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3 Steps to Setting Up Better IBM i Report Automation

There’s more to IBM i report automation than emailing reports to users. IBM i spooled files (reports) contain compiled information on an organization’s health, operations, and opportunities. These reports are secondary databases that with the right software, can be accessed, reformatted, and delivered to anyone, anywhere, anytime.

5 Things You Need to Know About IBM i to Excel Data Transfer

There are changes coming if your shop is running an AS400 or iSeries or Power System with IBM i and uses the Excel data transfer function that comes with IBM i Access for Windows (AS400, iSeries) . Recent versions of the Excel data transfer add-in aren’t compatible with Microsoft Excel 2013. IBM is no longer supporting the […]

7 Steps for Setting Up IBM i System Monitoring

IBM i system monitoring packages such as my MessageFlex software, are some of the most popular and widely used packages in the IBM i community…with good reason. Many shops use these packages to provide 24×7 unattended monitoring, freeing up personnel from watching the system, and alerting on-call responders when a problem occurs. Notice: Power System […]

3 Steps to Moving Spooled Files Out-of-Machine for Non-IBM i Managers

For Windows managers, it can be confusing knowing how to post IBM i report data directly to Windows servers or how to send it to your users. While there are several techniques for converting IBM reports for external usage, there are also some IBM i-specific methods you need to be aware of.

Using IBM i Monitoring Software to Monitor for Disconnected Jobs

IBM 5250 Telnet sessions are not dead, but occasionally you have to kill one. A lot of shops in the IBM i community still use old-fashioned Telnet terminal emulators such as the Personal Communications product that comes with IBM i Access for Windows, third party emulators like Mochasoft’s TN5250, or generic Telnet emulators that come […]