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Reporting Made Simple
Cost pressures, shortage of MIS professionals, database complexity and lack of technical expertise all combine to block business users from obtaining information in corporate databases.
Synon/RW lets you correct the problem and maximize your company's utilization of corporate applications, information and staff. It is the most cost-effective and versatile tool available for accessing, selectively retrieving and clearly presenting business data for management decision making.
A powerful report generation system for the widely used IBM AS/400, Synon/RW provides a cost-effective and advanced solution for accessing and clearly presenting business data as useful management information.
Through its unique knowledge-based Information Interface, Synon/RW learns, stores and then continuously applies the expertise of your best database designers. The Information Interface can be updated directly from Synon/2E data models. It allows users to construct the most complex of reports without expert knowledge of files, keys, field names or database structure.
Exponential, percentage and interest rate calculations, weighted averages, ranking and comparison can all be smoothly applied to your data. Macros, extra logic and derived fields let you achieve powerful results from even limited databases.
Documented cases in live production environments have demonstrated large productivity gains when Synon/RW has been used. Reports are generated up to ten times faster than with conventional development tools.
With Synon/RW, the amount of time spent by MIS on report creation is dramatically reduced. Freed from time consuming report maintenance, they can concentrate on bringing applications to production.
Reducing costs, boosting the morale of MIS staff freed from the chore of maintaining reports and providing users with better information are powerful benefits associated with the use of Synon/RW.
Synon/RW links to Synon/2E to produce reports and PC downloads
Synon/RW complies with CUA user interface standards. With its action bars, pull-down menus and pop-up windows, it is as easy to use as popular PC packages. Context-sensitive help and extensive user and technical documentation guide you through even the most advanced of its capabilities.
A single, simple command installs Synon/RW in minutes, with no disruption to existing job descriptions, print queues or library lists.
Synon/RW gives business users the power to see and print out the data and calculations they need. It is a tool that helps your organization make better informed decisions.
Synon/RW is more than a report generator. Your world of information access will expand because of its output options. You can produce disk files and maintain links to PC application packages. Synon/RW supports all the market leading spreadsheets and word processors including:
Using Synon/RW to link data to PCs provides many benefits. It frees users from the details of AS/400 file and field names and allows multiple files to be linked together. It also provides automatic security and minimizes the risk of losing data.
Code is compiled rather than interpreted for greater speed and efficiency. Files are automatically reorganized for speedier access, and a report monitor helps you identify and purge obsolete reports. Synon/RW accesses only the files it needs for a given operation, and generates robust, efficient and reliable code. Access can be controlled down to the level of individual fields, functions and reports on a group or individual basis. This effectively enhances existing AS/400 security capabilities.
Synon/RW not only works with Synon/2E-developed applications, but also operates seamlessly with other leading financial, manufacturing and distribution packages. Therefore, you can construct reports and links to PC packages, accessing data from both Synon/2E and non-Synon/2E applications.
“Synon/RW provides quick, effective solutions to the everyday needs of the user community.”
—Linda Martin, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)
* Please contact Synon for information on current versions supported.
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