Ask Your ERP for Dancik Navigator
Plain-English questions over Dancik’s own data, answered to the penny with a governed read-only query, every figure tied to the rows behind it, every question logged with a name.
Finance & reportingUpdated Oct 202620 ERPs
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Click through the steps. Fictional data, in Dancik’s terms; the real thing runs on Dancik.
Which accounts are more than 90 days beyond their terms, by salesman?
Five accounts, $76,792.50 in total. Three belong to Rick Alder.
| Salesman | Customer | Beyond terms | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Alder | Bayview Decks | 118 days | $31,240.15 |
| R. Alder | Oak Hill Builders | 104 days | $9,870.00 |
| R. Alder | Ferry St Renovations | 97 days | $12,402.35 |
| T. Nguyen | Shoreline Electric | 101 days | $12,980.00 |
| T. Nguyen | Granite Peak Builders | 95 days | $10,300.00 |
5 rows from Dancik’s open items, aged on each account’s terms · read at 6:02 am · query shown below
A governed, read-only query over the open items, aged on each account’s own terms. The rows come back with the answer.
The problem, as it happens in Dancik.
The number exists in Dancik. Getting it means knowing which screen, which report, which filter, or asking the one person who does and waiting until they’re free.
So people keep their own spreadsheets, and three versions of last month’s sales circulate on Monday.
How it works.
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Ask in English
Open accounts over ninety days by salesman. Drywall sales this month against last. What we paid a vendor in the third quarter.
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A governed, read-only query
Written against curated knowledge of Dancik’s tables and terms codes, checked by a governor: select only, single statement, row-capped.
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The answer, cited
The figure, the table behind it, and the query, so anyone can check it. Validated against Dancik’s own screens during setup.
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Export or automate
Excel or PDF in one click. Save the question as an automation and have it in your inbox every Monday.
How it connects to Dancik.
Lunica reads Dancik through ODBC to the Dancik database on IBM i, under a profile that can only read: the customer master, open items, invoice history, purchase orders and receipts, the item master, whatever the question needs. Each query is written against curated knowledge of Dancik’s tables and terms codes, so an account on Net 30 EOM ages from end of month, and runs as a single select capped at a row count. The model sees the question, the schema context and the rows behind the answer, never the whole database.
Nothing is written to Dancik by Ask, and nothing is sent on its own. The governor allows one read-only select per question and refuses everything else. An export is a file a person downloads; a saved question goes only to the inbox of the people you named. If an answer leads to a change, a credit limit, a price, a count, that change is keyed by your team in Dancik, never by a query.
What a week looks like.
- The number comes from the system of record, not a spreadsheet.
- Every answer shows its work.
- Every question is logged with the user’s name.
- Monday’s report writes itself.
Questions
Can it change anything in Dancik?
No. Every query passes a governor that allows a single read-only select and nothing else.
Is it accurate?
Answers are validated against Dancik’s own screen values during setup, and every figure links to its rows so you can check.
Who can use it?
Anyone you give an account. Read-only accounts can ask; only named users can send or act.
Which Dancik data can it see?
Whatever the read-only account is granted: the customer master, open items, sales history, purchasing, inventory. The scope is set at onboarding and can be narrowed per user.
Does it run on our server?
Yes. Lunica runs on one Windows server inside your network, beside the IBM i, and every query runs there against ODBC to the Dancik database on IBM i, under a profile that can only read.
Does our data train anything?
No. The model sees the question and the schema context it needs, and nothing is used for training.
Does it need a server?
Lunica runs on one Windows server inside your network, beside the IBM i, set up and maintained by Lunica. It reads Dancik Navigator through ODBC to the Dancik database on IBM i, under a profile that can only read. There is no inbound connection from outside your network.
What does Lunica read in Dancik?
The customer master, open items and terms, purchase orders and receipts, the item master, quotes and order history, as each workflow needs them. Read-only, and only the rows a task is about.
Can it post to Dancik?
Nothing lands in Dancik without a person. What belongs in Dancik goes back as a Dancik import where one exists, or keyed by your team from what Lunica prepared.
What about our documents?
Invoice copies and scans keep living in Dancik’s document attachments. Lunica reads them when a workflow needs one and never writes to them.
The same workflow, on another ERP.
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