CICS-FileServ for VSE
The Intelligent CICS File Server
9% of all work performed in IS departments involved in manipulation or maintenance of the data files. Host based systems, EDI transactions, file transfers and client/server all increase the demand. Yet application programmers, system programmers, and operators struggle along with an incomplete set of tools. It's like trying to saw wood with a saw that has no teeth. The growing complexities of today's information systems environments coupled with reassignment of valuable IS resources are having profound effects. This places new emphasis on management and control of files accessed through CICS.
CICS-FileServ is an on-line menu-driven system utility, operating under CICS, that provides the means to dynamically create and maintain all file definitions required by CICS by using the FileServ interface to RDO.
AT-A-GLANCE
- Produces all the required file labels and file assignments needed by CICS.
- Automatically closes and deactivates files which have not been used for a specified interval of time, thereby freeing the resources that were tied up by an inactive file.
- Complete file status and file definition information is instantly available for inquiry or authorized modification.
- Control over files is easily maintained.
FEATURE
- File assignment
Produces all the required file labels and file assignments needed by CICS.
- Automated close and deactivate
Automatically closes and deactivates files which have not been used for a specified interval of time, thereby freeing the resources that were tied up by an inactive file.
- User friendly FCT administration
Control over files is easily maintained.
- File Audit
Complete file status and file definition information is instantly available for inquiry or authorized modification.
- Status code
Frees operator of responsibility for opening and closing of files to applications. Files can be given various status codes to eliminate the need for any operator intervention.
- BDAM integrity
Will not abnormally terminate CICS if a BDAM file is opened that was improperly defined or not found on disk (DOS users).
- Batch capability
Allows on-line files to be opened or closed from a batch partition or region.
- Transaction and program disablement
Allows transactions and/or programs associated with a file to be disabled when the file is closed and enabled when the file is opened.
- File statistics and reporting
Provides complete reporting of file definitions with up-to-the-minute statistical information.
- Support for remote file definitions
Supports most types of file definitions, including remote file definitions.
- Online file manipulation
File records of any file in CICS may be displayed, altered, added, deleted or browsed with the file service functions.
- Hex view and update facility
Data records are displayed in both hex and character, allowing changes to be made in either mode.
- Record search
Data records may be searched for the presence of a hex or character string.
- Search using LOCATE
An entire file may be searched using the LOCATE function. Queries may be constructed using Boolean logic. Selected records can be displayed, modified, deleted, added to another file, or printed.
- Online record reformatting
Data records may be reformatted on-line using the LOCATE function.
- Duplicate Key isolation
Duplicate key data can be isolated using the LOCATE function.
- Non-numeric search
Non-numeric data fields can be found with the LOCATE function.
- Extend variable length records
The length of variable-length records can be changed with the file service functions.
- Sequential file administration
Sequential files can be displayed, updated and searched.
- Batch interface
Service requests for files may be varied to UPDATE or NOUPDATE through the Batch Interface program.
- Documentation and help facility
An extensive help system has been included, which provides detailed help displays for every field displayed by the FileServ system.
