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Status Not under consideration
Categories z/TPFDF
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 9, 2019

ZUDFM entry do display program/relation...

Our RECOUP procedure includes a "ZRBKD DISP ALL" entry to have a view of our descriptors in the TPF log, but today most of our databases use DBDEF instead of RECOUP descriptor.

We would appreciate an entry like "ZUDFM DEF REC" which combines ZUDFM DEF xxx/PGN and ZUDFM DEF xxx/REL information.
With such an entry we could have the list of the DBDEF in the TPF log like we have the RECOUP descriptors with ZRBRD DISP…
Something like:
> ZUDFM DEF REC
DBDEF RCID FVN DBG REC FIXED 1.LEV 2.LEV 3.LEV 4.LEV
UF2A03 F200 00 Y Y F200
R R 00 N Y R R
R R 01 N N R R
UF2B05 D300 00 Y Y D30000 D30100 D30200
E200 00 Y Y E20000 E20100
UF2C...

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    Oct 1, 2019

    Based on prioritization, IBM does not expect to implement this in the foreseeable future.