InfoQuest Client

What InfoQuest Client does

InfoQuest Client puts a Windows GUI on the InfoQuest server. Users sign on, pick an application and view, build a request with point-and-click data selection, and either run it now, schedule it for later, or rerun an existing request. Output can be downloaded to the PC and opened in a built-in viewer.

Sign-on and profiles

• User Profiles — choose an available profile, sign-on script directory, and host route
• Sign On — User Id, Department, Password, and Host Connection Path
• InfoQuest Client Manager Configure — default download directory, view/parameter directory, uppercase enforcement, and option to reuse the InfoQuest user/password as the system sign-on
• Enter New InfoQuest Password — change the password from inside the client

Creating a request

1. Select an application, then a view
2. Choose how to create the request and the output type (report, file, viewer)
3. Develop the request — pick fields, build selection criteria, choose subtotals and sorting
4. Name and save the request, or run it immediately
5. Process the request through Q-LINK and download the result

Data selection

Selection criteria are built visually with operator + value expressions joined by AND/OR. Common patterns include date-range filtering with the *DATEyyyy-mm-dd literal, alpha-literal matching, and conditional operators with the SET command for derived values.

START DATE <= *DATE1993-12-31 AND
END DATE   >= *DATE1993-01-01

IF COMP TYPE = 'POOL'
  SET &COMP TYPE TYPE& = 'Pool Company'
ENDIF

Scheduling and rerunning

• Schedule a request with Start at Time Specified for off-hours runs
• Rerun Existing — pick a saved request from the list
• Remove a request from automatic scheduling when no longer needed
• Subtotal Break, Min/Max, and grouping options carry across reruns