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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/TPF Product Family
Categories z/TPF
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 14, 2016

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Publish APAR text file in XML

I have written an APAR management tool implemented as a plugin in the TPF Toolkit. I have coded a scan to extract information from the PJnnnnn.txt file. I would be able to enhance the automation if the APAR text were also available in an XML file.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 15, 2016

    IBM does not intend to implement this in the foreseeable future due to other priorities and it may not be consistent with our future direction.

  • Guest
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    |     Oct 17, 2016

    Right now I have a Multi-Page Editor in the APARS plugin that extracts areas from the APAR text. Although APAR texts are similar in format and content, some areas are free-form and do not work well with automation, particularly MIGRATION CONSIDERATIONS. In this case I would like to me able to identify new/changed/deleted messages and commands so I can compare against our TOS and other automation tools to trigger alerts when there are changes to messages/commands we have in automation.

    This is just one example. There are a few others which I can mention if you want more information. (Setup information is another, build instructions another, etc.)

    To give you an idea of what I'm currently checking in the plugin, here is a list of the sections used by the Multi-Page Editor:

    public static final int APAR_NUMBER = 0;
    public static final int PRODUCT = 1;
    public static final int FUNCTIONAL_AREA = 2;
    public static final int SHIPPED = 3;
    public static final int ABSTRACT = 4;
    public static final int PACKAGE = 5;
    public static final int OTHER = 6;
    public static final int PREREQUISITE = 7;
    public static final int COMMENTS = 8;
    public static final int SOLUTION = 9;
    public static final int COREQS = 10;
    public static final int MIGRATION = 11;
    public static final int BUILD = 12;
    public static final int UPDATED = 13;
    public static final int DOWNLOAD = 14;
    public static final int APAR_URL = 15;

    The spreadsheets do not contain all of this information, so I need to extract it from the APAR text.

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