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AllFusion® Newsletter
Version 06.01
January 31, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> AllFusion® Application Development Products
> Microsoft Internet Browser Limitation in Displaying Numerals in Bi-Directional Web Applications
> AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
> AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Plug-In for Eclipse 3.0 r1 is Generally Available (GA)
> AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Field-Certified Add-On Utilities
> New ACMQ Functionality in AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r7
> AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r7 Supports Global Type Sequencing
> Underscores in Element Names
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite
> Mapping Data Types Using a DSM File
> AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP3: Abbreviation Changes to the Glossary
> New AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Database Support Policy
> AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
> AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7 Beta Program Coming Soon

Special Events
> EDGE EMEA 2006

Product News
AllFusion® Application Development Products
Microsoft Internet Browser Limitation in Displaying Numerals in Bi-Directional Web Applications
Are you generating bi-directional web applications with AllFusion® Gen and you want to display numerals in your application? See browser limitation document.

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AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Plug-In for Eclipse 3.0 r1
is Generally Available (GA)
CA announces the general availability of the AllFusion Endevor Change Manager Plug-In for Eclipse 3.0 r1. The AllFusion Endevor Plug-In for Eclipse enables organizations to control software management tasks associated with the mainframe development environment. Developers using the Eclipse 3.0 software development kit, or IBM WebSphere Developer for zSeries 6.0 integrated development environment, for their mainframe development can now leverage AllFusion Endevor Change Manager to help ensure application life cycle management, process control, and high quality deliverables. To take advantage of this plug-in, simply download this plug-in.

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AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Field-Certified Add-On Utilities
The AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (AllFusion Harvest CM) add-on utilities website is a great success. The website was recently refreshed with new utilities, updates to existing utilities, and enhancements to the download page based on customer feedback. Specifically, we added icons and a date column to indicate which utilities are new or have been recently updated.

These field-certified add-on utilities can be used to enhance and extend your deployments of AllFusion Harvest CM with rich features to increase usability and provide a unique, personal, and valuable interaction point in your change and configuration management (CCM) environment.

These utilities were developed by CA Technology Services™ and have been tested in the field but not certified by the AllFusion Harvest CM development lab. They are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties or representation of any kind. Therefore, CA Customer Support cannot provide support.

These utilities are offered through download only; the download site is located on the AllFusion Harvest CM SupportConnectSM web page. Also, be sure to check this web page frequently as updates are posted regularly.

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New ACMQ Functionality in AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r7
The AllFusion Endevor Change Manager Automated Configuration Manager Query (ACMQ) in r7 allows you to perform where-used as well as component queries. Read how to make use of this new functionality.

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AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r7 Supports Global Type Sequencing
Tired of defining your type sequencing at the environment-stage-system level? Read how AllFusion Endevor Change Manager r7 supports global type sequencing.

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Underscores in Element Names
Are your underscored element names from AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager (CM) r3.9 causing errors in AllFusion Endevor CM r4 or AllFusion Endevor CM r7?

Customers upgrading from AllFusion Endevor CM r3.9 to AllFusion Endevor CM r4 or AllFusion Endevor CM r7 may find that elements in their inventory with names that contain underscores "_" are not supported. The ability to create and maintain these element names in AllFusion Endevor CM r3.9 existed due to a product defect. R4 batch ADD's of elements of these names are validated using the AllFusion Endevor CM parser, and an error is issued when encountering the underscore. However, it was recently discovered that elements could be defined with underscores "_" in the name when adding in foreground. This has been determined to also be a product defect. AllFusion Endevor CM will be corrected to use consistent element name validation processing, issuing an error if invalid characters are found during the AllFusion Endevor CM ADD of an element in both Batch and Foreground actions, and an APAR has been made available for r7.

Since HFS/ZFS elements cannot be added through the foreground, this parsing has no effect upon them. If some element names are found that contain the underscore, the elements may be corrected by executing the TRANSFER action to an element in the same inventory location with a valid name.

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AllFusion® Modeling Suite
Mapping Data Types Using a DSM File
AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler supports multiple databases, and its design layer allows deriving multiple models from one enterprise model. But, how does it map different data types, from logical to physical, and from one database to another? Read this document to understand this mapping and how you can customize it using DSM files.

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AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP3: Abbreviation Changes to the Glossary
Prior to AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP2, abbreviation conversion from the Glossary applied to a partial word match. This behavior has been modified in AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r4.1.4 SP3 to work only with a complete match. The Abbreviation Changes document explains this change and includes an example of the new behavior.

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New AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Database Support Policy
CA is continually working to improve our software and services to best meet the needs of our customers. To maximize responsiveness to our customers and to help focus our support and R&D efforts on those databases most relevant to our customer base, a new database support policy has been released. Read the new AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler database support policy.

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AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7 Beta Program Coming Soon
The AllFusion Repository for z/OS product team is currently accepting enrollment for the AllFusion Repository for z/OS r7 beta program, which is scheduled to begin in March 2006. As a participant of this beta program, you will have the unique opportunity to gain early access to new features and enhancements, contributing directly to the success of this highly anticipated release. We measure our success on customer satisfaction and active input from beta sites is a key requirement in the product release cycle.

Product highlights for AllFusion Repository for z/OS r7 include several core repository enhancements including support for audit attributes on text tables, easier upgrades for system libraries, and the use of PDSE datasets. New meta data exchanges for XML DTD's and ODBC as well as upgrades to several other exchanges including DB2, UDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler are also featured in the new release. Click here for more information or to register for this beta program.

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Special Events
EDGE EMEA 2006
AllFusion® Gen 2006 EDGE EMEA User Group Conference
London, England, March 5 - 7, 2006. Register now for this conference.                                               

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