This document describes the Adabas Review 5.3 enhancements.
You can now start Adabas Review online when you enter the new
SYSREVDB command at a Natural prompt. If required, the
SYSREVDB command performs a LOGON
to the library SYSREVDB. Then it starts the program MENU.
For more information about accessing Adabas Review online, see Concepts and Facilities > Getting Started > Accessing Adabas Review Online.
You can now initialize Adabas Review when you enter the
INSTALL or INSTALL ALL command at
a Natural prompt for SYSREVDB or from batch Natural.
For more information about the INSTALL command, see Adabas Review Reference > Command Reference > INSTALL Command.
Running the INSTALL DB now repairs the Adabas Review
repository if sample reports are missing or multiple copies of a sample report are
found.
For more information about the INSTALL command, see Adabas Review Reference > Command Reference > INSTALL Command.
When you view the technical system information with the TECH
command, the Database System Environment screen now shows the Adabas Review repository
version if the repository was allocated with SYSREVDB 4.7 SP1 or lower. For further
information, see Concepts and Facilities > Getting
Started > Accessing Technical System Information.
The header of generated programs in Basic mode now uses the same standard header as programs in Editor mode.
The redisplay mode in the output of a Basic mode program now shows readable values for hexadecimal fields. The color of the REDISPLAY mode output is now turquoise.
For further information about the redisplay mode, see Using Adabas Review > Managing Started or Scheduled Report Output > Scrolling Through Report Results in Redisplay Mode with the VW Command.
When you execute the RESET HISTORY command, no data is lost.
Running the command now also provides a preview mode and detailed information about the
lock status of the file and the processed data.
For further information about resetting the history file, see Using Adabas Review > Managing History Data > Compressing Accumulated History Report Data > Resetting the History File.
When you execute the HELP command command, help
information for the specified general Adabas Review command
command is provided. For example, HELP
HELP provides help information of the HELP
command itself.
When you execute the HELP * command, the available general
Adabas Review commands are listed.
If a question mark (?) is entered in the command line, the available general Adabas Review commands are listed.
In the help screen of an Adabas Review field, you can press PF2 to display field specific information.
For further information, see Concepts and Facilities > Getting Started > Using the Online Help System.
The following commands are new in SYSREVDB:
The new Adabas Review commands EXEC natcmd or
// natcmd executes the Natural command
natcmd. After execution, the
SYSREVDB main menu is started.
The new Adabas Review command NATURAL natcmd executes the
Natural command natcmd. It provides the same functionality
as the Adabas Review command NAT.
The new Adabas Review command TERM terminates the Natural
session. It provides the same functionality as the Adabas Review commands
FIN or QUIT.
The new Adabas Review command TRACE maintains the
SYSREVDB internal trace.
For further information, see Adabas Review Reference > Command Reference.
The following supplied batch Natural program is new in SYSREVDB:
The new Adabas Review program REVTRACE maintains the
SYSREVDB internal trace.
For further information, see Using Adabas Review > Using Adabas Review in Batch Natural.
The user profile access rule Change LFILE Info? indicates now
whether users are allowed to run the SET or
SETFILE command.
For further information, see Administrative Functions > Maintaining User Profiles > User Profile Access Rules .
The size of the COMMANDS field has been increased from (N13) to (N20) to avoid error situations for big values. A report using the COMMANDS field will use the increased space after a regeneration.
Note
If the data of a Basic mode report runs out of space because of the increased COMMANDS
field size, use the Editor mode which offers more columns.
Adabas Review now uses parallel requests when user exits are called in zIIP mode. This prevents mode switches.
REVBUFMB specifies the size of the Review Buffer Pool used as temporary storage when sending the CLOG records via Network (ADALNK) to the Review Hub. This parameter is only supported when REVSTHMV is set to V53 and REVLOGNR is set to a value higher than 0. The REVBUFMB parameter may be activated during the Adabas nucleus session. The possible values are 1-1024 (default is 10).
For more information about the ADARUN parameters for Adabas Review, see ADARUN Parameters for Adabas Review.
In Hub mode, this parameter specifies whether the CLOG records are sent as buffered records or as single records via Network (ADALNK) to the Review Hub. If you set REVLOGNR to 0 (default), the CLOG records are sent as single records. A value between 1 and 64 sets the maximum amount of CLOG records per buffer.
In Local mode, the parameter specifies the CLOG record after which the REVIEW subtask is posted for processing. If you set REVLOGNR to 0, the CLOG records are posted for processing after the 16th record (default). A value between 1 and 64 specifies after which record to post the REVIEW subtask for processing.
For more information about the ADARUN parameters for Adabas Review, see ADARUN Parameters for Adabas Review.
REVSTHMV specifies whether the ADARMT/ADRST interface or the ADARMX/ADARSX interface is used to send data via Network (ADALNK) to the Review Hub. Set REVSTHMV to V52 (default) to send the CLOG records via the ADARMT/ADARST interface. V53 sends the CLOG records via the ADARMX/ADARSX interface.
For more information about the ADARUN parameters for Adabas Review, see ADARUN Parameters for Adabas Review.
In Hub mode, REVTIMER specifies the largest delay in seconds for sending buffered CLOG records via Network (ADALNK) in case of low database activity.
In Local mode, REVTIMER sends the CLOG records to the Review hub after no later than N seconds.
The possible values in both modes are 1-60 (default is 1).
For more information about the ADARUN parameters for Adabas Review, see ADARUN Parameters for Adabas Review.
Adabas Review now uses the CHECKLOG utility to scan command logs and show a map of the records, such as block size, record size, which buffers exist, buffer size, etc.
When you edit a report, move the cursor to a line with a valid field name, and press PF1, the description of the field is shown in the online help system.
When you request the online help for a user field, a generic text is displayed. To provide your own text, see Defining Adabas Review User Fields.
If only the Report Name column is filled for a non-numeric field (such as CMD), the Order column is assigned automatically.
If duplicate orders occur, the next higher order is used.
The header of a generated program in Editor mode now uses a more structured format.
For user fields, comments have been added to the corresponding view data in the local data definitions, indicating the name of the user field, for example:
2 USER-FIELD03-B (B100/1:10) /* CICS
Hereby, CICS is the name of the third user field.
With SYSREVDB, you can modify and save the default report options settings. In previous versions, the text members delivered with our products were also used to save the default user settings. With the new version, other names are used to save the user settings. These Natural text members are named OPTION-D and OPTION-S for detail and summary reports, respectively. This ensures that the user default options are not overwritten when an updated SYSREVDB is installed. If you want to copy the default options to another SYSREVDB environment (of same version), you may copy the two options text members.
For further information on how to modify the default options, see Using Adabas Review > Maintaining Report Definitions.
In the Report Options screen, the settings of the Review environment are used now as default for the history file settings.
The DISPLAY command can now be used with the shortcuts "B" and "E" for "BASIC" and "EDITOR", respectively, to change the mode for the generating display modules.
For further information about the DISPLAY command, see Adabas Review Reference > Command Reference > DISPLAY Command.
Trans-port, the standard cross-memory conduit for Review Hub, can be turned off by renaming RTPINIT in the Review load library. Adabas Calls transfers the data to Review Hub. Depending on the topology of your data center, the performance of Adabas Review might improve as a result of turning off Trans-Port.
