RE: Easiest and most functional way to convert selected spoolfilesinto Excel

There's no real easy way.

The main problem is that spool files usually contain more than just row
data.  Headers, footers, along with subtotals and totals usually prevent
the spool file from being usable in Excel after a direct conversion.

There are commercial packages out there which pull only the row data out
of the report and into Excel.  "Report Mining" is usually the term I've
seen associated with such capabilities.

Other options include, pulling the data into Excel from the same place
the report program pulls it.

Or if the report program does a bunch of calculations to the raw data,
you could modify it to output to a DB file somewhere in addition to
outputting to the spool.

HTH,

Charles Wilt
--
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Odom
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 7:36 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Easiest and most functional way to convert selected 
> spoolfilesinto Excel
> 
> Gang,
> 
> What is the easiest and most functional way(s) to convert selected
> spoolfiles into the Excel format?  What sorts of selection criteria
> capability can one expect?   I understand there was a way to do it
> native via a command and the IFS but can't remember for sure.   
> 
> Also, understand there are suites of vendor tools.  Recommendations? 
> Functions/features?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Dave Odom
> -- 
> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion 
> (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
> 
>