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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IMS System Services
Categories System Management
Created by Guest
Created on Jan 9, 2014

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Want HOST batch process to add new ODBM fields to DBDs & PSBs

There are new & changed DBD & PSB statements for extended Object exploitation by Java. IMS Explorer will add the new fields, but that means the source of the current DBD, PSB, & COPYBOOK must be uploaded. The source is manipulated & new DBD & PSB source is generated. This new source must be genned. With this process there are a number of handoffs between the DBAs & the developers. The new assembler source must be downloaded using a method that does not change each line's alignment, ie the correct starting column and the continuation character must be in 72.

Mucking up alignment doesn't meant the DBDgen or PSBgen will highcode. Some run clean but the DBD or PSB is not correct; items are dropped. This can & has caused problems for Travelers.

Can you please create a batch process read a HOST source the current DBD, PSB, & COPYBOOK and create new DBD &PSB source & any metadata that IMS Explorer requires if the developer want to test/review before the implementation into the IMS Catalog? I don't care if the process is a pure batch process or is submitted via IMS Explorer. I just want a process that cuts down on the opportunity to break a database due to hand offs.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Mar 22, 2019

    Thank you for your interest in keeping IMS a vital and successful product. Software development has continuously evolved during IMS's lifetime, and so has IMS itself. We have kept pace with, adopted, and implemented many industry standard best practices within our organization, including Continuous Delivery, Design Thinking, and Agile.

    When choosing new features to add from the list of requirements in our backlog, we assess which will bring the most value to as many clients as possible and prioritize those.

    At this time, after further reviewing this request for enhancement and assessing its potential value, we have decided to reject it. The reason we are rejecting RFE ID 43460 is because of the priority and low customer interest that we were not able to get to it at this time.

    If there is any further question, feel free to contact us at any time.

    Thank you.
    Haley Fung - hfung@us.ibm.com

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