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TPFDF - Performance Measurement

TPFUG_Req_Number: D94004Contact Originator Id: Jelmar BlauwAbstract: Improvements in the TPFDF Data Collection software and reportingDescription: A TPFDF Data Collection tool is incorporated in the TPFDF package. It measures the usage of TPFDF Mac...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF ? B+ Tree Multiple Lrec Type Index

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF13201ORIGIN DATE: March 29, 2013REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Provide ability for TPFDF B+Tree index to handle MULTIPLE Lrec Types REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION Currently TPFDF B+Tree Function handles only One Logical Record type. Making it v...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Not under consideration

Pushdown Chaining enhancement

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF13199ORIGIN DATE: 01/14/2013REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) When leveraging Pushdown chaining option, provide consistent push down logic regardless of how items are added. Today, when prime block is full and if we do a READ BEG...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

DF12197 Multi-LREC Buffer Delete Enhancement

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF12197ORIGIN DATE: 10/23/2012REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) Allow delete of the read records with the Multi-Buffer enhancement in TPFDF. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION (required) Allow Multi-Buffer with DBDEL or an option to delete wi...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

DF12196 TPFDF ? Allow Parallel IO with LRECS (non-LLR)

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF12196ORIGIN DATE: 10/23/2012REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) TPFDF Parallel IO – TPFDF should provide an option so that normal subfiles can be retrieved using IOs done in parallel rather than sequential. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION ...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

DF12195 TPFDF ? Allow Optimistic Read Ahead

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF12195ORIGIN DATE: 10/23/2012REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) TPFDF Optimistic Read Ahead – TPFDF should read the next block in chain using asynchronous FINDC as soon as the current block is read. Provide an option to control thi...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 3 Not under consideration

Modify ZUDFM OA* to optionally 16 or 32 bytes of data

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF11194ORIGIN DATE: 11/1/2011REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Currently the ZUDFM OA* displays 24 bytes of the selected LREC. It is desired to display 16 or 32 bytes of data to align with other TPF Core or File Record Displays. REQUIREMENT D...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Need a tool for DBDEF check-out and verification

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF10193ORIGIN DATE: 10/06/2010 REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT TPFDF should include a standard tool for easier DBDEF check-out, verification and compares. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION A DBDEF is a program that contains a number of file definitio...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF Macros - DBUKY File Retrieval

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF09192FORIGIN DATE: September 28, 2009REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Enhance TPFDF DBUKY macro to retrieve the file if the file has not yet been retrieved. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION (required) Enhance TPFDF application macro DBUKY to retrie...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Improved TPF/DF error checking

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF08191FORIGIN DATE: December 21, 2007REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT : Provide the ability for an application to determine the success or reason for failure of any TPFDF call with a single check. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION : • As the TPFDF pr...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration