02
Sat, Nov
2 New Articles

Symtrax Announces StarQuery 3.1 BI Reporting Solution for JDE

Business Intelligence
Typography
  • Smaller Small Medium Big Bigger
  • Default Helvetica Segoe Georgia Times

The ad hoc querying tool automatically adjusts for database quirks and enables end-users to create comprehensible queries directly with Excel. 

Symtrax Corp. has announced the release of StarQuery 3.1 for JDE; a solution focused on empowering users to export and analyze data in real-time enabling better decision making and increased productivity, the company says. StarQuery for JDE empowers JDE end-users by automatically adjusting for JDE Database quirks such as decimal placement and date format.

Business intelligence applications, such as StarQuery, began making headway in the late 1980’s as businesses required a better way to analyze their internal data in order to make more effective business decisions. Business has since changed, but business intelligence is still a top priority.

Gartner states that, “the economic downturn forces businesses to be aware of changes in their organizations, re-think their strategies and operating plans, and face demands from stakeholders and governments for greater transparency about finances, operations, decisions, and core performance metrics.”

Gartner goes on to predict: “Through 2012, more than 35 per cent of the top 5,000 global companies will regularly fail to make insightful decisions about significant changes in their business and markets.” Having a thorough understanding of your company’s data will play an important role in a company’s success.

StarQuery leverages a company's database expert by allowing the person to create a view of the database that contains recognizable field names and is limited to only the fields needed. End-users use the views to create and execute queries from within Excel as needed, or queries can be pre-built and run anytime with just one click. Advanced users can take advantage of StarQuery 3.1’s ability to drill down within a query and see multidimensional, real-time views of their data.

StarQuery for JDE utilizes a unique JD Edwards extension giving StarQuery increased functionality for JDE ERP users. Using the Symtrax extension for JDE, users can automatically change date format (to Julian format), properly record decimals, and add end-user friendly table and field descriptions.

"This new StarQuery Suite version, compatible with JD Edwards ERP, is a complete and reliable business intelligence solution facilitating JDE ERP understanding in automatically rendering changes to users. Its intuitive interface and its drill-down functionality efficiently improve our customers queries,” emphasizes Bernard Aldebert, managing director of Symtrax.  “This new solution reasserts StarQuery Suite’s uniqueness within the BI market."

StarQuery Suite doesn’t require a data warehouse or modifications to your current IT infrastructure. It can be installed in a few minutes after which users experience a quick ROI from the real time, multidimensional navigation, the company says.

About Symtrax

Founded in 1989, Symtrax is an international software publishing company that concentrates on three core business categories: business intelligence, output management, and audit and counseling. Symtrax provides intuitive and reliable business solutions, offering quick deployment and immediate ROI. More than 3,000 companies worldwide utilize the Symtrax business solutions to enhance their computer applications and ERP solutions.

Symtrax Holdings, Inc. has established subsidiary companies in the United States, Great Britain, and India.

Symtrax Corp.

Symtrax is a worldwide organization which produces and distributes multiplatform Output Management and Business Intelligence software. With user friendliness at the forefront, Symtrax software will create professional reports for better analysis and effective decision making. The two business critical areas that Symtrax focuses on are:

ERP Output Management for SAP, JD Edwards (JDE), Peoplesoft, Infor, MS Navision, System i (Power i) and others...
Compleo Suite - A multiplatform software that allows you to capitalise on spool files generated by your ERP, CRM, BMS, etc systems and convert these into business critical reports in PC formats such as Excel or PDF. Reformatted reports can then be distributed by email, fax or FTP without any manual intervention or programming knowledge.

Multiplatform Business Intelligence
StarQuery Suite - allows you to create reports directly in Excel from virtually any database. A powerful and user-friendly software that gives users access to real-time business critical information from the familiar interface of MS Excel or anytime anywhere through an Internet browser.

Symtrax also offer a range of Consultancy Services revolving around the above solution offerings to allow organisations to efficiently implement, optimise, and integrate the software to maximise the Return on Investment in the shortest possible time.

Our Software Development Principles
To ensure that their solutions are competitive, Symtrax's software development principles require that their solutions:

  • Improve user productivity and promote business efficiency
  • Are easy to use and easy to understand
  • Are easy to install, configure, and maintain
  • Are proven to be reliable and of an industrial strength
  • Are future proofed with a progressive R&D timetable and regular releases

The great advantage of these solutions is that they are easily integrated into your existing information structure, and do not require supplementary hardware and software investments.

 

BLOG COMMENTS POWERED BY DISQUS

LATEST COMMENTS

Support MC Press Online

$

Book Reviews

Resource Center

  • SB Profound WC 5536 Have you been wondering about Node.js? Our free Node.js Webinar Series takes you from total beginner to creating a fully-functional IBM i Node.js business application. You can find Part 1 here. In Part 2 of our free Node.js Webinar Series, Brian May teaches you the different tooling options available for writing code, debugging, and using Git for version control. Brian will briefly discuss the different tools available, and demonstrate his preferred setup for Node development on IBM i or any platform. Attend this webinar to learn:

  • SB Profound WP 5539More than ever, there is a demand for IT to deliver innovation. Your IBM i has been an essential part of your business operations for years. However, your organization may struggle to maintain the current system and implement new projects. The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the company are not aligned with the current IT environment.

  • SB HelpSystems ROBOT Generic IBM announced the E1080 servers using the latest Power10 processor in September 2021. The most powerful processor from IBM to date, Power10 is designed to handle the demands of doing business in today’s high-tech atmosphere, including running cloud applications, supporting big data, and managing AI workloads. But what does Power10 mean for your data center? In this recorded webinar, IBMers Dan Sundt and Dylan Boday join IBM Power Champion Tom Huntington for a discussion on why Power10 technology is the right strategic investment if you run IBM i, AIX, or Linux. In this action-packed hour, Tom will share trends from the IBM i and AIX user communities while Dan and Dylan dive into the tech specs for key hardware, including:

  • Magic MarkTRY the one package that solves all your document design and printing challenges on all your platforms. Produce bar code labels, electronic forms, ad hoc reports, and RFID tags – without programming! MarkMagic is the only document design and print solution that combines report writing, WYSIWYG label and forms design, and conditional printing in one integrated product. Make sure your data survives when catastrophe hits. Request your trial now!  Request Now.

  • SB HelpSystems ROBOT GenericForms of ransomware has been around for over 30 years, and with more and more organizations suffering attacks each year, it continues to endure. What has made ransomware such a durable threat and what is the best way to combat it? In order to prevent ransomware, organizations must first understand how it works.

  • SB HelpSystems ROBOT GenericIT security is a top priority for businesses around the world, but most IBM i pros don’t know where to begin—and most cybersecurity experts don’t know IBM i. In this session, Robin Tatam explores the business impact of lax IBM i security, the top vulnerabilities putting IBM i at risk, and the steps you can take to protect your organization. If you’re looking to avoid unexpected downtime or corrupted data, you don’t want to miss this session.

  • SB HelpSystems ROBOT GenericCan you trust all of your users all of the time? A typical end user receives 16 malicious emails each month, but only 17 percent of these phishing campaigns are reported to IT. Once an attack is underway, most organizations won’t discover the breach until six months later. A staggering amount of damage can occur in that time. Despite these risks, 93 percent of organizations are leaving their IBM i systems vulnerable to cybercrime. In this on-demand webinar, IBM i security experts Robin Tatam and Sandi Moore will reveal:

  • FORTRA Disaster protection is vital to every business. Yet, it often consists of patched together procedures that are prone to error. From automatic backups to data encryption to media management, Robot automates the routine (yet often complex) tasks of iSeries backup and recovery, saving you time and money and making the process safer and more reliable. Automate your backups with the Robot Backup and Recovery Solution. Key features include:

  • FORTRAManaging messages on your IBM i can be more than a full-time job if you have to do it manually. Messages need a response and resources must be monitored—often over multiple systems and across platforms. How can you be sure you won’t miss important system events? Automate your message center with the Robot Message Management Solution. Key features include:

  • FORTRAThe thought of printing, distributing, and storing iSeries reports manually may reduce you to tears. Paper and labor costs associated with report generation can spiral out of control. Mountains of paper threaten to swamp your files. Robot automates report bursting, distribution, bundling, and archiving, and offers secure, selective online report viewing. Manage your reports with the Robot Report Management Solution. Key features include:

  • FORTRAFor over 30 years, Robot has been a leader in systems management for IBM i. With batch job creation and scheduling at its core, the Robot Job Scheduling Solution reduces the opportunity for human error and helps you maintain service levels, automating even the biggest, most complex runbooks. Manage your job schedule with the Robot Job Scheduling Solution. Key features include:

  • LANSA Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.

  • LANSAWhen it comes to creating your business applications, there are hundreds of coding platforms and programming languages to choose from. These options range from very complex traditional programming languages to Low-Code platforms where sometimes no traditional coding experience is needed. Download our whitepaper, The Power of Writing Code in a Low-Code Solution, and:

  • LANSASupply Chain is becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable. From raw materials for manufacturing to food supply chains, the journey from source to production to delivery to consumers is marred with inefficiencies, manual processes, shortages, recalls, counterfeits, and scandals. In this webinar, we discuss how:

  • The MC Resource Centers bring you the widest selection of white papers, trial software, and on-demand webcasts for you to choose from. >> Review the list of White Papers, Trial Software or On-Demand Webcast at the MC Press Resource Center. >> Add the items to yru Cart and complet he checkout process and submit

  • Profound Logic Have you been wondering about Node.js? Our free Node.js Webinar Series takes you from total beginner to creating a fully-functional IBM i Node.js business application.

  • SB Profound WC 5536Join us for this hour-long webcast that will explore:

  • Fortra IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn: