IT managers are overwhelmed, inundated, and completely burned out—but the right modern data access tool can change all of that. View this slideshow to learn how SEQUEL can make your life as an IT manager easier. Watch the on-demand webinar at HelpSystems.com. http://www.helpsystems.com/sequel/events/recorded-webinars/break-free-backlog-it-manager

1. Break Free from
the Backlog:
An IT Manager’s
Guide

2. Mike Stegeman
Sr. Data Access Consultant
Introductions
Heath Kath
Sr. Data Access Consultant
Today’s speakers:

3. Polling Questions

4. • Productivity for IT (and everyone else)
• Empowerment for business users
• Security for everyone
• SEQUEL demo
Agenda

5. Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)

6. Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)
Increase IT staff efficiency
• Deliver data faster
Increase user productivity
• Get data when it is needed

7. Find
Data
• Set fields, files,
and systems
Gather
Data
• Use programmers
for RPG, CLP,
and so on
Deliver
Data
• Determine
output
(limited
options)
Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)

8. Find
Data
• Set fields, files,
and systems
Gather
Data
• Use programmers
for RPG, CLP,
and so on
Deliver
Data
• Determine
output
(limited
options)
Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)
HURRY UP AND WAIT

9. Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)
Find
Data
• Set fields, files,
and systems
Gather
Data
• Use SEQUEL
Deliver
Data
• Determine
output
(many options,
including: email,
PC files, etc.)

10. Find
Data
• Set fields, files,
and systems
Gather
Data
• Use SEQUEL
Deliver
Data
• Determine
output
(many options,
including: email,
PC files, etc.)
Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)
HURRY UP AND NO WAIT

11. Remote database access
 Access data through your
IBM i system on:
– SQL Server
– Oracle
– MySQL
– Any DB2 database
– Most other relational databases
 Write ad hoc queries
 Consolidate data onto a single server
 Drill from data on one platform
to data on another
Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)

12. Excel + PDF + RTF + CSV + Text + Custom + More…
Your PC File
Only a Click
Away
Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)

13. Productivity for IT (and Everyone Else)

14. • Productivity for IT (and everyone else)
• Empowerment for business users
• Security for everyone
• SEQUEL demo
Agenda

15. Empowerment for Business Users
User chooses dates at run time

16. Empowerment for Business Users
User chooses dates at run time
Dates can have floating default

17. User enters customer number
User selects state(s) at run time
Empowerment for Business Users

18. Empowerment for Business Users

19. Empowerment for Business Users

20. SEQUEL Web Interface
Empowerment for Business Users
Abc123………….

21. Empowerment for Business Users

22. Empowerment for Business Users
Double click in any cell at any point to see the data that makes up that cells total.

23. • Productivity for IT (and everyone else)
• Empowerment for business users
• Security for everyone
• SEQUEL demo
Agenda

24. Security for Everyone

25. Security for Everyone
SEQUEL delivers:
• A centralized repository
• Department/functional libraries
• Security by user or group
• One version of the truth
• Run-only, modify, and create
controls options
• Record/row level security*
*Version 11.3 only (released November 2015)

26. Security for Everyone

27. GL summary
(Excel)
Summary sales by
customer/brand
Profitability
extract
Summary sales
by region
Purchasing
extract
(MS Access)
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Joe downloads this
manually via Client Access
every Monday—except
when he’s on vacation or
out with the flu!
Mary wrote this
extract. She left
last year and no
one knows how it
works.
The Net Sales
calculation in this
extract is different
than Mary’s.
No one has yet realized
that this is loaded
incorrectly. The auditors
will be the first to
discover the problem.
These reports
don’t balance
with each
other.
These
reports
don’t
balance with
each other.
No one trusts
this report.
John spends five days
every month
generating this and
massaging the
numbers until he
thinks it is correct.
Security for Everyone
A chaotic reporting
environment!
Sales FinancialsPurchasing

28. Secure Operational Areas and Access to Data by Analysts
SEQUEL Objects
O P E R A T I O N A L S Y S T E M S
SALES PURCHASING FINANCIALS
Security for Everyone

29. Security for Everyone
SEQUEL
Objects
IBMi or
SEQUEL
Auth?
End
NO
DBS –
ADS?
Allow
Access
?
IBMi Only
SEQUEL
Display
Etc.
YES
Allow
Access
Allow
Access
Database
Security
Library
File
Field (Column)
Display
Etc.Advanced Data
Security Rules
End
NO
Access
Library
File
Field (Column)
Row (Record)

30. • Productivity for IT (and everyone else)
• Empowerment for business users
• Security for everyone
• SEQUEL demo
Agenda

31. SEQUEL Demo
• SEQUEL Dashboard
– Graphs and Gauges
• SEQUEL View
– Prompts
– Dynamic Drill Down
• SEQUEL View Design

32. Summary
• Productivity for IT
(and everyone else)
• Empowerment for business users
• Security for everyone

33. Executive
Dashboards
Queries &
Views
Drill-Down
Data Analysis
Charts &
Graphs
Pivot
Tables
Remote
Database
Access
Scripting
Custom
Reports
Browser
Access
Report
Distributio
n
Easily Access and
Share Data

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35. Break Free from the Backlog:
An IT Manager’s Guide
Mike Stegeman
Sr. Data Access Consultant
Heath Kath
Sr. Data Access Consultant
Today’s Speakers:
We are ready for your questions!

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heath.kath@helpsystems.com
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