You can use Analyzer effectively for data analysis projects of any scale: you may be looking for errors or anomalies in a single file, you may want to gather business intelligence from your organization’s enterprise database system or you may want to simultaneously compare data from multiple sources as though it existed in a single file. Depending on the analysis, you may have to depend on others to provide you with the data you need.
The data source can be on a mainframe computer, a minicomputer or a personal computer. It can have any record structure, a variety of data types and can be on hard disk, floppy disk or other storage devices that can be read by your PC.
In addition organizations that also deploy the Arbutus zSeries Server can take advantage of technology that gives Analyzer users direct access to mainframe data through a network connection. For more information, see Arbutus Enterprise Servers.
Obtaining the data you need may require some planning on your part. You may need the assistance or permission of others to access certain data, especially if it is on a mainframe computer system.