Steve:
Sorry, but I don't think that's right. I remember getting excited and
downloading the product. Then when I was reviewing the installation
instructions I seemed to run into a myriad of issues I'd have to
overcome in development, let alone in production.
For instance, according to the Quick Start Guide:
Setting Up a UniData Account
In order to access your files in U2 Data Vu, you need to properly set up
your UniData account. To do this you must add your account to the
UD.ACCOUNT file, use the CONVERT.SQL command to make your files SQL
compliant, and then grant appropriate privileges for access to the files.
This isn't exactly pain free, nor anywhere as easy as Mits or Informer
seemed to be (I could install and see my files and create a query and
get a spreadsheet through a web browser in our Windows environment). I
may just be the paradigm I was having problems with, but DataVu didn't
seem either easy to install, configure, use, or put into production.
This doesn't mean I'm saying your wrong, or any such thing. It's just
that the product looked a lot more complicated and difficult than other
options I've been looking into.
Bill
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*Date:* 9/2/2011 10:14 AM
*Subject:* Re: [U2] DataVu Query [ad]
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Bill Haskett<wphask...@advantos.net> wrote:
Steve:
Really? I was looking at DataVu for UniData and I understood that I did
need to SQL'ize all my data. So, if I hosted a number of accounts I'd have
to go through the entire process of figuring how to duplicate the accounts
for SQL file access, keep them all straight, and fight with all that this
entails.
Are you sure I misunderstood this?
Thanks,
Bill Haskett
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*From:* slestak...@gmail.com
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*Date:* 9/2/2011 9:47 AM
*Subject:* Re: [U2] DataVu Query [ad]
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:45 PM, John Thompson<jthompson...@gmail.com>
wrote:
For example:
If my goal was to teach a fairly savvy computer user to get data out of
U2
into, lets say Excel... without the user coming to ask me to write some
query for them...
What would be the pros/cons of doing the ODBC way, vs. doing it the
DataVu
way?
Forgive my ignorance... Does that make sense?
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Daniel
McGrath<dmcgr...@rocketsoftware.com
wrote:
I'm not entirely sure on what you want here?
DataVu (the free Query and paid Report& Dashboard products) are
querying,
reporting and dashboard tools whereas ODBC is just an interface.
-----Original Message-----
From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:
u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:36 AM
To: U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] DataVu Query [ad]
Is there a comparison chart of DataVu vs. ODBC?
I am planning on investigating both for reporting purposes, but, I was
just
curious if there was anything out there that listed the pros and cons of
both in a nice little table.
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Daniel McGrath<
dmcgr...@rocketsoftware.com
wrote:
Free as in free beer on the house.
Just install and run. There is no need to authorize.
Regards,
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:
u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of John Thompson
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:20 AM
To: U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] DataVu Query [ad]
Is this a licensed product? Or does it come with the U2 licenses we
have purchased?
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Daniel McGrath<
dmcgr...@rocketsoftware.com
wrote:
Since DataVu Query recently came up here, I thought I should let you
all know we have just released a new version of the free DataVu
Query tool
(v2.0.1)
We have introduced new capabilities to combine your queries and
results.
You can filter and quickly create charts with just a couple of
clicks.
Also, a new quick start wizard guides you through the steps to
connect to your U2 data so you can quickly get up and running with
U2 DataVu Query. You can download this from our downloads page.
Don't forget we have videos available on U2DevZone on the 'Accelerate'
page.
Regards,
Dan McGrath
U2 Product Manager
Rocket Software
Web: www.rocketsoftware.com/u2
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The odbc way requires you to use VSG to normalize your U2 data.
DataVue does not.
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On this page
http://www.rocketsoftware.com/u2/u2/products/datavu/offer
it states
"No VSG Schemas for UniData or HS.ADMIN setup for UniVerse are
required to access your U2 data. Click here to download this free tool
together with its example database to get started using U2 DataVu
Query."
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