DN 9602 000.0001
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Transcript of DN 9602 000.0001
DN 9602 000.0001
Walter F. BloodJune, 2008
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FOCUS 7.7 Product Update
‘Highway Blues’ from the “Speaking Out” albumMark Seales, composer; Ernie Watts, saxophone
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateBusiness view of a database
Business View limits read access to database based on business requirements
Defined in Master File
Standard FOCUS extract functionality applies.
Multiple views to file offers additional security
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateCollation Support for Sorting and Filtering
SET COLLATION to handle case-insensitive data!
SET COLLATION to deal with special sort sequences!
SET COLLATION to move between ASCII and EBCDIC!
FOCUS 7.7 Product Update FOCUS/XFOCUS now supports 1024 partitions
FOCUS/XFOCUS databases now support up to 1024 partitions!
Maximum XFOCUS database reaches 16 Terabytes!
Maximum FOCUS database tops at 2 Terabytes.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateFile Concatenation Supported on SU
Longstanding limitation on the concatenation of datafiles on the sink being removed!
MAINTAIN to get new functionality
USE …ON … AS…OK!
FOCUS 7.7 Product Update HOLIDAY File Now Supports FILEDEF
HOLIDAY file no longer stuck in ERRORS
FILEDEF or ALLOC where you want!
Multiple versions easy to maintain!
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateFOCUS/XFOCUS Interface with Unicode Support
New FOCUS/XFOCUS Interface provides full support for Unicode!
Ultimate solution for localization issues.
Unicode support includes collation, filtering, user functions.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateSorting with Variable sized Ranges
User defined RANGES available in IN-RANGES-OF grouping.
Range name also set-able.
IN-RANGES-OF <value1, label1> … <valuen, labeln>
FOCUS 7.7 Product Update HOLDATTR to include DESCRIPTIONS in HOLD file
SET HOLDATTR will now include DESCRIPTIONS from Master Files in HOLD files.
New value to include Descriptions with TITLE and ACCEPT.
Available in WebFOCUS to tools using trees and POPUPDESC
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateFOCUS TX fields support MISSING
IS MISSING and IS-NOT MISSING now supported with TX fields.
Interface Varchars can be translated to TX or to AnV in HOLD.
Added to support of Alpha to TX and TX to Alpha conversion in DEFINE.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateSupport for Mainframe zIIP Processors
FOCUS and WebFOCUS on Mainframe now make use of the zIIP engine.
Offload cpu cycles to cheaper processor
Help you control your software maintenance bills!
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateNew JPTRANS Function to convert SBCS to DBCS
JPTRANS to convert between single-byte (SBCS) and double-byte (DBCS)
DEDIT to provide standard EDIT function for DBCS data.
DSUBSTR to give subtring capability to users with double-byte data.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateMAINTAIN supports FOCUS TX fields
MAINTAIN adding support for FOCUS TX fields.
Available for use locally and on SU.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateConditional Styling for BY Fields
Conditional styling specifically for sort fields
Based on sort value, control display in graphs, pie charts, tables…
Complete styling capabilities
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateNew Display for Accordian Reports
New display option for single verb requests.
Requests using WITHIN to get new option to display sort columns as stacked rows.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateNew Multi-Verb presentation
New SET for Multi-Verb requests to control layout.
Sort fields common to all verbs displayed as stacked rows rather than columns.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateStored Procedure Support for DB2
New FOCUS DB2 interface using CLI
Provides access to DB2 Stored Procedures
Master files generated dynamically on access through the interface.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateNew Subroutines Available
PATTERN – translates field value to pattern of “A”,’a’,’9’ and others.
REVERSE -> ESREVER
Implementation of ISO standard week numbering in H subroutines
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateDialogue Manager IN FILE
Compare &Variable to list of literals stored in file.
Referenced with “IN FILE” syntax.
Use with –SET.
FOCUS 7.7 Product UpdateThe Future of FOCUS