Oracle 11g), Self Serv, Report Caster, WebServer Intel/Linux.

October 18, 2007, 10:12 AM

Tony A

jgelona,

I hope you asked them for a cut or an introduction fee!

T

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October 18, 2007, 12:02 PM

Jason K.

susannah, I saw it in wichita, ks. we're close with our IBM salesperson and he stopped by my office so I could give him a quick rundown on query optimization on the iSeries before his sales presentation and to compare webquery to webfocus and he said they are "EXACTLY the same", his presentation proved that.

what does this mean?
".. if you want to run caster on a server to read db2 data on the 400 and bring down data and build your site, you already have eda on the as400, you don't need to buy a separate license."

Prod: Single Windows 2008 Server running Webfocus 7.7.03 Reporting server Web server IIS6/Tomcat, AS400 DB2 database.