New and Changed Features of Base Natural

This section describes all changes and enhancements provided with Natural Version 9.1.1.

Note:
The SYSEXV utility gives you access to examples of new features available in the current and in some earlier versions of Natural. SYSEXV is described in the Utilities documentation.

Operations and Performance

New Selectable Units Not Yet Available

All features previously supplied as selectable units are integrated in Natural Version 9.1.1. Selectable units are not yet available.

As a result, the setting of the SELUNIT profile parameter is ignored and appropriate messages occur for the SHOWSU system command and the SU line command of the SYSPROD system command.

Unicode and Code Page Support

New Names for Data Item Modules

The naming conventions for data item modules have been changed to reflect the ICU version in the names of the data items.

For more information, see Naming Conventions for Data Item Modules in the section ICU Data Items in the Unicode and Code Page Support documentation.

Editors

Note:
The sections indicated for more information are contained in the Editors documentation, unless otherwise noted.

DDM Editor: SQL and DL/I Services Discontinued on z/VSE

The DDM editor (SYSDDM utility) no longer supports SQL services for Natural for SQL (NSQ) and the DL/I services for DL/I on z/VSE platforms.

See also Features Dropped with this Natural Version.

Utilities

Note:
The sections indicated for more information are contained in the Utilities documentation, unless otherwise noted.

DBLOG Utility

The DBLOG utility now also supports VSAM calls.

For more information, see the section DBLOG Utility - Logging Database Calls.

Object Handler

The FIND direct command of the Object Handler now also considers the save and catalog date of a Natural object in an object search operation with specified date/time range.

For more information, see the new DATECHECK option of the select-clause described in Syntax of Natural Library Object and DDM Selection.

SYSCP Utility

The new function Loaded Code Pages lists the already loaded code pages in the current Natural environment. For more information, see Loaded Code Pages in section SYSCP utility of the Utilities documentation and the Unicode and Code Page Support documentation.

SYSPARM Utility

Enhanced SYSPARM TERM1ST Option

The TERM1ST option of the SYSPARM direct command now also allows resetting a warning counter for SYSPARM commands that output return codes.

For more information, see TERM1ST in the basic command syntax of the SYSPARM command in the section SYSPARM Utility.

New SYSPARM LOWER Option for Lowercase Conversion

The SYSPARM direct command now provides the LOWER option to specify whether lowercase letters are converted to uppercase.

For more information, see LOWER in the basic command syntax and the with-clause of the SYSPARM command in the section SYSPARM Utility.

SYSRPC Utility

The SYSRPC utility is a subcomponent of Natural RPC: see SYSRPC Utility in the section Natural RPC.

SYSTP Utility

New Permanent Storage Segments Function

The new function Permanent Storage Segments displays permanently allocated storage segments. For more information, see Permanent Storage Segments in section SYSTP Utility of the Utilities documentation.

Enhanced Natural Sub-Systems and Roll Server Information

The display of Natural Sub-Systems and Roll Server Information has been completely revised to provide an overview as well as detailed information screens. The new line command E displays the ECSAD storage. For more information, see Natural Sub-Systems and Roll Server Information in section SYSTP Utility of the Utilities documentation.

Natural Profiler Utility

Transaction Response Time Evaluation

The Natural Profiler utility now provides the option to evaluate transactions and generate a transaction summary. The summary shows how many events occurred during execution of the transaction and the response time used by the transaction.

For more information, see Transaction Summary in the section Using the Profiler Utility in Batch Mode.

Profile and Session Parameters

Note:
The sections indicated for more information are contained in the Parameter Reference documentation, unless otherwise noted.

New Profile and Session Parameters

Parameter

Corresponding
Macro

Task Description
THPINIT NTPRM Pre-initialized Storage Thread Model Name

This new profile parameter is used to save the contents of the Natural storage thread after static session initialization and to reuse it for other sessions in order to improve performance.

This parameter only applies if Natural for zIIP is installed with an additional module for pre-initialized thread support.

Changed/Enhanced Profile Parameters

Parameter

Corresponding
Macro

Task Change/Enhancement
PGP NTPGP Properties for External Programs New Property for Standard Linkage under CICS

The new STDLQ property shows whether standard linkage on QR TCB under CICS is used.

ZIIP NTZIIP zIIP Processing (z/OS Only) Disable Caching for Print and Work Files

The new PWCXAM keyword subparameter disables caching for print and work files for single or multiple file access methods.

Note:
The ZIIP keyword subparameter IMSG replaces functionality introduced with the special purpose Zap NA95083. This Zap is no longer required when using IMSG.