Client Components of ASG-Safari™ InfoTools: 3 Days

Tools

ASG-Safari™ Administrator, ASG-Safari™ DataViewer, and ASG-Safari™ ReportWriter

Course Content

This course addresses three Windows®-based components of the client tool set: ASG-Safari ReportWriter, ASG-Safari Administrator, and ASG-Safari DataViewer.

Using ASG-Safari Administrator, users will learn the proper procedure for creating efficient views (e.g. performing table joins from dissimilar data sources), which is essential for effective and timely reporting. Users will also learn how to apply view-level and group security for data inquiry and reporting purposes.

Using ASG-Safari DataViewer, the user will then evaluate data accessed through selected fields, filtering methods, and sorting criteria. Students will learn how to query data to provide them with the necessary information for producing report specifications.

Lastly, the course will introduce the user to the full-featured desktop reporting capabilities of ASG-Safari ReportWriter. The user will learn to create various types of reports (column, row, label, and crosstab) using the full functionality of this Windows-compliant software.

Upon completion of the course, the user will understand the following:

• Creation of new data objects (e.g., tables, views, aliases, business groups)
• Definition and understanding of Data Dictionary metadata
• Index structure and its impact upon efficiency
• Methodology for the creation of efficient views
• Data inquiry via ASG-Safari DataViewer
• Security for the client and server environments
• The use of naming conventions
• Creation of column, row, label, and cross-tab reports
• Incorporation of graphs, cross-tab, objects, and OLE information into reports
• Reporting efficiency and index structure

Who Can Benefit

• End users, power users, and super users
• Users tasked with accessing data, as well as maintenance, modification, or creation of data objects (e.g., tables, views, aliases, business groups) using ASG-Safari Administrator
  
• Users who want to examine and display data through ad hoc queries or reports
• Users who wish to create ad hoc reports
• Users who have installed ASG-Safari on Windows NT®, VMS, UNIX or Linux operating systems

Users requiring an in-depth knowledge of the server environment (e.g., set-up of security, printers, and use of system utilities) should attend the course, "Managing the ASG-Safari™ UDMS System." Those users requiring an in-depth knowledge of server-based reporting (e.g., UDMS RPW and UDMS 4GL modules) should attend the course, "A Comprehensive Journey with ASG-Safari™ UDMS."