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WebFOCUS InfoAssist...............................................6Developer Studio......................................................7HTML Composer......................................................11Active Report..........................................................14Power Painter.........................................................16Report Painter........................................................16Managed Reporting................................................18WebFOCUS Client...................................................20Reporting Language...............................................20ReportCaster..........................................................24Maintain..................................................................25WebFOCUS Graphics...............................................26Server Enhancements.............................................27Applications............................................................27Configuration and Monitoring.................................29Core Server and Clients.........................................30Diagnostics.............................................................30Performance...........................................................32Security..................................................................32Web Console...........................................................34Adapter Enhancements..........................................35SQL Adapters..........................................................35XML-based Adapters...............................................40

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ERP Adapters..........................................................41OLAP Adapters........................................................41Procedure Adapters................................................42Sequential and Indexed Adapters..........................43DBMS Adapters.......................................................44All Adapters............................................................44DataMigrator Enhancements..................................44

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WebFOCUS New Feature HighlightsVersion 7 Release 7

This documentation describes the new features available in WebFOCUSVersion 7 Release 7.

It is intended for all levels of users, including application developers,administrators, and end users. It is also intended to serve as a quickreference for users upgrading from a prior release.

For detailed information on each new feature, see the appropriate productdocumentation and the New Features manual for your release ondocumentation.informationbuilders.com.

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Using Document View With Reporting Objects. You havethe ability to use Document view for Reporting Objects. You canopen a Reporting Object in InfoAssist and choose Build aDocument from the splash screen.

Creating Multiple Reports From Reporting Objects. You cancreate multiple reports from a Reporting Object by using theNew icon. Opening a Reporting Object through InfoAssist andthen clicking the New icon results in a new report beinggenerated from the Reporting Object.

Promoting a My Report to Document View. With InfoAssistin Interactive Design view or Query Design view and a My Reportopen, you can access Document view by selecting the Documentbutton that is in the Design group. Accessing Document viewwith this method creates a copy of the current single report asa compound document. You can use this method to promoteMy Reports to Document view.

Coordinated Field Container. The Coordinated field containeris available in the Query panel for Charts being created inDocument view. The Coordinated field container contains acommon sort field for creating multiple graphs that are burstinto separate page layouts. Each value for a coordinated sortfield displays on a separate page. With an output format ofActive Report, active Flash, or active PDF selected, the resourcein the Coordinated panel will be available as a drop-down menuto dynamically sort on that value at run time.

Viewing Recent Items in the Application Main Menu. TheRecent Items section of the Application Main Menu lists recentreports and reports that have been pinned to the menu. Youcan pin important reports to the top of the Recent Items sectionof the Application Main Menu for quick and easy access.

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Using the Excel® 2007 Format. Reports created in Interactiveview or Query Design view have Excel output options in additionto Excel 2000, that are not available to charts and reportscreated in Document view. Excel 2007 is a new output optionfor reports only. Outputting reports in Excel 2007, Excel Pivot,or Excel Formula is accessible through a drop-down menu in theOutput Types group.

Switching Reports From the Status Bar. The Status Bardisplays a Reports button that shows the number of openreports. When you select the Reports button, a pop-up menuopens, with options for selecting any of the open reports.

Using Box Plot Charts. InfoAssist supports the Horizontal andVertical Box Plot chart types. Within the Other section, the Boxplot chart types are in the Special chart type category.

Using the Pyramid Chart Type. InfoAssist supports the Pyramidchart type. The Pyramid chart is located in the Other section.Within the Other section, the Pyramid chart type is in the Specialchart type category.

Highlighting Active Elements in Active Preview. InfoAssistsupports the highlighting of active elements when building charts.Highlighting active elements serves as a visual aide to showwhat elements are being selected when editing a chart.

New Output Formats For Charts. Charts created in InfoAssistcan be displayed in Active Report, active Flash, and active PDFformats. You can access the output formats from the OutputTypes group on the Format tab.

Developer StudioVersion 7 Release 7

Universal Concatentation in Report Painter. With universalconcatenation, you can retrieve data from unlike data sourcesin a single request; all data, regardless of source, appears tocome from a single file. The Universal Concatenation dialog box,available from Report Painter, applies the MORE command toyour procedure. You can concatenate all types of data sources,provided they share corresponding fields with the same format.You can use WHERE and IF selection tests in conjunction withMORE.

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Embedding an Adobe® Flash File in a Page Heading for aPDF Report. When creating a report with the Portable DocumentFormat (PDF) output format, you can embed an Adobe® FlashFile (.swf) in the page heading. You may embed the Adobe®

Flash File (.swf) as File, URL, or Hold File, and set the pageheading properties for the SWF source. These options areavailable from the embedded Flash tab of the Properties forPage Header dialog box in Report Painter.

Enabling Support for Local Project Exclusion. The localproject exclusion option is applicable for local or remote projectdevelopment. When selected, it allows developers that do notwant to use source control to exclude projects that are addedto source control. This option is available from theWindows/Options dialog box under the Source Control tab.

Creating a Pop-Up Description for an Image in ReportPainter. When adding graphical images to a report page, header,or footer in Report Painter, you may create a pop-up descriptionto provide alternative information about the image in the output,when the mouse is hovered over the image. The pop-updescription option is available through the Images tab on theReport Options dialog box.

Generating Overflow Sheets for an Excel 2000 Report.Creating a report with the Excel 2000 format generates a fullystyled Excel report in your browser, enabling you to render mostStyleSheet report options. You can control where the overflowrows of data break in the Excel worksheet by using the generateoverflow sheets option. This worksheet option is available onthe Format tab of the Report Options dialog box, when Excel2000 (EXL2K) is selected as the output format in Report Painter.

Using Excel 2007 as the Report Output Format in ReportPainter. You may select Excel 2007 as the output format inReport Painter, which enables you to use the Microsoft OfficeExcel 2007 features with your report. Excel 2007 (EXL07) isavailable from the Output tab of the Report Options dialog boxin Report Painter.

Saving Styled Reports in Excel 2007. You can generate fullystyled reports in Excel 2007 with a file extension of .xht.

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Saving Styled Active Reports for PDF. Using Active Reportsfor PDF provides the ability to include ineractive Flash® reports,dashboards, and animations in PDF documents.

Moving Pages With the Thumbnails Tab in the DocumentComposer. You may select pages to be reordered directly fromthe Thumbnails tab of the Document Composer. The Thumbnailstab is available from the Properties window of the DocumentComposer. Moving pages on the Thumbnails tab applies onlyto page layouts.

Converting a Packed-Decimal to Alphanumeric With thePTOA Function. The PTOA function, available through theDeveloper Studio Function Arguments dialog box, converts apacked-decimal number from numeric format to alphanumericformat. The function retains the decimal positions of the numberand right-aligns it with leading spaces.

Converting a Character String to Mixed-Case With theLCWORD2 Function. The LCWORD2 function, available throughthe Developer Studio Function Arguments dialog box, convertsthe letters in a character string to mixed-case by converting everyalphanumeric character to lowercase except the first letter ofeach new word.

Displaying Leading Zeroes With the Set Tool. You can selectthe SET LEADZERO command in the Set tool to display leadingzeroes in the report output. OFF is the default value, whichmeans that leading zeroes are truncated, if present.

Rendering Heading and Footing Text With the Set Tool.You can select the EMBEDHEADING command in the Set toolto control whether the Heading and Footing text is renderedwithin or outside the chart image.

Positioning ACROSS Titles on Report Output With the SetTool. You can select the ACROSSTITLE command in the Set toolto display both the ACROSS title and the ACROSS values on oneline.

Displaying Overflow Characters With the Set Tool. You canselect the SET OVERFLOWCHAR command in the Set tool tochange the character that displays in a numeric report columnwhen the column does not have enough space for the value. Bydefault, the displayed overflow character is the asterisk (*).

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Using QUOTEP for Continental Decimal Notation With theSet Tool. You can select the SET CDN command, with theQUOTEP parameter, in the Set tool to set the decimal point asa period and the thousands separator as an apostrophe.Continental Decimal Notation (CDN) is supported for output inTABLE requests.

Configuring the Application Path. While working in theWebFOCUS Envionments area of Developer Studio, you canconfigure the Application Path for a Reporting Server if you havethe required user privileges.

Showing Only Applications in Path. By default, DeveloperStudio displays all applications available for a Reporting Serverbased on the Reporting Server APPROOT directory configuration.

Managing Adapter Configurations. While working from theWebFOCUS Environments, Date Servers area, or from theProjects area, you can manage Adapters.

Additional Buttons on the Synonym Editor Toolbar. TheSynonym Editor toolbar includes Print, DBA, Dimension Builder,and Properties buttons.

Creating a Web Archive File With the Set Tool. You canselect the SET HTMLARCHIVE command in the Set tool to createa Web archive file (.mht file). The Web archive file is created inthe WebFOCUS Reporting Server application directory when theprocedure runs.

Defining a Default Value for the &ECHO Variable With theSet Tool. You can select the SET DEFECHO command in theSet tool to define a default value for the &ECHO variable for yourapplication. The Dialogue Manager variable &ECHO controlswhether commands are displayed as they execute. By default,&ECHO is set to OFF in every procedure in an application, whichmeans that commands are not displayed as they execute.

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HTML ComposerVersion 7 Release 7

Creating a Rich Internet Application (RIA) With the HTMLComposer. A Rich Internet Application (RIA) enables you tocreate an interactive Web page experience inside a browser.Using RIA, you can generate the exact look and feel of a WindowsGraphical User Interface in your Web applications. RIAs providerich and powerful graphics and themes. You may set a RIA themeand animation properties for objects in the Design tab of HTMLComposer. Additionally, you may convert an existing page to aRIA or create a new page as a RIA.

Minimizing the Size of a Window Control. Minimize andrestore buttons on a window control enable you to minimize thesize of a window to show just the title bar or restore the windowback to its original size.

Populating Controls One at a Time. You can optimizeperformance by populating a chain one control at a time insteadof all the controls when the page initially loads. Selecting theAdd ‘No selection’ option enables you to populate controls whennecessary.

Binding a Button, Hyperlink, or Image to Populate aControl. You may bind a button, hyperlink, or image to a controlon the Parameters tab in the HTML Composer. This enables youto dynamically repopulate the control with new values at runtime by clicking the button, hyperlink, or image.

Starting Each Chain on a New Line in the HTML Composer.When creating multiple chains from the New Parameters dialogbox, each set of chained parameters appears on new line of theDesign tab, regardless of the grouping option selected from theNew Parameters dialog box. This behavior is set through theStart each chain on a new line option, located on the FormSettings dialog box in the HTML Composer.

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Automatically Chaining Parameters From the NewParameters Dialog Box. In the HTML Composer, the autochain option enables you to automatically chain selected controlsfrom the New Parameters dialog box. Chaining populates controlsbased on the selected value from the prior control in the chain.The auto chain option is useful since it creates the chain, orlinks of a chain, automatically.

Selecting Multiple Values From a List. When using adrop-down list input control to supply parameter values, theMultiple property value indicates whether multiple values canbe selected from a list of supplied values at run time. Amulti-select list enables you to select multiple values by usingthe Ctrl key while selecting values. In order to select multiplevalues in the drop-down list, the procedure must be set up toaccept multiple values.

Checking for Duplicate Values in a Dynamic List. Whencreating a dynamic list of values for a report in the HTMLComposer, you may remove duplicate values from input controls.This is useful if you are using your own procedure that does notuse a structured data source. The Check for duplicate valuesoption is available from the Properties and settings dialog boxon the Parameters tab in the HTML Composer.

Populating a Multi Source Tree Control. You can show a treestructure for a non-hierarchical data source by using a treecontrol in the HTML Composer. By identifying the number oflayers for the tree control, you are able to populate each layerof the tree control with its own procedure. Setting the numberof layers creates a tree structure by which each layer is its ownsubcontrol, chained together with no conditions.

Adding a Tree Control to an HTML Page Using Static Values.You can show a static list of values by using a tree control inthe HTML Composer. Creating a static list enables you tomanually insert values and append new values to a static liston the tree structure.

Adding a Paging Control in the HTML Composer. You mayadd a paging control to a List Box, Drop Down list, and the firstcontrol of a Double List Control, which enables you to pagethrough a large list of values before selecting a value.

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Adding a Search Control in the HTML Composer. You mayadd a search control to a List Box, Drop Down list, and the firstcontrol of a Double List Control, which enables you to searchfor a value in a control, before selecting a value.

Using Global Search and Paging. You can use the globalsearch and paging option on the BODY object to have one searchand paging control that can be used with each input control onthe page.

Docking the Properties Window. You can dock the Propertieswindow on all four sides of the HTML Composer. When youchoose to dock the Properties window on the top or bottom, thecolumns are split in half.

Using the Delete Container Only Option. When creatingparameters, the Grouping option selected in the New Parametersdialog box generates a container for controls. After the containeris created, you may choose to delete the container by using theDelete Container Only option. This option allows you to deletethe container without deleting the objects inside.

Changing the Control Type on the Design Tab. You canchange the type of control by right-clicking on a control objecton the Design tab.

Controlling the Contents of Preview. In HTML Composer andDocument Composer, you can enable the Use Prefix option toactivate FOCUS syntax to be used per component in preview.

Specifying an HTML File as a Load Screen. You can use theLoading screen property for the BODY object to specify an HTMLfile of your own to use as a loading screen.

Adding Display Images to Radio Buttons. You can displayimages in addition to the text next to a radio button.

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Active ReportVersion 7 Release 7

Using the Chart/Rollup Tool With Active Reports for AdobeFlash Player. The Chart/Rollup Tool enables you to organizeand summarize selected columns of data in order for you toobtain a desired report. The Chart/Rollup Tool contains a list ofcolumns available in an Active Report, and Group By andMeasure sort fields. You can click and drag the desired columnsinto the sort fields. Once you define the report, you can displaythe data as a chart or Rollup Table.

Creating a Bubble Chart. You can create a bubble chart byincluding a pair of columns for each series on the chart. Thevalue of the first column in a pair of columns determines theposition of each bubble in the series. The value of the secondcolumn in the pair of columns determines the size of each bubblein the series.

Formatting Legend Options for an Active Report for AdobeFlash Player. When displaying an Active Report for Adobe FlashPlayer as a chart in Report Painter, you can modify the legendoptions by using the Format tab of the Report Options dialogbox. When the chart is run, you can click a Legend icon to showor hide the chart legend.

Creating an Active Chart With WebFOCUS Syntax. You canuse standard WebFOCUS GRAPH FILE syntax to create an ActiveChart. The GRAPH FILE syntax supports the following types ofActive Charts: Bar, Pie, Line, and Scatter.

In the GRAPH FILE procedure, you can apply one of three outputformats to the chart. AHTML generates an HTML version of thechart, FLEX generates an SWF file for the chart that is AdobeFlash Player compatible, and APDF generates an SWF file forthe chart that is Adobe Flash Player compatible, embedded ina PDF file.

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Chart Type Syntax. Active Technologies supports many typesof Active Charts. Depending on the type that you are creating,you can:

Use REPORT-VIEW syntax to specify that an Active Report bedisplayed as an Active Chart in a TABLE FILE procedure. Youcan then use CHART-TYPE syntax to specify one of the charttypes supported by Active Technologies, including bar, pie,line, and scatter. Additional chart types are available whenthe output format is FLEX, including doughnut, area, bubble,radar, funnel, and pyramid.

Use LOOKGRAPH syntax in a GRAPH FILE procedure togenerate an available Active Chart for the output formatAHTML, FLEX, or APDF. If there is no corresponding charttype available in Active Technologies, the default bar chartwill be rendered.

Using the Pivot Tool With Active Reports for Adobe FlashPlayer. The Pivot Tool enables you to create a Pivot Table inwhich columns and rows of data are organized and summarizedin the way that you define.

The Pivot Tool contains a list of columns available in the ActiveReport, and Group By, Across, and Measure sort fields. Clickand drag the columns into the desired sort field.

Using the Global Filter Icon. When you run an ActiveDashboard, you can apply a global filter to all the reports on thedashboard, using the Global Filter icon. The Global Filter icon islocated at the top of an Active Dashboard, to the right of thedrop-down lists from which you select field values.

On the Add Condition button on the Global Filter dialog box, onlythe fields that are common to the Active Reports on the ActiveDashboard are listed. This feature enables you to quickly identify,select, and filter on a field that is used in all reports.

Controlling the Pagination Options. For Active Reports, youcan customize the pagination bar to display the range of recordsthat appear on the current page of the report, instead ofdisplaying the default filtered number of records and totalnumber of records.

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Showing the Grid Tool Menu Option for an Active Report.When you create an Active Report with the Report Painter, youcan choose whether or not to show the Grid Tool menu optionwhen the Active Report is run. The Grid Tool enables you tochange the column order, sort multiple columns in ascendingor descending order, hide or show columns, add a calculationto a column, and add subtotals to the report.

Using Active Report for PDF as the Output Format in ReportPainter. The Active Report for PDF output format is available inReport Painter and generates the syntax ON TABLE PCHOLDFORMAT APDF for the procedure. This output format providesthe ability to include interactive Adobe Flash Player compatiblereports, dashboards, and animations in PDF documents.

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Output Format Enhancements. The following new outputformat options are avaiable in Power Painter:

An Active Report delivered as a self-contained Adobe FlashPlayer compatible file (.swf). This format allows for fasteranalysis of large data sets and interaction with the ActiveReport.

An Active Report delivered as a self-contained Adobe FlashPlayer compatible file (.swf), embedded in a PDF file.

A user-specifed output format selected from a drop-downmenu when the report is run.

The Excel format option has been changed to Excel 2000.

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Usability Enchancements. The following usabilityenhancements are available in ReportPainter:

The StyleSheet Selection dialog box can be accessed usingthe Stylesheet button on the Font toolbar.

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The Add New Item icon in the Variable Editor has beenenhanced to contain a drop-down list.

The System Variables folder contains variables that areautomatically populated with system values.

Report Painter provides enhanced Stylesheet templates inthe StyleSheet File Selector tool.

You can add alternative text to any Active Object type in HTMLand Excel reports using the Pop-Up Description option underthe Drill Down tab in the Report Options dialog box.

Aligning Data. The Align with Data option automatically alignsthe alignment grid with the data columns in the report. Thisoption is automatically selected for Excel 2000 and Excel 2007output formats.

New Format Options for Active Reports. The followingdescribes enhancements to the Report Options Format tab inReport Painter for Active Reports.

The Active Report for Adobe Flash Player (FLEX) output formathas an additional Other Chart option. The Other Chart optionprovides the following chart types, which are available byclicking the ellipsis (...) button to the right of the InitialPresentation drop-down menu:

Bar

Pie

Line

Scatter

Other

You can set the width and height for an Active Report forAdobe Flash Player (FLEX) and Active Report for PDF (APDF)report container using the Dimensions option.

You can show or hide a chart legend for Active Report forAdobe Flash Player (FLEX) and Active Report for PDF (APDF)output formats using the Legend option.

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Controlling Spacing Between Wrapped Line. You can usethe WrapGap option in a StyleSheet to control spacing betweenwrapped lines in PDF and PostScript report output. The WrapGapoption is available for only an Active Object of type Data.

Managed ReportingVersion 7 Release 7

New User Roles to Delegate and Segregate UserAdministration Responsibilities. New Managed Reportingbase roles, No Privileges, MR Security Object Manager, and MRGroup Authorization Manager, have been implemented todelegate user administration capabilities and meet securityrequirements to segregate responsibilities for creation of MRobjects (groups, users, roles, and domains) and authorizationto access application content (assignment of users and domainsto groups), as well as determining the functional capabilities ofa user (assignment of role and privileges to users).

The No Privileges role provides no functional capabilities and isassigned, by default, when a MR Security Object Managercreates a user.

The MR Security Object Manager is only authorized to createand manage MR groups, domains, roles, and users. Userscreated by a MR Security Object Manager are assigned the NoPrivileges role.

An MR Group Authorization Manager is authorized to assignusers and domains to groups, assign user roles and privileges,assign Server and Application domain properties, but only forthe groups to which the MR Group Authorization Managerbelongs.

Assigning Properties When Importing Procedures and OtherFiles Into Managed Reporting. Managed Reporting providesan option to import existing FOCUS procedures and applicationcomponent files into Standard Reports and Other Files folders.The Import Files dialog box provides the following propertyoptions:

Prompt for Parameters (selected by default)

Run with OLAP

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Only Run as Deferred Report

Schedule Only

Do not show on User’s list (selected by default)

Restrict Developer Access

Show as Predefined Style

Do Not Show on User’s List Standard Report Property. TheStandard Report property Show on User’s List has been changedto Do not show on User’s list. This property appears in theDashboard and Developer Studio Standard Report Propertiesdialog box, and in the report development tools create and savedialog boxes that include this property option.

In addition, when creating a new Standard Report in Release7.7, the Do not show on User’s list property is selected by default,which makes the report unavailable to end users when it iscreated. You can change the Do not show on User’s list propertybefore saving the report in those save dialog boxes that includethis property, or after it is created by right-clicking the report andselecting the Properties option.

Saved Parameter Reports Enhancements. You can replacean existing Managed Reporting HTML form or procedure (FEX)when saving a Saved Parameter report. The replacement requiresthat the selected file must be the same type (HTML or FEX) asthe file being saved.

Adding a Favorites Content Block. Managed ReportingAdministrators and end users can add a Favorites block to theirGroup View and Personal View. (This feature is not available forPublic View.) This provides an immediate display of the reportsin your Dashboard view that are of special interest to you, asopposed to selecting Favorites from the Dashboard banner toaccess this list.

Stopping Requests in Business Intelligence Dashboard.You can cancel all active Business Intelligence Dashboardrequests that you initiated in your browser session on allavailable Reporting Servers, by selecting Stop Requests fromthe Dashboard banner Utilities menu.

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View Builder ReportCaster Template Setting. The SchedulingTool Template setting provides the option to define the templatethat will be used with the new ReportCaster Scheduling tool ina Public or Group view. You can select the Standard or a Customtemplate to determine which options are available to the enduser.

OLAP Panels Display Using Caption. Instead of displayingthe actual hierarchy name, the OLAP tool displays the Captionfor a hierarchy name in the OLAP pane. This allows for a moredescriptive label for the OLAP tab.

WebFOCUS ClientVersion 7 Release 7

Changing Application Settings in the WebFOCUSAdministration Console. The Application Settings menuenables administrators to update configuration settings that arerequired by various components of the WebFOCUS Webapplication.

Configuring Single Sign-On Authentication to a TagetikApplication. Performance Management Framework (PMF)supports integration with the Tagetik 3.0 performancemanagement application. Administrators can enable ManagedReporting users already logged in to Managed Reporting and/orthe Business Intelligence Dashboard to log in to the Tagetikapplication without providing full authentication credentials.

Reporting LanguageVersion 7 Release 7

Testing For Null Values in Left Outer Join Requests. InWebFOCUS, the command SET ALL = ON or JOIN LEFT_OUTERspecifies a left outer join. With a left outer join, all records fromthe host file display on the report output.

Ignoring ON Phrases for Absent Fields. To make reportrequests flexible, options may be included that are not neededin every situation. User selections then control the options usedfor each execution of the request.

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Increase for the Length of All Fields. The total length of allfields in a request can be up to 256K.

Access Restrictions in a Multi-File Structure. TheDBASOURCE parameter determines which security attributesare used to grant access to multi-file structures. By default,access restrictions are based on the host file in a JOIN structureor the last file in a COMBINE structure.

1024 Segments. The maximum number of segments supportedin a structure is 1024. This structure can be created by joiningor combining data sources.

Support for 128 Sort Phrases in a Request. The total numberof sort phrases in a single request (the combination of BY fieldsand ACROSS fields) is 128. This includes sorts that may begenerated internally as part of report processing, such asgenerating a FOCLIST field.

32 Gigabyte XFOCUS Data Sources. An XFOCUS data sourcecan consist of up to 1022 partitions. The maximum size of eachindividual partition has been increased to 32 gigabytes.

Increased Length for DEFINE FUNCTION Names. Themaximum length of the name for a DEFINE FUNCTION has beenincreased to 64 characters.

Controlling Collation Sequence. Collation is defined as a setof rules that apply to the ordering and matching of all languageelements that involve comparison of two values.

Adding and Configuring Fonts. You can add and configurePostScript Type 1 fonts to significantly expand your options fordisplaying and printing PS and PDF reports, beyond the basicset of fonts distributed with Adobe Reader.

Using Overflow Worksheets. The maximum number of rowssupported by Excel 2003 on a worksheet is 65,536 (65K). Whenyou create an EXL2K output file from a WebFOCUS report, thenumber of rows generated can be greater than this maximum.

Drill-Down Hyperlink Tooltips for EXL2K Reports. You canuse the ALT attribute in a StyleSheet for EXL2K report output toprovide informational text (a Tooltip) for a drill-down hyperlink.

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Positioning ACROSS Titles on Report Output. In a reportthat uses the ACROSS sort phrase to sort values horizontallyacross the page, by default two lines are generated on the reportoutput for the ACROSS columns.

Using Distinct Operators on Multiple Fields. This featureallows the DST operator to be used on more than one field withina single request and allows the ACROSS horizontal sort to beused with fields that have the DST operator applied. In requestswith multiple display fields, the DST operator must be used atthe lowest level of aggregation (the last display command in therequest).

Multiple Conditional Headings and Footings. A TABLErequest can have more than one page heading or footing. Foreach heading or footing, a WHEN clause against the data beingretrieved can determine whether the heading or footing displayson the report output.

Displaying Summary Lines Above the Data. The SETSUBTOTALS command controls whether summary lines aredisplayed above or below the detail lines in a report.

Selecting Records Without Wildcard Characters. An IF orWHERE clause in a request selects records based on whetherthey satisfy the criteria specified in an expression.

Displaying Absolute Values. On certain types of reports,negative values are displayed without a minus sign (-) or anyother indication of a negative value. In order to suppress thedisplay of a negative indicator on WebFOCUS report output, youcan use the A option with any numeric format in a DEFINE orCOMPUTE comand or in the USAGE format for a field in a MasterFile. This option affects only the display, not the stored value.

TITLE and DESCRIPTION for a Virtual Field. In a DEFINE FILEcommand or a DEFINE FUNCTION, you can specify a TITLE anda DESCRIPTION for each virtual field, just as you can for aDEFINE in a Master File.

Converting Fields Using the FPRINT Function. The FPRINTfunction converts any type of field except for a text field to itsalphanumeric equivalent for display. The alphanumericrepresentation will include any display options that are specifiedin the format of the original field.

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Returning a Date Component as an Integer. The DPARTfunction extracts a specified component from a date field andreturns it in numeric format.

Dialogue Manager Variable Names Up to 64 Characters.Dialogue Manager supports labels up to 64 characters long.Label names can consist of letters, numbers, and underscores.Dialogue Manager labels identify a section of code in a FOCEXECthat you can branch to as a result of a -GOTO or -REPEATcommand.

Preventing Procedure Code From Displaying. In order toprotect the privacy of your procedure code, you can use the SETDEFECHO=NONE command or the -SET &ECHO=NONE commandto prevent the code from displaying for the entire session orconnection.

Reading Master File Fields Into Dialogue ManagerVariables. The -READFILE command reads a file by first readingits Master File and creating Dialogue Manager amper variablesbased on the ACTUAL formats for each field in the Master File.

Generating a Table of Contents With BY Field Entires forPDF Compound Layout Reports. Using compound layoutsyntax, you can generate a Table of Contents for a PDFcompound report.

Enabling the zIIP Specialty Engine on z/OS. If your site hasa zIIP (System z Integrated Information Processor) specialtyengine from IBM, you can offload specific categories of workloadfrom the Central Processors to the zIIP.

Displaying the Close Option on the WebFOCUS ViewerControl Bar. The WEBVIEWCLOSE parameter specifies whetherto display the Close option on the WebFOCUS Viewer controlbar.

Controlling the WebFOCUS Viewer Close Message. TheWEBVIEWCLMSG parameter controls whether the WebFOCUSViewer Close message displays when the Close option is clicked.

Rendering Heading and Footing Text. The EMBEDHEADINGparameter controls whether the heading and footing text isrendered within or outside the chart image.

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ReportCasterVersion 7 Release 7

New Development and Administration Interfaces. The newRich Internet Application interfaces are provided with the samefeatures and options to perform development and administrativetasks, but with a convenient and easy-to-use look and feel.

Schedule Information Enhancement. In the new ReportCasterDevelopment Interface Schedules tab, the following additionalinformation is provided about an individual schedule:

Last Execution Time. Provides the date and time that theschedule was last executed.

Last Job Status. Indicates whether the last scheduleexecution was successful or encountered errors.

ReportCaster Dashboard Scheduling Tool Template. Whenyou access the new ReportCaster Scheduling tool from theBusiness Intelligence Dashboard, the available options in thetool can be controlled by the Scheduling Tool Template settingin the Dashboard View Builder.

Using ReportCaster Workload Distribution. Workloaddistribution provides scalability and increased throughput bydistributing scheduled jobs across multiple instances ofDistribution Servers, which can be installed on one or morehosts. In the ReportCaster Server Configuration tool, oneinstance is designated as the Workload Manager, while theothers are designated as Workers. Workload Distribution canbe configured with the Distribution Server Failover feature. AllDistribution Servers are monitored and managed in theReportCaster Administration Interface, in the Server Status tab.

Scheduling a Job to Run at Custom Intervals. You canschedule a job to run at irregular intervals rather than on aregularly scheduled basis, such as weekly or monthly. Forexample, you can schedule a job to run on March 1, June 10,September 15, and December 31, which follows no particularpattern.

Excel 2007 Output Format. The EXL07 output format allowsyou to schedule output to be opened in Excel 2007.

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Distributing PDF to a Printer. Scheduled PDF output can beprinted when ReportCaster is configured to allow PDFs to beprinted and the output is distributed to a printer with theappropriate driver. To enable this feature on the ReportCasterside, in Distribution Server Configuration tool, under the Generaltab, set the Allow PDF Distribution Directly to a Printer option toYes.

Library Watch List E-mail Notification Enhancement. Thee-mail notification sent out whenever a new version of a reportthat is on the Library Watch List is distributed to the Libraryincludes the report job description, in addition to a link to thereport in the Library.

Teradata Support for ReportCaster Repository. A Teradatadatabase is supported for the ReportCaster Repository.

ReportCaster Supports SSL/TLS E-Mail Server Connection.The ReportCaster Distribution Server can connect to an e-mailserver using the Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security(SSL/TLS) protocol.

Using API Calls to Suspend and Resume the DistributionServer. An external process with the proper authentication canuse the ReportCaster API to suspend and resume the DistributionServer.

MaintainVersion 7 Release 7

JavaScript Read/Write Grid Control. The MaintainDevelopment Environment (MDE) offers a JavaScript Read/WriteGrid control, the JS Grid. It requires no software downloads andcan be run in non-IE browsers such as Firefox. The JS Grid issupported for new development, and is available in addition tothe existing ActiveX Grid.

Form Properties. The MDE offers three additional FormProperties to allow developers to more easily incorporate pop-upCalendar Stylesheets and JavaScripts into their applications.The three new Form Properties are Calendar, CSSName, andOnLoad.

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General MDE Enhancements. A Height property has beenadded to HTMLTable control, available in the Table Controldialog. It can be used for displaying images in the heading ofthe HTMLTable at run time.

Extracting Tokens From a String Function. The Maintainfunction MNTGETTOK divides a character string into substrings,called tokens. In order to use MNTGETTOK, the data must havea specific character called a delimiter that occurs in the stringand separates the string into tokens.

WebFOCUS GraphicsVersion 7 Release 7

Creating Box Plot Graphs. Two new graph types can becreated. GraphType=124 will create a standard box plot graph,and GraphType=130 will create a horizontal box plot graph. Bothgraphs can be displayed as either a box graph or a whiskergraph.

Creating Pyramid Graphs. There is a new pyramid graph(GraphType=111) that draws only one group of data at a time.

Controlling Grid Lines. The MajorGridDrawEveryCount propertycontrols whether grid lines can be skipped or shown every nthvalue on an axis. This property can be applied to a horizontal orvertical axis, or a combination of both. By default, this propertyis disabled and Major Grid lines are drawn for every value.

Using Gradient Values in Pie Charts. There are two newvalues that can be used with both setGradientDirection() andgetGradientDirection(). The value 16 will return a radial pie, whilethe value 17 will return an inverted radial pie.

Enabling the Pie Breakout Mode. You can use thesetPieBreakoutMode method to enable the pie breakout mode.

Controlling All Series in a Graph. You can use the getAllSeriesmethod to return the object ID of all series in the data matrix.

Controlling Automatic Gradient Direction. You can use thesetGradientAutoDirectMode method to control whether gradientdirection is automatically rotated when a chart changesorientation.

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Adding New Reference Objects to Charts. You can add newreference objects to a chart. These objects serve as points ofreference that actual data can be compared to.

Plotting Multiple Measures on a Gauge Chart. You can plotmultiple fields on a single Gauge chart where the fields arerepresented as needles and also shown in the legend.

Server Enhancements

In this section:

Applications

Configuration and Monitoring

Core Server and Clients

Diagnostics

Performance

Security

Web Console

The following sections describe new features for the ReportingServer.

ApplicationsVersion 7 Release 7

Support for Nested Application Directories. You canconfigure the server to allow nested application directories.

Home Application Directories for Each User. You canconfigure the server to allow each user to have a homeapplication directory.

Note: This feature is available only for customers that arelicensed for Managed Reporting or DataMigrator.

Improved Presentation of Procedures and Metadata onthe Web Console. The Applications menu groups all applicationfiles, including procedures, synonyms, HTML files, data flows,and user functions on a single application tree.

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Improved Application Path Configuration. You can moreeasily configure and manage your application path. Afterselecting a profile, the Application Configuration page allowsyou to add or remove applications, map new ones, and moveapplications up or down on the path.

Managing All Applications in APPROOT from the WebConsole and Data Management Console. The ServerAdministrator can see, open, and manage applications underAPPROOT that are not in the active APP Path.

Allocating Public and Private DDNAME for the Server. Youcan allocate a private copy of a DDNAME that has already beenallocated in the IRUNJCL startup JCL and enable the creation ofa logical/virtual concatenation of both DDNAMEs.

Issuing APP-Relative DYNAM Commands on PDS. The PDSDeployment server has the ability to allocate files usingapplication-relative references.

Support for FOCEXEC and Application Descriptions on theWeb Console and Data Management Console. Applicationdescriptions are stored in profile.fex in each application and areshown as flyover (bubble text) in the Web Console. Descriptionscan be updated from the item Properties page.

Exposing DataMigrator Flows and Procedures as WebServices. WebFOCUS exports procedures as Web Services.Web Services requests are handled directly on the Full-FunctionServer, using SOAP Listener access.

Copy, Cut, and Paste Options Added for Files and NestedApplications. Copy, cut, and paste options for files andapplications have been added to the Application tree in the WebConsole and Data Management Console.

Impact Analysis Enabled at the Folder Level. The ImpactAnalysis feature can be set for an entire application directory orfor all applications on the APP PATH.

Application and File Properties Enhanced on the WebConsole. The Property option includes full paths, last modifieddates, connection names, table or data set names, and jobnumbers, as well as descriptions and number of files in adirectory.

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Rule Change for Master File and Access File Locations.Setting METALOCATION_SAME to OFF allows Master Files andAccess Files to be in different directories.

Sending E-mail From a Procedure With File Content orAttachment. E-mails can be sent from a procedure with thecontent of a specific file included in the email body or as anattachment.

Configuration and MonitoringVersion 7 Release 7

Improved Server Statistics Include Performance Reports.Server statistics have been enhanced to include a widerspectrum of data columns in statistics reports and when usingcustom views by selecting columns and filtering rows.

“Manage My Agents” Option Added to My Console Menu.This option enables you to monitor running agents and stopselected agents belonging to a user ID or user group.

“Save Last Report” Option Added to My Console Menu.You can save the last procedure you ran with selected parametervalues as a new procedure to one of your applications.

Viewing HTTP Data From My Console Login Info. IncomingHTTP header and cookie information are available from the MyConsole Login Info page.

Queuing User Connections After the Maximum Limit IsReached. You can queue user connections to the server afterthe max_connections_per_user value has been reached.

Using the Session Log. The Session Log records the activitythat takes place between the current Web Console session andthe server.

Showing the Last Procedure That Ran. The Last Procedurefield on the Data Services Agents monitoring page shows thelast procedure that was run. Support is provided for proceduresexecuted from the Web Console, Data Management Console,or WebFOCUS.

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In Use by DBMS Added as an Agent State. If an agent iswaiting for the database to return data, the Data Services Agentsmonitoring page State field displays DBMS call.

Starting the Server Automatically in Debuggable Mode.After debuggable binaries have been installed, the server startsin debuggable mode automatically. The edastart options -dbgonand -dbgoff switch the server between debuggable andnon-debuggable modes.

Retrieving E-mail Addresses From LDAP. Upon registration,the server retrieves a user e-mail address from the LDAPdirectory, and stores it in admin.cfg.

Core Server and ClientsVersion 7 Release 7

Support for the zIIP Processor. To use zIIP on the server, alicense code must be entered in edaserve.cfg. zIIP handing bythe core engine and adapters is similar to FOCUS and exhibitssimilar savings. Information on zIIP usage is displayed on theagent and service level.

User Subroutine to Read z/OS System Variables. Providesthe ability to populate an amper variable with the contents ofany z/OS system variable.

Returning Master File Errors or DBA Restrictions UsingSYSCOLUM Access. Requests against SYSCOLUM that returnno records due to Master File errors or DBA restrictions willproduce error messages FOC205 and FOC047, respectively.

DiagnosticsVersion 7 Release 7

Sending an E-mail Alert With Information on CrashedComponents. An e-mail message generated upon the crash ofthe agent, listener, or service contains the status of the processand system dump information.

Configuring Events for Missed Schedule Requests. Youcan add an event for a request that missed a scheduled run.

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Triggering Procedure Execution From Server Messages.You can trigger the execution of a procedure or DataMigratorflow when a server event occurs.

Routing Server Messages to edaprint and z/OS SystemLog. Selected server messages can be routed to or suppressedfrom the edaprint.log file, and routed to a z/OS system log.

Server Events Support for Multiple E-mail Lists. You canconfigure separate e-mail distribution lists for different serverevents (agent or listener crashes, server configuration errors,disk space limitations, and others).

Custom Server Event Notifications Support. You can createa custom filter to trigger e-mail or the execution of a procedure.

Improved Generation of Diagnostics for Crashed Agents.Diagnostic information about crashed agents and services isgenerated as a separate thread, which improves the performanceof the server logging facility.

Creating a SAVEDIAG From the Web Console. You can usethe Web Console to collect and send server diagnostics files(for example, logs and traces) to the Information BuildersCustomer Support FTP site for analysis.

Enhanced Time Range Filtering Options on edaprint.log.You can retrieve and display the portion of the Server log(edaprint.log) between two specified timestamps.

Logging of Unauthorized File Access in edaprint.log. TheServer log file (edaprint.log) captures information aboutunauthorized and rejected attempts to access server resourcesand applications (metadata and procedures).

Highlighting edaprint.log Messages by Message Type. Whenerror (E) or warning (W) messages appear in the edaprint.logfile, they are highlighted by color.

Setting an Agent Disk Space Limit. The disk-limit service-levelparameter defines the maximum amount of disk space an agentis allowed to use.

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Displaying the Last FOCUS Command Stack. The stack forthe last FOCUS command is included on the Agent Statisticspage, which is available from the Data Services Agentsmonitoring page.

Web Console Diagnostics Tree Enhancements. ServerDiagnostics provides all of the logs, traces, and other diagnosticsinformation in the same configuration folder titled Logs andTraces.

RDAAPP Client Test Tool for the z/OS Unified Server. Thez/OS Client test tool, RDAAPP, is available in the Unified Serverenvironment (HFS and PDS deployment).

PerformanceVersion 7 Release 7

Optimization of the Reporting Server on UNIX. The ReportingServers compiling options have been changed to improveperformance.

SecurityVersion 7 Release 7

Server File Access Control for OPSYS, LDAP, DBMS, orPTH Internal Security. The Server Access Control functionenables the Server Administrator to create and edit permissionsfor different categories of users and groups. These permissionsdefine access to WebFOCUS repository files and Web Consolesystem functions. Users may be divided into groups accordingto the applicable security system.

Reload Option Added to admin.cfg for a Running Server.A -reload option is available in edastart to reload admin.cfg ona running server.

Adding and Displaying a Description Field for a RegisteredUser or Group. You can mouse over the user or group name inthe Access tree to see a description.

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Displaying a List of LDAP Users and Groups onRegistration. The Web Console Access Control tree providesa drop-down list of users and groups that is automaticallyretrieved from the LDAP directory during user or groupregistration.

User Subroutine to Retrieve an LDAP Group List. GRPLISTis a function that returns a group name or a list of group namesfor a connected user.

Option Added to Save a User ID and Password for the NextWeb Console Login. The Web Console login screen incudesan option to save user credentials for the next login.

Privileges for SQL Direct Passthru Commands. The ServerAdministrator can restrict run privileges for Direct SQL Passthru(DPT) commands, such as SQL DB2 SELECT..., for a user, agroup of users, or a role.

Support for LDAP Nested Security Groups. The ReportingServer can retrieve all groups, including nested LDAP groups,for the connected user.

Passing an LDAP User Group List on a Trusted Connection.The Web-tier can pass LDAP user group lists for a connectinguser directly from the application server environment to theReporting Server.

Support for Primary Groups on Windows LDAP ActiveDirectory. When the Reporting Server runs on the Windowsplatform against an LDAP Active Directory, you can set thewin_primgroup_adsi keyword to y or n in the edaserve.cfg file tosupport Active Directory primary group notation.

Password Phrases for Authentication on z/OS. Starting withz/OS 1.8, IBM introduced password phrases, which can be usedfor authentication and which are now supported.

Authenticating Users Across Multiple LDAP Sources andPTH. Supports multiple security providers for LDAP and PTHsecurity.

Role Profiles. Roles can have profiles similar to user and groupprofiles.

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Support for Change Password Feature in LDAP ActiveDirectory. The Change Password feature is enabled againstthe Active Directory for Reporting Servers installed on Windowsand configured for the Microsoft LDAP client.

Managing Credentials for a Group of Remote Servers. Youcan change the connection type (trusted, explicit, iwa),connection user, and password for Remote Servers from theWeb Console.

Storing a Remote Server User ID and Password in a UserProfile. When configuring a remote server from the Adapterspage, security information can be saved in a user profile.

Turning Off the PROXY_SERVER Value for HTTP Listeners.You can reset the default PROXY_SERVER value to OFF for HTTPlisteners.

Web ConsoleVersion 7 Release 7

Uniform Access From Browsers, Bindows, and the DataManagement Console. Access to all Web Console functionsis uniform across all three clients.

Option to Bookmark, Copy, and Paste a URL After aProcedure Runs. After a procedure runs, the URL is availablein the address bar for browser bookmarking or copying andpasting.

Support for the Chrome Browser. Web Console functionalityis supported on the Chrome Browser.

Support for the Safari Browser. Web Console functionality issupported on the Safari Browser.

Common File and Directory Selector. The Web Console hasa selector (...) to simplify the choosing of a directory or file duringcommon tasks like saving and mapping.

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Adapter Enhancements

In this section:

SQL Adapters

XML-based Adapters

ERP Adapters

OLAP Adapters

Procedure Adapters

Sequential and Indexed Adapters

DBMS Adapters

All Adapters

SQL AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7 - All SQL Adapters

Optimizing IF-THEN-ELSE Using CASE. Optimization is theprocess in which the adapter translates the projection, selection,join, sort, and aggregation operations of a report request intotheir SQL equivalents and passes them to the RDBMS forprocessing.

Passing the Exact Number of Trailing Blanks to the DBMS.All relational adapters have been enhanced to pass characterconstants from the initial TABLE request to the databaseunchanged, without truncating trailing spaces.

Capturing Rows Affected by DPT SQL Passthru Commandsas Dialogue Manager Variables. The &ROWSAFFECTEDvariable is populated with the number of rows affected by thefollowing DPT DML commands: INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE.

Passing the Equivalent of FOCUS PCT to the SQL Engine.The relational adapters optimize aggregation in the presence ofthe FOCUS PCT function (which has no direct SQL counterparts)to SQL SUM().

Create Synonym Support for Long Table Names. ForRDBMSs that support long table names, you can create asynonym name of up to 128 bytes.

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Using the DPART Function in SQL Generation. A new DPARTFOCUS function, which extracts a specified component from adate field and returns it in numeric format, can be passed toSQL for improved performance.

Optimization of the HPART, DPART, HDIFF, HDATE, andDATEDIF Functions. The relational adapters can translatecertain calls to the HPART, DPART, HDIFF, HDATE, and DATEDIFfunctions to SQL date and time functions, allowing optimizationof some TABLE requests with DEFINE fields that call thesefunctions.

Passing Virtual Fields Defined as Constants to an SQLEngine. A virtual field defined as a constant is passed directlyto an SQL database engine (RDBMS) for optimized processingthat takes advantage of RDBMS join, sort, and aggregationcapabilities.

Improved Error Diagnostics in Expression Generation.Diagnostic messages and tracing for aggregation functions,DB-lookup of SQL tables, and Cluster join structures that explainSQL statement generation have been improved.

JDBC-Based Adapters: Cancelling Long Running Requests.You can cancel long running requests from the Web Console.Supported for HP Neoview, JDBC, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL,Netezza, PostgreSQL, PSQL, Sybase, Transoft, and Unidata.

Adapter for DB2

CAF Support for SQL Statements With Lengths GreaterThan 32K. Supports IBM’s increased length of SQL statementsfrom 32K to 2MB.

Surrogate Keys Support. The Reporting Server supports DB2IDENTITY columns as surrogate keys using FIELDTYPE=R(read-only) in the Master File and three attributes in the AccessFile.

Support for Change Data Capture for DB2/UDB on IBMiSeries. Support for Change Data Capture is implemented forDB2/UDB on IBM iSeries.

Support for Change Data Capture on z/OS. Change DataCapture is supported for DB2/UDB on IBM iSeries.

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Support of Multirow-Fetch for DB2 (CAF). The FETCHSIZEvalue is the number of rows to be retrieved at once using arrayretrieval techniques for the CLI adapter or a cursor with Rowsetpositioning and multirow Fetch for the CAF adapter. Acceptedvalues are 1 to 32000. The default is 100. If the result setcontains a column that has to be processed as a CLOB or aBLOB, the FETCHSIZE value used for that result set is 1.

Block Fetch Support. The Adapter for DB2 on iSeries offersBlock Fetch Support. The default is 100 rows per fetch. Thechange consistently shows CPU usage reductions compared toa non-blocked fetch. Actual reductions will vary with the request.

Passing the SUBSTR Character Function to SQL. TheSUBSTR character function can be passed to SQL for optimizedprocessing that takes advantage of RDBMS substring functions.

Adapter for Microsoft SQL Server

Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Synonyms. Supportscreation of MS SQL Native Synonyms for MS SQL Server versions2005 and higher.

Improved SQL Server Adapter Configuration. The Serverconnection attribute allows to choose from the list of MicrosoftSQL Servers visible within the local network through the MicrosoftSQL Native Client Enumerator.

Capturing Column and Table Descriptions from SQL Tables.Allows capture of unicode and non-unicode column and tabledescriptions from Microsoft SQL tables.

Support for New Date/Time Data Types for Microsoft SQLServer 10. Supports datetime2 (datetime with precision of 7),date (time with precision of 7), and datetime offset data typesfor Microsoft SQL 2008 server.

Change Data Capture (CDC) Support for Microsoft SQLServer 2008. The adapter supports Change Data Capture (CDC).It provides the ability to capture incremental changes in thedatabase, making them available to the server.

Surrogate Keys Support. The Reporting Server supportsMicrosoft SQL Server IDENTITY columns as surrogate keys usingFIELDTYPE=R (read-only) in the Master File and three attributesin the Access File.

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Passing the SUBSTRV Character Function to SQL. TheSUBSTRV character function can be passed to SQL for optimizedprocessing that takes advantage of RDBMS substring functions.

Owner/Schema Selector. The Owner/Schema parameterallows you to choose from a list of schemas that contain objectswithin the target database. Schemas that do not contain anyobjects are not listed.

Adapter for Oracle

Support for Non-Unicode Oracle Data Types From UnicodeServer. The adapter supports non-Unicode Oracle charactersets for char/varchar columns when the reporting server isconfigured for Unicode.

Support for Change Data Capture (CDC). The adaptersupports Change Data Capture (CDC). It provides the ability tocapture incremental changes in the database, making themavailable to the server.

Adapter for Teradata

Surrogate Keys Support. The Reporting Server supportsTeradata IDENTITY columns as surrogate keys usingFIELDTYPE=R (read-only) in the Master File and three attributesin the Access File.

Adapter for Informix

Surrogate Keys Support. The Reporting Server supportsInformix SERIAL and SERIAL8 columns as surrogate keys usingFIELDTYPE=R (read-only) in the Master File and three attributesin the Access File.

Support for SDK 3.0. Informix SDK 3.0 is supported on UNIXand Windows platforms.

Adapter for Sybase

Support for Unicode in Sybase IQ. Unicode data is supportedfor the Adapter for Sybase IQ. To use this feature, the ReportingServer must be configured with UTF-8 code page 65001.

Create Synonym Support for Comments in Sybase IQ. Theadapter picks up comments from the Sybase IQ database table.

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Merged ASE and IQ Configurations. The Adapters for SybaseASE and Sybase IQ have been integrated into a single Adapterfor Sybase from which you can access both ASE and IQ datasources simultaneously.

Password Encryption for Sybase ASE and Sybase IQ. Youcan control password encryption when the adapter connects toa Sybase ASE or Sybase IQ data source.

Surrogate Keys Support for Sybase ASE and Sybase IQ.The Reporting Server supports Sybase IDENTITY columns assurrogate keys using FIELDTYPE=R (read-only) in the Master Fileand three attributes in the Access File.

Adapter for Progress

Support for Multi-Database Connections. The ReportingServer can take advantage of the Progress automaticmulti-database connection capability.

Adapter for Red Brick

Surrogate Keys Support. The Reporting Server supports RedBrick SERIAL columns as surrogate keys using FIELDTYPE=R(read-only) in the Master File and three attributes in the AccessFile.

Adapter for Universe

Left Outer Join Optimized. The adapter optimizes a FOCUSLeft Outer Join to an SQL Join.

Representing Universe Multi-Valued Fields. The adapter canpresent multi-valued fields in a non-normalized way, which allowsit to display report in native Universe/Pick style.

Adapter for Excel. The Adapter for Excel is available as a namedadapter on the Web Console SQL adapter selection pane.

Adapter for 1010data. The Adapter for 1010data is available asa named adapter on the Web Console SQL adapter selection pane.

Adapter for HP Neoview. The Adapter for HP Neoview is availableas a named adapter on the Web Console SQL adapter selectionpane.

Adapter for Netezza. The Adapter for Netezza is available as anamed adapter on the Web Console SQL adapter selection pane.

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Adapter for MySQL

Surrogate Keys Support. The Reporting Server supports MySQLnumeric columns with the AUTO_INCREMENT option as surrogatekeys using FIELDTYPE=R (read-only) in the Master File and threeattributes in the Access File.

Adapter for MetaMatrix

Support for Coreid Cookies. The ObSSOCookie is passedfrom the Web-tier to the WebFOCUS Reporting Server to be usedfor a MetaMatrix connection.

Support for Name/Value Pairs for Payload. The PAYLOADcustomization option specifies a MetaMatrix trusted payload asone or more comma-delimited pairs (represented as Key, Value)that you can pass to MetaMatrix.

XML-based AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Support for a Proxy Server in TSCOM OutboundConnections. External XML data (such as XML/XSD documents)now can be obtained through a Proxy Server according to theserver's filtering rules.

Adapter for XBRL

OLAP-Style Retrieval. Using the XBRLRD Master File, you canshow the dimension information associated with concepts andtheir fact values.

Support for footnoteLink. The adapter can read thefootnoteLink from an XBRL document for reporting purposes.

Publishing Mapping Tool. You can create a procedure usingDeveloper Studio and create all the mappings necessary togenerate output as an XBRL Instance document.

Adapter for XML

Create Synonym Indicator (choice and sequence) for XML.Indicators <choice> and <sequence> are included if WRITE=YESis included in the Create Synonym process.

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XML Synonym Option to Relax Syntax Check. You can usethe SYNTAX_CHECK Access File parameter to allow for one ormultiple sets of tags to be allowed in the XML doc.

ERP AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Adapter for SAP R/3: Support for Single Sign-On Using theSAP SSO Ticket. Single sign-on (SSO) enables you to log in tothe SAP portal with your credentials and then access WebFOCUScomponents, such as the Reporting Server, the Web Console,and the WebFOCUS Client (Managed Reporting) without asecondary logon.

OLAP AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Limit Removed on Number of WITHINs in a Master File.This enhancement removes any limits associated with the totalnumber of attributes in all dimensions for an SSAS cube.

Adapter for SAP BW

Support for Time-Dependent Hierarchies in BW Queries.You can use the SET ENGINE BWBAPI SET KEY_DATE [yyyymmdd]command for time-dependent hierarchies in BW queries.

Support for Hierarchies in the Synonym Editor. Enables youto view, edit, and delete InfoObject-bearing hierarchies andrelated attributes that are described in the Master File for anSAP BW data source.

Refreshing Cube Synonyms. A Refresh option added to theadapter Create Synonym facility, enables you to maintainup-to-date metadata for your SAP BW queries, InfoCubes, andother BW InfoSources.

Adapter for MSOLAP

Developing MDSCHEMA Down to MEMBERS Level. Thenumber of SEGMENTS in the MDSCHEMA.MAS file that describesthe OLAP data source is extended from four to eleven.

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Adapter for SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

Implementing Rollups Using the MDX VISUALTOTALSFunction. You can implement rollups by using the MDXVISUALTOTALS function.

Using Dimension Members in a Heading. Dimension membersare supported in a report heading, subhead, and footing.

Developing MDSCHEMA Down to MEMBERS Level. Thenumber of SEGMENTS in the MDSCHEMA.MAS file that describesthe OLAP data source is extended from four to eleven.

Auto Redirection of UDA References to AttributeHierarchies. You can use the ENGINE SSAS SETUSE_ATTRIBUTE_HIERARCHIES ON setting to allow a reportrequest to automatically interpret references to UDA fields asreferences to attribute hierarchies.

Using the MSOOLAP 10.0 OLEDB Provider if Present. TheSSAS physical level adapter picks up the SSAS 2008 CTP(Katmai) OLAP client if it is present in the system.

Option Added to Verify Adapter for SQL Server AnalysisServices (SSAS) Connection. You can test the SQL ServerAnalysis Services (SSAS) adapter from the Web Console Adapterpage.

Adapter for Essbase

Refreshing Cube Synonyms Preserving User Changes. Youcan refresh Cube synonyms, preserving user changes.

Procedure AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Using a Virtual Field to Hold Current File Name. A DATASETparameter or a FILEDEF for a flat file can use an asterisk (*) asa wildcard to represent multiple files. To identify which file (ofmany) a record comes from, you can add a field with an ALIASof INSTANCE to the Master File. When used in a SELECT, TABLE,or MODIFY procedure, that field will have the name of the specificfile.

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Adapter for Web Services

Passing a Blank Element as Input to an Element. Theadapter handles a blank element in the WHERE conditiondifferently from a NULL element.

Support for ARRAY_ITEM for Unbounded Elements. Duringsynonym creation, the adapter sets the attributeACCESS_PROPERTY=MULTIVALUES on the field level when itfinds maxOccurs=unbounded for a particular Object or Elementdefinition in the XSD.

Support for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)Data Services. The adapter supports Windows CommunicationFoundation (WCF) Data Services.

Sequential and Indexed AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Adapter for Flat Files

Support for Listening Mode.The Adapter for Flat Files hasbeen enhanced with File Listener mode to process TABLE orMODIFY requests on collections of data files.

Adapter for Delimited Flat Files

Support for Synonym Creation for CVS Files Uploaded Fromthe Desktop. When creating synonyms for comma-delimitedfiles, you can upload the files from a local Windows machine.

Extended Mapping Functionality Allows Parameterization.Extended mapping functionality allows parameterization ofOCCURS and POSITION attributes in SEGMENT definitions.

Support for Linefeed. You can use the PRESERVEFRMTsynonym attribute to define whether original non-printablecharacters in a field value are preserved or replaced by printablecharacters.

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DBMS AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Adapter for Adabas: Support for LA and W Fields. Supporthas been added for the following Adabas 8 data types: LA fields(native Adabas CLOB data) and Unicode fields in W format.

All AdaptersVersion 7 Release 7

Support for Data Caching in Data Retrieval. Supports bothstatic and dynamic caching using the ENGINE INT SET CACHEON command.

Support for Multi-Valued Fields. Processing has beenenhanced for data sources that contain data in non-first NormalForm. This data is represented by multi-segment Master Filestructures.

Support for Null Testing in Left Outer Join. Provides supportfor outer joins in SQL style by generating full paths with NULLvalues instead of short paths.

Parameterization of Master and Access File Values UsingVariables. You can define global variables in a Master File anduse them to parameterize certain attributes in the Master Fileand its corresponding Access File.

SQL Optimization of Legacy DATE Format Fields. Legacydate formats have been optimized.

DataMigrator EnhancementsVersion 7 Release 7

DataMigrator Console. This section describes new featuresfor the DataMigrator Console.

Change Data Capture. Detects changes to source tablesas they occur.

Star Schema Load. Sample files and a tutorial show howto load data into a Star Schema.

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Iterator. The iterator simplifies processing using multipletables with the same layout.

File Listener. The adapter based File Listener facilitatesprocessing files as they appear in a specifieddirectory or FTPserver.

DataMigrator Flows. This section describes new features forDataMigrator flows.

Validate Flow. You can validate a flow by clicking theValidate Flow button. Any errors found will appear in a dialogwindow with an error message.

Direct Load Flow Sources. Direct Load Flow supports anysource as long as the structure is flat.

Wait After Parallel Group. Proceeds to next objectregardless of whether the wait was satisfied.

Duplicate Field Names. For hierarchical source tables withrepeated field names, the segment names are used todistinguish them.

Target Transformation Documentation. You can add adescription to a target transformation.

Copy and Paste Transformations. Transformations canbe copied from a target and pasted to the same, or another,target.

Adapter Type Display. The adapter type (such as MicrosoftSQL Server) is optionally displayed on the workflow forsources and targets.

New Function Assist for COALESCE. The Function Assisthas been enhanced to support the SQL function COALESCE,which can take two or more arguments.

E-mail Notification. E-mail notification from within a processflow can send both a message and an attached file.

Run as Stored Procedure. The option “Execute as RPC”has been renamed to “Run as Stored Procedure” and a newoption can be set so that all flows are added with this optionchecked.

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Nested Select Statements. Additional SQL objects can beadded to a data flow. This allows joining to a select statementand avoids the need to create intermediate tables and usemultiple flows.

Union. A UNION object can be added to a data flow. Thisallows concatenating the results of multiple selectstatements, avoiding the need for multiple flows. This objectalso supports the SQL operations MINUS and INTERSECT.

Join Assist. When you add a synonym to a Join object thatalready has one table selected, the Select Synonym dialoguecan be filtered to show only those synonyms with matchingcolumns. Candidate synonyms may have either matching keycolumn names, or the synonym may contain a primarykey/foreign key relationship.

Help With Errors. Errors in a transformation can be viewedby selecting Errors details from the transformation. Errormessage numbers in these and other dialogues are a hotlink to the message text.

Bulk Load. Bulk load options are available for Teradata andOracle.

Data Management Console - Browser. This section describesnew features for the Data Management Console browser.

Browser Views. Separate tabs for procedures, tabs, andadapters have been replaced by folders in the browser.

Workspace Configuration. Server configuration, whichpreviously required using the Web Console, can now be donefrom a new Workspace folder.

Descriptions. Descriptions can be stored and displayed fordirectories and stored procedures.

Home Application Directory. Each user can have a Homeapplication directory, visible only to themselves and theServer Administrator.

Nested Application Directories. Application directoriescan have subdirectories.

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Foccache Temporary Directory. A temporary directory isadded to the application path on connection to the serverthat exists for the duration of the session.

Explorer View. Explorer view shows details of files anddirectories viewed in the browser window.

Schedule and Set E-mail. You can add schedule and E-mailsettings to a stored procedure, and you can edit forprocedures and flows without opening the flow.

Copy, Cut, and Paste Multiple Server Objects. Usingstandard Windows shortcut keys, you can select multipleserver objects to copy, cut, and then paste in anotherdirectory or another server.

Source Code Control. Source code control applicationsChangeMan and Perforce are supported. Improved supportfor all source code control systems, including use of privatehome directories for development and public directories fordeployment, as well as a get latest version option. There isalso support for operations in Visual SourceSafe, such ascreating the folder during association.

Data Management Console - General. This section describesnew features for the Data Management Console.

Property Sheets. Property sheets are used instead ofdialogues throughout the Data Management Console.

Improved Application Path Configuration. The userinterface for configuring the application path has moreoptions and allows configuring the path for specific users.

Reusable Transformations. A new user interface simplifiescreating and editing reusable transformations (functions).

Replace in Text Editor. When editing flows, synonyms, orconfiguration files in the text editor, you can find a text stringand replace it.

Aerial View. A new “aerial view” gives an overview of flowsand synonyms in the modeling view. For large and complexflows, this simplifies selecting an area of the object to view.

Save As Toolbar Button. All editors have a toolbar button“Save as” to save a file under a new name.

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Close All But Current Window. A main menu option closesall open windows except for the current one.

Synonym Editor. This section describes new features for theSynonym Editor.

Enhanced Modeling View. A concise segment display bydefault shows only column names. It can be customized toshow additional information.

Cluster Joins Insert by Reference. A Cluster Join is asynonym that describes multiple tables which previouslyrequired a copy of a synonym for each table. Now, synonymscan be included by reference to another synonym, thusensuring that changes are propagated automatically.

Variables in Synonyms. Variables can be added to asynonym to represent table names and connection names.

Support Database Generated Auto Increment Columns.Most relational databases support a column that isautomatically incremented when a row is inserted. Thesecolumns are now identified when synonyms are created.Tables can be created from a synonym that identifies suchcolumns.

Filename. For flat file data sources, a field with an ALIASvalue of INSTANCE will contain the file name.

DataMigrator Database Lookup. This section describes newfeatures for the DataMigrator database lookup.

DB_LOOKUP for FOCUS Files. FOCUS files can be usedwith DB_LOOKUP.

Cache for DB_LOOKUP. A new setting enables a cache forDB_LOOKUP to improve performance.

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Star Schemas and Slowly Changing Dimensions. This sectiondescribes new features for Star Schemas and slowing changingDimensions.

Specify Begin and End Dates. For Slowly ChangingDimension Type II, changes override the default begin andend dates for active and/or inactive records.

Support for Auto Increment Columns. Database-generatedautomatically incremented columns can be used as surrogatekeys in dimension tables.

DataMigrator Reporting. This section describes new featuresfor DataMigrator reporting.

View Log and Statistics Reports Enhancements. TheView Log and Statistics selection panel has been enhancedso that you can select a specific flow name and viewscheduled or immediate flows.

Flow Logging and Monitoring. You can control how oftenand the maximum number of lines that are written to theLOG table for each flow. A flow can now be monitored as logmessages are written while the flow is running.

Send Warning E-mail for ETLLOG Table Errors. Anautomatic e-mail message can be sent if an error occurswhile writing to the ETLLOG file. Such an error could occur,for example, if the file is full.

Maximum Size of Log and Statistics Tables Increased.The ETLLOG and ELTSTATS files were previously limited totwo gigabytes. The limit is now 16 gigabytes.

DataMigrator Scheduler. This section describes new featuresfor the DataMigrator Scheduler.

Intraday Scheduling. Flows can be scheduled to run duringa specified time period every day.

Restart Interval. You can specify the time between restartattempts for all flows with a restart.

Scheduler ID. You can explicitly specify the user ID of thescheduler. This will control the application path that isscanned for scheduled flows to run.

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DataMigrator Variables. This section describes new featuresfor DataMigrator variables.

Assign Variables. A new variable object in a process flowsimplifies assigning values for local and global variables.

Use Local Variables in a Data Flow. You can use localvariables in a data flow for where conditions and otherinstances. For running flows, a value can be set in a processflow.

Test Local Variables. The DMC now prompts for a localvariable if it is needed while testing an SQL or transformation.

Use Variables for Target Table Name. A variable can beused for a target table name so that the name can beassigned at run time.

DataMigrator Adapters. This section describes new featuresfor DataMigrator Adapters.

Excel. Now only a single connection is required with a namedadapter for Excel that allows creating synonyms for tablesin multiple worksheets.

IWAF - iWay Adapter Framework Adapters. An iWayadapter enabled for IWAF can be used as a source in aDataMigrator flow.

Flat and Delimited Flat Files. A flat file server source canreside on an FTP server.

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