NAVIDATA is a very powerful file access and update utility, allowing the user to browse files on the IBM AS/400, viewing the data records in a legible format. Any file with a record length that takes less than 32,000 characters to display may be accessed by NAVIDATA.

It is a utility written in Native Mode ILE RPG and C, fully utilising the features of the OS/400 Operating System and Database Management System.

NAVIDATA automatically determines the record layout, by retrieving the AS/400 database definition for the file. From this information, it reads the records in the file, and formats the fields within each record into a legible layout, with column headings above each field.

The initial display is in multiple record mode. That is, it displays records in rows down the screen, and fields in columns across the screen.