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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on May 24, 2012

FM copybook 01 dataname usage

How can we see the copybook name or the Identification criteria in
view/edit panels and template edit screens? Today I see the 01 dataname
for suppressed members.

Screen lay out has been uploaded to IBM website. Please look for it.



This one file has 222 redefines and maps to different record layouts.
The analysts very rarely deal with these 01 data names. They know and
deal with the COPYBOOK name and they also know and deal with the
identification criteria. So in the next screen I did a SHOW SUP ON and
you can see the Pxxxx elements. The analysts know this name. We would
like an option that shows copybook name instead of the 01 data name.
Another option is to show the selection criteria instead of the 01 data
name. If no selection criteria then show the copybook name.

Here is an unformatted view of the file showing the elements for this
file (P0001, P00224, P0002, ect)

**** Screen lay out has been uploaded to IBM website. Please look for
it.



Also when the person is creating the template for this file they have to
enter the identification criteria and match that to the 01 dataname.
This makes it hard to create the template. The copy book name tends to
have the element number in the name and this is the name that analysts
are familiar with. So it would be helpful to have an option to show the
copybook name or the record identification be displayed instead of the
01 dataname in the view/edit and the edit function of the template. The
template was created from the copybook name but then the FM starts using
the 01 data name instead of the copybook.

This is a view of the template in FM.



*** Screen lay out has been uploaded to IBM website. Please look for it.


Our copybooks map to the identification criteria. Some people would like
to see the copoybook name instead of the 01 dataname. Some people would
like to see the identification criteria if there is one specified
instead of the 01 data name. We know that some identification criteria
could have multiple identifications and might get hard to show.

copy QA000CA0.
copy QA001CA0.
FLD_CO(3,3,'C','002')
copy QA002CXY.
FLD_CO(3,3,'C','003')
copy QA003CA0.
FLD_CO(3,3,'C','005')
copy QA005CAV.
copy QA006CA0.
copy QA007CA0.
copy QA008CA0.
copy QA009CA0.
copy QA010CWE.
copy QA011CWE.
copy QA012CA0.
copy QA013CA0.
copy QA014CA0.
copy QA015CA0.
copy QA016CZ2.
copy QA017CA0.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
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    Nov 19, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Development Tooling
    Product - IBM File Manager

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Enterprise Tooling
    Product - IBM File Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Sep 4, 2013

    This feature has been added via maintenance in V12 via APAR PM69989 (UK83148) and a new option to show copybook names was added.