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How will UltraQuest benefit
my company? |
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UltraQuest is designed to help both end users and
the IT department by providing access to information and application automation
with minimal effort. IT Departments will see decreased workload, training, and
support efforts. End Users will get improved access to enterprise data for a
variety of users. For the organization as a whole, you can expect improved
decision making, reduced costs, and increased profits. |
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Can I join data from disparate
sources? |
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Yes. UltraQuest supports unlimited joins between
same or different data types of S/390 data. |
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Can I report against production
data? |
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Yes. UltraQuest can report from S/390 production
or data warehouse data. |
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Can I share
reports with other users? |
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Yes. Reports published to the UltraQuest Library
may be run and viewed by other users from their browsers. |
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Can requests be limited? |
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Yes. With UltraQuest, you can set record
retrieval limits, report page limits and CPU time limits. These limits can be
global, or can be configured based on variables such as the user, day of the
week, time of day, or whether the request is running online or in batch. |
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Can requests be printed? |
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Yes. UltraQuest can print output to either the
remote (S/390 defined) printer or to the user’s local printer. |
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Can users build expressions? |
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Yes. UltraQuest can build both expressions and
temporary virtual fields. |
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Do you support batch
processing? |
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Yes. UltraQuest can execute requests in batch as
well as online. Batch output can be delivered via email or held for later
retrieval and for final disposition to a variety of destinations. |
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Does UltraQuest differentiate between
different types of users? |
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Yes, UltraQuest provides for three types of
users, each with different capabilities.
- Navigators can use UltraQuest from their Web browser. They can get
shared reports through the UltraQuest Library, or access custom applications
built with UltraQuest Applications.
- Reporters have all the capabilities of the Navigators, and can also
build new reports using the UltraQuest Reporter, and publish them in the
UltraQuest Library.
- Developers have access to administrative Web pages, as well as 3270
access for use in configuring UltraQuest and building applications. |
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Does UltraQuest require an additional
server machine? |
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No, all UltraQuest requires for a two-tier
solution is a PC or Web browser client, and the S/390 server. Depending on your
requirements, it can also be configured for three tiers, with the client talking
to a middle tier (NT/Unix server) which in turn links to the S/390 server. |
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Does UltraQuest support the latest technology? |
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The key to UltraQuest is the effective use of new
technology along with the proven S/390 technologies to produce a reliable,
practical and easy solution. We are quick to jump on new technology, providing
that it's available to our customers and it provides real value. Recent examples
include our integration with WebCharts, support for Java servlets in mid-tier
servers, hierarchical XML output and, in our next release, automatically
generated Web Services. |
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Does UltraQuest work with our existing
S/390 security systems? |
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Yes. UltraQuest works with RACF, ACF2, Top Secret
and most other S/390 security systems. User identification can be by existing or
new userids/passwords, and access to UltraQuest features, data and datasets can
be governed by the same security mechanisms. |
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Is UltraQuest scalable? |
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Yes, UltraQuest can scale effectively from a few
users to thousands of users. The UltraQuest software has been designed with
production environments in mind, and supports single and multi-threading. Under
OS/390, its scheduler monitors workload and manages a pool of application
servers to reduce overhead as the workload fluctuates. Software cost is
manageable, with a choice of either user-based or CPU-based pricing. |
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What additional
security does UltraQuest provide? |
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To secure communications between the client and
the server, UltraQuest supports SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). To provide
appropriate data access, UltraQuest not only supports the existing security
contraints in database systems such as DB2, but also provides additional
rule-based and procedural security features that can screen data access at the
database, record and field levels. |
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What operating
systems does UltraQuest support? |
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UltraQuest can be configured with up to three
components: a Server, a Gateway, and the Reporter client. The UltraQuest Server
runs on the mainframe, under:
- z/OS
- OS/390
- MVS
- z/VM
- VM.
The UltraQuest Reporter, used only for interactive report generation, runs on
any current Microsoft Windows operating system. The UltraQuest Gateway
(optional) runs under UNIX, Linux, and Windows. |
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What output can be
produced? How is it delivered? |
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UltraQuest Reporter delivers output in a variety
of formats, including:
- Charts
- HTML formatted reports
- Simple text reports
- Comma or tab delimited files
- XML answer sets
- Temporary or permanent S/390 databases.
This data can be displayed in the Web browser, sent via e-mail, directed to a
printer, or held for later viewing and distribution. |
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What types of
calculations does UltraQuest support? |
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UltraQuest allows for user-defined functions, and
includes a wide array of functions for financial, statistical, numeric, string,
date and date-time calculations as well as providing for sub-totals, totals and
row-totals. Calculations can be defined as part of the report or can be
pre-defined in the UltraQuest Schema (meta-data) for use in any report. |
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What types of data
can I access? |
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UltraQuest provides heterogeneous access to all
popular S/390 data sources including VSAM, DB2, IMS, IDMS, Teradata, and QSAM. |
