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SupportConnect - Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Newsletter Version 02.06

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	Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Newsletter Version 02.06 \| December 20, 2002

Table of Contents

Product News

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Survey

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 4.0

Advantage™ Repository Exchange for ERwin® Release 4.x General Availability

Advantage™ Repository Webstation Option Development Buddy™ Program

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 3.8 Service Pack 4

Product Updates

Update

General Information

Software Requirements for Advantage™ Repository Exchange for ERwin®

Implementing Abbreviations for Standard Commands

Online Ordering is Here

Product News

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Survey

In an effort to improve communications between CA and you, our valued customers, we have put together a survey about the Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 product. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. Click here to download the zip file containing the survey.

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 4.0

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 4.0 is now in Beta

Preview the Release 4.0 Installation Manual. A copy of the manual is now available from our eSupport page. Click here to download a copy.

Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 4.0 Beta Program
Apply now to get a jumpstart - gain early access to new features, enhancements, and newly updated Release 4.0 manuals! Please click here for details. To view the Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 4.0 beta product announcement, click here.

About our new Beta Program Page
All sites that are chosen by our development staff to be beta sites will be granted access to our new Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Release 4.0 Beta Program page. This page is a centralized source for all beta materials, including all updated 4.0 manuals and a "Solutions and Patches" area where all relevant patches will be downloadable.

Major Enhancements

Separate User Interface from Process. The major functions of the IO module have been replaced. The new APIs consist of DB2 stored procedures that are now callable from any platform. The existing IO module now calls the stored procedures; customers who wrote applications that called the IO module can continue to do so.
Single Repository Creator. Multiple copies of the repository can now reside in a single DB2 subsystem.
Increased Maximum Number of Versions. The version attribute has been converted from two characters to a small integer increasing the number of versions from 3,100 to 32,767.
Single Length for Attributes Defined as Name. All attributes defined as Name are now defined as VARCHAR(245). Performance improvements will be seen when joining tables on the attributes defined as Name.
SMPE Installation. The installation process for the repository will now use SMPE.
IMS Conversion for XDFLD Associations. Three associations (DDATA, SUBSEQ, and SRCH) in the IMS model have been converted to relationships in order to store sequence numbers. The DBD scanner and generator now generate these fields in sequence instead of random order.
New Data Set Prefix. The Repository data sets can be prefixed with any valid data set name up to 35 characters. The two-node prefix standard has been eliminated.

Advantage™ Repository Exchange for ERwin®
Release 4.x Generally Available (GA)

Advantage™ Repository Exchange for ERwin® Release 4.x is now GA.

The component Advantage Repository Exchange for ERwin is available as an APAR (QO31360).

Some of the new features and enhancements in the Advantage Repository Exchange for ERwin interface include:

Support for Repository Import of AllFusion™ ERwin® 4.0 and 4.1 data.

Ability to control the type of data loaded into the Repository by object and/or by attribute.

Support reuse of objects within the Repository.

Ability to recognize that an object has been renamed.

Advantage™ Repository Webstation Option
Development Buddy™ Program

Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) has established a program where a select group of interested customers can participate in reviewing/testing new product releases while they are still in development and QA. This program is known as the Development Buddy Program and allows customers and CA Development to work closely with new product releases early in the product delivery cycle to ensure product viability and quality.

Sign up today! Be part of the Advantage™ Repository Webstation Option Development Buddy™ Program! Gain early access to the new Advantage Repository Webstation Option while it is still in development! Early in 2003, our customers who are in the Development Buddy Program will be able to obtain and test the new Advantage Repository Webstation Option.

Advantage Repository Webstation Option will replace the Advantage™ Repository Data Shopper Option functionality. In addition, new functionalities such as update capability, path impact analysis, and generic impact analysis are scheduled to be delivered with the Webstation Option. Advantage Repository Webstation Option uses HTML, JavaScript, and XML on the client side, and JSP and JDBC on the server side. Advantage Repository Webstation Option will run on Release 4.0 of Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390. You must be a beta user for Release 4.0 of Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 to participate in the Webstation Development Buddy Program.

Please click here for more information on the program:
ca.com/cadevelopmentbuddy/.

Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390
Release 3.8 Service Pack 4

Service Pack 4 Genlevel 0210 for Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 is GA. For more information on updates, visit the Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 page on the CA support website.

To order Service Pack 4, click here. It contains all the latest confirmed maintenance.

Product Updates

Update

See APAR LI75172 for information regarding supported releases of:

Operating Systems

DB2

Advantage™ Repository

General Information

Software Requirements for Advantage™
Repository Exchange for ERwin®

Advantage™ Repository Exchange for ERwin® 4.0 and 4.1 is now available. It has a PC component that parses the ERwin® XML export file and uploads it to the mainframe. The minimum requirements are: Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6a; Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2; or Windows XP. Upgrading now may avoid delays later.

Implementing Abbreviations for Standard Commands

ADDING A SHORT FORM FOR COMMANDS THAT EXECUTE EVERYWHERE IN LONG FORM - "CLEAR," FOR EXAMPLE.

Question: Why does the command "CLEAR" work in all windows, while its abbreviation, "CL," will not?

Answer: Some commands - CLEAR, GOTO, JUMP, NEXT, PREV, and so on - are hard coded to work everywhere, while their abbreviations are not.

In order to get an abbreviation for the command to work, the command must first be added to the control table. Once in the control table, an abbreviation can be added to the command.

To add the command CLEAR to the control table, use the EXTEND feature of the Repository.

1. Using the EXTEND dialog, select the Command entity. Fill in the attributes for the command/window combination and insert the row. An example is shown below. For more information, refer to the Advantage™ Repository Administrator's Guide under "Working with Commands."

Once the command has been inserted, issue a build command to update the control tables. Executing System.commands will display a list of commands. In the Global command column, record the abbreviation and save it.

    SIZE ------------ SYSTEM COMMANDS ------------ MAX 
    � SAVE DELETE RESELECT CLEAR NAVIGATE HELP       �  
    �   GLOBAL                       SUB             *   
    �   COMMAND  WINDOW  FUNCTION FUNCTION  COMMAND  �  
    �  -------- -------- -------- -------- --------  �  
    �  CL       DBEXCEL                    CLEAR     �  
    �  ?        DBEXCEL                    HELP      �  
    �  DEL      DBEXCEL  EDIT              DELETE    �  
    �  EDOM     DBEXCEL  EDIT              DOMAIN    �  
    �  EI       DBEXCEL  EDIT              INSERT    �

Now you can issue CL instead of CLEAR from the window in question.

Online Ordering is Here!

We have just begun an exciting new addition to our support offerings - online ordering! You can now order Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 service packs through the Advantage Repository Support Web page.

Currently, this service is only available for our customers in North America. If you are outside of North America, you may continue to order Advantage Repository through your local Computer Associates Support Center.

Happy Holidays!

The Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 staff, as well as the entire CA family, would like to wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday season.

CA Open Forums

Share knowledge, tips, and techniques with CA customers around the world. There are no fees for signup and/or usage of the Advantage™ Repository for z/OS and OS/390 Open Forum; it's free. Register now at: forums.ca.com. Once you are registered, click here to bring you directly to the Advantage Repository for z/OS and OS/390 page.

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