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Automatic refresh of DBDEF Index

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00156Contact Originator Id: sk.ahn@eds.comAbstract: Central DBDEF Index needs to be refreshed automatically after any DBDEF is activated/deactivated.Description: Most of TPFDF customers are initializing the Central DBDEF Index ...
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF should provide a more efficient SORT command

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00021Contact Originator Id: Waseem MajeedAbstract: TPFDF should provide a more efficient way to SORT sub-files.Description: The current SORT command internally uses a DBADD to SORT files. In an effort to make the process more e...
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Reindex function when inserting new key

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00140Abstract: A reindex function is needed for index structures when a new key item is inserted between existing key items.
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Support in-core records for performance

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00079Contact Originator Id: PSP/KLMAbstract: Index records should have the option of being core resident fixed file records for performance reasons. Some data structures are so heavily used that designers think it is not wise t...
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF C++ API

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00153Contact Originator Id: Matt BrostAbstract: A C++ TPFDF function library.Description: Development of a C++ function library for TPFDF. This library should take advantage of C++ facilities such as function overloading to inc...
almost 12 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Dump analysis tool

With some of our most experienced dump readers either having retired already, or soon to retire. I was chatting to the boss about DWIZ since I'm always mentioning it when the team talks about dumps. He asked what it does, and when I told him, he a...
over 3 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 0 Not under consideration

Stopping an Aplication Group

Is it possible to get a new flag with the INGREQ command to stop only the group? So, I can decide, if I want a propagation or not?
over 13 years ago in IBM Z System Automation 7 Future consideration