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E-News
AllFusion® Newsletter
Version 05.01
January 31, 2005

In This Newsletter
Product News
> AllFusion® Application Development Products
> AllFusion® Gen PTF Naming Conventions
> CA's Online Support Web Page Offers Basic User Access for AllFusion® Plex and AllFusion® 2E
> AllFusion® Plex r5.5 PTF 63.002 is Now Available
> AllFusion® Plex Business Value Story
> AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
> Searching for AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager r7 Beta Testers
> Managing the Apache Jakarta Tomcat Environment
> How to Add Your Company Logo to an AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Form
> Backing Up AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Files
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite
> AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Report Template Builder: Enhancing Your HTML Report With Java
> User Interface Improvements in AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP2
> How AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Matches Objects in Complete Compare and Sync With Model Source
> AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
> Setting Up Environment Variables in AllFusion® Repository for z/OS
> Performance Improvements for AllFusion® Repository Exchange for AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler
> AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
> AllFusion® CA-SymDump® Batch r7 is Now GA
> AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System r7 is Now GA
> AllFusion® CA-File Master Plus™ Custom Record Layout Feature

General Information
> CA's AllFusion® Solutions Help Erie Insurance Achieve and Maintain Regulatory Compliance
> Demystifying Enterprise Architecture - Maricopa County's Integrated Criminal Justice System Phase II
> CA Joins Eclipse Foundation

Special Events
> AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Webcast - Status, Plans and Survey Results for Mainframe Testing and Fault Management

Product News
AllFusion® Application Development Products
AllFusion® Gen PTF Naming Conventions
When viewing the available AllFusion Gen PTFs, it is helpful to understand the naming conventions. Click here for a list of naming conventions. The name will help you to determine if a PTF is relevant to a particular application.

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CA's Online Support Web Page Offers Basic User Access for AllFusion® Plex and AllFusion® 2E
You can now access support information on CA's Online Support web page - SupportConnectSM - for AllFusion Plex and AllFusion 2E as a Basic User without requiring a Site ID. Basic Users have access to the Knowledge Base, Published Solutions, and Product Home Pages. This is useful for AllFusion Plex or AllFusion 2E customers who get support through a third-party partner and who have never had direct access to SupportConnect. To sign up, click here. Use the default Basic User selection and follow the enrollment process.

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AllFusion® Plex r5.5 PTF 63.002 is Now Available
CA recently published a cumulative PTF for the AllFusion Plex r5.5. We strongly recommend this PTF, especially for users generating C++ code. The Tool and Windows runtime cumulative PTFs for r5.5 contain critical updates that require Plex C++ (WinC and WinNTC) applications created with the r5.5 GA version to be regenerated and rebuilt. This rebuild is necessary only when upgrading from the AllFusion Plex r5.5 GA release. CA plans that subsequent r5.5 PTFs and Service Packs will not require a further rebuild. For more information, click here.

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AllFusion® Plex Business Value Story
A number of new business value stories have recently been published regarding AllFusion Plex. One example is from Ada County, which is the largest county in the state of Idaho. In addition to obtaining a 3x productivity increase, read how they are now spending the majority of their time on new projects, which was not possible before AllFusion Plex.

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AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
Searching for AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager r7 Beta Testers
The AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (AllFusion Harvest CM) Development Team is looking for beta sites to test the new AllFusion Harvest CM r7. Read about the exciting enhancements in this release and, if you are interested in participating, you can register by filling out the Beta Questionnaire or contacting Donna Flaherty, AllFusion Harvest CM Coordinator, at 1-508-628-8088 or via email at Donna.Flaherty@ca.com.

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Managing the Apache Jakarta Tomcat Environment
Ever wonder how to manage web applications like AllFusion® Change Manager Enterprise Workbench (AllFusion CM Enterprise Workbench) in an Apache Jakarta Tomcat (Tomcat) environment? Did you realize you could reconfigure AllFusion CM Enterprise Workbench without restarting Tomcat? Click here to learn more.

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How to Add Your Company Logo to an AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Form
You can customize AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (AllFusion Harvest CM) forms in different ways. Learn a simple method to modify an AllFusion Harvest CM form to include a company's logo or symbol.

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Backing Up AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Files
Do you wonder if your AllFusion Endevor Change Manager (AllFusion Endevor CM) files are getting backed up properly or not getting backed up at all? Read the recommendations provided by the AllFusion Endevor CM Customer Support staff on how to back up your AllFusion Endevor CM files.

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AllFusion® Modeling Suite
AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Report Template Builder: Enhancing Your HTML Report With Java
You can enhance your Report Template Builder generated HTML report in many ways. We have provided information on how to change your logo, titles, and how to include subject areas in your reports. Now, there is a reason to include Java and it is not as complicated as you may think. Click here to see how it can be done quickly and easily.

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User Interface Improvements in AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP2
Two popular user interface enhancements were implemented in AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP2. The strikeout font was improved so it can be applied at the attribute or column level. Also, entity and table names now appear in a tool tip when you mouse over them. These improvements make it easier for the modeler to indicate the status of an entity or column to reviewers, and to work with models when you are zoomed out. Click here to read about these improvements.

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How AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Matches Objects in Complete Compare and Sync With Model Source
In AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler's Complete Compare functionality, users sometimes see items that match when they think they should or when they shouldn't. This inevitably raises the question, "what exactly is AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler using to determine whether objects match?" Click here to see the criteria used for most of the common objects in your model or database.

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AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
Setting Up Environment Variables in AllFusion® Repository for z/OS
Have you ever worked in many repositories and could not remember which repository you signed into? It is possible to add a unique environment variable to the AllFusion Repository for z/OS menu to distinguish between repositories. Click here for more information.

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Performance Improvements for AllFusion® Repository Exchange for AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler
If you are using DB2 Connect 8 to upload your AllFusion ERwin Data models to the mainframe, read how you can improve performance by caching the DB2 Prepare statements.

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AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
AllFusion® CA-SymDump® Batch r7 is Now GA
AllFusion CA-SymDump Batch provides comprehensive diagnostic information for batch abends (abnormal ends) in both test and production environments. It supports all languages with special support for COBOL and it includes detailed database information for abending IMS, DB2, and Advantage™ CA-IDMS®/DB Database applications.

Highlights for this release include:
  • Symbolic support for PL/I and Assembler
  • Support for a common symbolic file
  • A new, powerful repository viewer
For additional information, please refer to the product datasheet.

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AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System r7 is Now GA
AllFusion CA-SymDump System provides comprehensive abend diagnostic information for z/OS and MVS system abends in both test and production environments. It automatically captures and reports on any job, with specific environmental information for z/OS, MVS, CICS, MQSeries, JES2, DB2, IMS, Advantage™ CA-Datacom®/DB Database, and the Advantage™ CA-Roscoe® Interactive Environment.

Highlights for this release include:
  • Improved dump capture performance for IPCS compatibility
  • Improved dump loading performance
  • Additional diagnostic reports for CICS
  • Support for viewing the dump tree and individual reports through web browsers
For additional information, please refer to the product datasheet.

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AllFusion® CA-File Master Plus™ Custom Record Layout Feature
The Customer Record Layout feature in AllFusion CA-File Master Plus makes it fast and easy for users to view and manipulate data in files that contain complex record formats and large numbers of fields. When used in conjunction with other AllFusion CA-File Master Plus features such as Ordinary Record Layouts, plus Single and Multiple Formatting options, you can quickly:
  • Browse and manipulate a file using single-record or multi-record formatted display mode
  • Print data from any online or batch function
  • Generate record selection criteria using the Filter (Option 5) function
View examples of how the Custom Record Layout feature is used to edit two data fields in records of a VSAM KSDS.

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General Information
CA's AllFusion® Solutions Help Erie Insurance Achieve and Maintain Regulatory Compliance
Read this press release to see how CA's automated Change Management supports best practices for privacy, fraud detection, and IT auditing.

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Demystifying Enterprise Architecture - Maricopa County's Integrated Criminal Justice System Phase II
Read the continuation of the sizable project initiated in 2003 by Maricopa County's Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICJIS). Phase II explores how a new jail facility opening and the addition of major new software, including AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler and AllFusion® Process Modeler plus integration features, brought this project to life.

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CA Joins Eclipse Foundation
Read this press release as CA Computer Associates International, Inc. and the Eclipse Foundation announced that CA has joined the Eclipse Foundation and will contribute code to the Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Top-Level Project. CA has also been appointed by the TPTP Project Management Committee (PMC) as the TPTP Monitoring Tools Project Lead.

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Special Events
AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Webcast - Status, Plans and Survey Results for Mainframe Testing and Fault Management
The Testing and Fault Management product team invites you to attend a webcast presentation on product status and plans for mainframe testing solutions. The webcast is scheduled for February 24, 2005 from 11:00 a.m. to noon ET. Click here to register.

Topics to be covered include:
  • Highlights of r7 for AllFusion® CA-SymDump® Batch, AllFusion ®CA-SymDump® for CICS, AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System, AllFusion® CA-InterTest® Batch, AllFusion® CA-InterTest® for CICS, and AllFusion® CA-Optimizer®/II plus AllFusion® CA-File Master Plus™ and AllFusion® CA-Verify
  • Plans for upcoming releases - See the link below regarding the new product roadmap whitepaper.
  • Overview of the installed base survey results. (For anyone who has not yet submitted the survey, we encourage you to complete this online survey.)
If you would like to be one of the first to receive the soon-to-be-published whitepaper, "Product Roadmap for AllFusion Testing and Fault Management Solutions," send an email to CA2_Testing_Tools@ca.com.

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