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AllFusion® Newsletter
Version 06.02
March 31, 2006

In This Newsletter
Product News
> AllFusion® Application Development Products
> Reclaiming Memory Used by AllFusion® Gen Applications
> Setting the SBMJOB Overrides at the Model Level in AllFusion® 2E
> AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
> AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r12 - Promotion Package Enhancement in Development
> AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r12 - CSV Utility Additional Data Enhancement in Development
> Modifiable Names in AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager (CM) C1DEFLTS Table
> AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Integration With Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
> Creating Manual Pages for AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager UNIX/Linux CLI Utilities
> Repository Access vs. Item Access in AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager
> Create Your Own Custom Enterprise Package Report
> AllFusion® CA-Panvalet® Members Using Unique Language Types
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite
> Unique Domain Behavior for DB2, SQL Server, and Sybase Models
> Using Database Statistics to Maximize Performance
> AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
> AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7 Beta Program Begins April 2006
> Customizing AllFusion® Data Shopper News for Target Audiences

Special Events
> Upcoming Conferences

Product News
AllFusion® Application Development Products
Reclaiming Memory Used by AllFusion® Gen Applications
Reclamation of memory used by an application is essential for good system and application performance. One method of memory reclamation is the usage of SET <object> TO NOTHING. This article will provide insight into the implementation of this statement in an AllFusion Gen application.

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Setting the SBMJOB Overrides at the Model Level in AllFusion® 2E
Using the SBMJOB Override, you can specify overrides at the model level that can be accessed by an EXCEXTFUN, EXCUSRPGM, or a PRTFIL. This article will provide insight into how to accomplish this.

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AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r12 - Promotion Package Enhancement
in Development
This article describes the Promotion Package enhancement, currently in development for AllFusion Endevor Change Manager R12. You will be able to reuse promotion packages to migrate elements through a life cycle to production.

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AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r12 - CSV Utility Additional Data Enhancement in Development
This article describes the CSV Utility Additional Data enhancement, which is a set of new features currently in development for AllFusion Endevor Change Manager r12. The enhancement allows you to use the CSV utility to request data about AllFusion Endevor SMF records, package ship activity, and element change level summaries.

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Modifiable Names in AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager (CM) C1DEFLTS Table
Have you been looking for a way of specifying multiple C1DEFLTS tables with unique Options, Config, Exits, and ESMTP tables? Read how this will be supported in the upcoming release of AllFusion Endevor CM r7 Service Pack 2.

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AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Integration With Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Read how you can filter your AllFusion Harvest Change Manager r7 packages in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and 2005 by using options provided via the Package Explorer.

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Creating Manual Pages for AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager UNIX/Linux CLI Utilities
UNIX and Linux system vendors provide online documentation for their systems in the form of "man" (manual) pages. However, many third party software products, AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (CM) included, do not provide man pages but instead provide documentation in other formats. Still, some users would prefer to see man pages for all of the software they use. An AllFusion Harvest CM administrator may find that her UNIX/Linux users want man pages for the Harvest CLI utilities. This article describes a technique for generating simple man pages by capturing the AllFusion Harvest CM CLI "-h" help text into man page source files.

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Repository Access vs. Item Access in AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager
View and Update repository access define permissions applicable to administrative tasks as opposed to View item access that defines permissions applicable to user level tasks. Read how these apply to different areas to AllFusion Harvest Change Manager.

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Create Your Own Custom Enterprise Package Report
AllFusion® Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7 offers an Enterprise Reporter feature called "Report Builder." The Report Builder feature provides a wizard to guide the user in defining a report. The user can define such things as Report Style, Layout, Type and data content. The user is able to view the report and make changes prior to finalizing. The report can be easily added to the Enterprise Reports page which enables the report to be run when desired. This article provides details on how to create a custom report using the Report Builder.

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AllFusion® CA-Panvalet® Members Using Unique Language Types
This article will discuss and demonstrate how to add CA-Panvalet members with Language types other than the 16 types that are always available.

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AllFusion® Modeling Suite
Unique Domain Behavior for DB2, SQL Server, and Sybase Models
Domains are domains are domains, right? Not necessarily. In your AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler diagram, there are subtle differences between domains created for DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, and Sybase. These differences reflect how they function in each target database. Click here to better understand the differences.

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Using Database Statistics to Maximize Performance
Database statistics are a powerful tool that you can use to improve database performance. By running database statistics on a regular basis, read how you can improve query execution times and improve the speed of AllFusion® Model Manager.

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AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
AllFusion® Repository for z/OS r7 Beta Program Begins April 2006
The AllFusion Repository for z/OS Beta Program starts April 2006. The product team will continue to accept enrollment for the AllFusion Repository for z/OS r7 beta program until the end of April 2006. As a participant in this beta program, you will have the 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 - support for audit attributes on text tables, ability to have an audit trail using history tables and triggers, easier upgrades for system libraries, and the use of PDSE data sets. New metadata exchanges for XML DTD's and ODBC as well as upgrades to several other exchanges, including DB2, UDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and AllFusion® Erwin® Data Modeler are also featured in the new release. Click here for more information and to register for this beta program.

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Customizing AllFusion® Repository Data Shopper News for Target Audiences
The "What's New" option in the AllFusion Repository Data Shopper Navigation toolbar can be used to view any news item that the administrator may need to publish. This article will introduce a step by step method to show how Repository administrators can make more out of the "What's New!" presentation on their AllFusion Repository Data Shopper sites and use the AllFusion Repository Data Shopper Option as a vehicle to play an important role in the communication system.

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Special Events
Upcoming Conferences
Second Annual AllFusion® Plex and AllFusion® 2E Worldwide Users Event

Don't miss this exciting 3-day event to receive free hands-on technical training for AllFusion Plex and AllFusion 2E, attend business and technical sessions, and to interact with members of the CA team, partners, vendors, and end users from across the globe.

More than 45 speaker sessions covering business and technical topics specific to these tools, including:
  • AllFusion Plex and AllFusion 2E futures and directions
  • Microsoft .NET and AllFusion Plex
  • Fast and easy web enablement for AllFusion 2E
  • Technical tips and techniques to help sharpen your developer skills
This event will take place from April 19-21, 2006, at the Downtown Omni Hotel, Austin, TX. Click here for additional information or call 1-614-785-2793.


Launch Event - Introducing AllFusion® Modeling Suite r7

You're invited to be among the first to experience this very exciting and much anticipated AllFusion Modeling Suite r7 launch. On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, we will have an information-rich agenda introducing you to the many features, updates, and enhancements to the AllFusion Modeling Suite r7 - now strategically aligned with CA's Unicenter® Database Management solutions. Register now to attend this event at a CA Solution Center near you, or join us for the webcast from your desktop.


The Wilshire Meta-Data Conference & DAMA International Symposium

CA is a platinum sponsor at Meta-Data DAMA, located this year in Denver, Colorado,
April 23-27, 2006. Stop by Booth 102 as we showcase for the first time, the AllFusion® Modeling Suite r7. This feature-rich release will be highlighted during the exhibit floor hours in our Theater. Additionally, we will have AllFusion® Repository on hand and related Unicenter® Database Management solutions, featuring the new Database Command Center.


COLLABORATE06 - Technologies and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community

With the addition of Peoplesoft and J.D. Edwards to the Oracle fold, the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) conference this year is combining with the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) and the Quest International Users Group to form COLLABORATE 06. The event this year is located at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN, April 23-27, 2006, and is expected to have approximately 5,000 attendees. COLLABORATE 06 is the Oracle education and technical training event of the year providing the comprehensive education, networking, and top Oracle solution providers that can't be found anywhere else. Visit us at booth #448 as CA will be highlighting its latest product technology including Unicenter® Database Management r11.1 and the new release of AllFusion® Modeling Suite r7.

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