information builders salt lake city user forum april 24, 2012

Information BuildersSalt Lake City User Forum

April 24, 2012

The Customer SpeaksWorkers Compensation Fund

Darin Lee

• Purchased WebFOCUS and iWAY ETL solutions in 2001

• Provides data ETL tools for creation and update of data warehouse

• Addresses reporting needs from ERP system, legacy data, and new DB2 warehouse

• Replaced all other reporting tools and helped consolidate databases

• Provides almost ALL reporting functionality

History

• Currently running WebFOCUS and iWay servers on Z/OS, z/Linux, and IBM P7 Linux systems accessing DB2, ADABAS, SQL Server, and FOCUS databases

• ReportCaster and WebFOCUS Client on P7Linux with Tomcat Web & App Server

• Active Reports license• Flex Enable license

Environment

Staffing• Me (previously full-time, now part-time)• Two part-time WebFOCUS developers• One full-time Data Migrator (data warehouse)

specialist• IBI consulting

Recent Initiatives

• Completed 3 to 6 month reporting initiatives with Underwriting, Finance, Claims, and Safety departments– Discovered that parameterized reporting was the

preferred solution

Recent Initiatives

• Moving almost ALL reporting from our legacy production system (TORCS) and integrating reporting functionality with WebFOCUS and ReportCaster– One version of the “truth”– No more fixed fonts, “ugly” mainframe reports– Outputs to PDF and Postscript – technology update– Use of graphics, colors, bar codes, custom fonts– Allows for automated bursting , sorting, stuffing, and

delivery

Recent Initiatives

• DASHBOARDS!!

Recent Initiatives – Dashboard!!

Recent Initiatives – Dashboard!!

Recent Initiatives – Dashboard!!

PDF Demo

New Initiatives

• Five year project to rewrite our entire operational system (Finance, Underwriting, Claims Management, etc.) in Java– Automation and integration of all operational and

batch reporting using WebFOCUS, Java, and web services

– Outputs to PDF and Postscript – technology update– Automated printing, bursting , sorting, stuffing,

and delivery

Questions??

Thanks!!