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Provide Object Line count in LIST command in BATCH

Object Line Count is available with options in ONLINE LIST command (via PF11) but not in BATCH. It is very cumbersome to try to count all the lines in a library a batch process with total would be a big help.
Eugene Miklovich 8 days ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) 0 New

Allow "*" instead of blanks for a non-display field (in maps, INPUT stmt, etc.).

The field attribute AD=N can be used to define a field in a map, an INPUT statement or other output statements as non-display. Any value entered in the field will not be displayed. Instead, blanks will be displayed. However, asterisks should be di...
Georg Schmitt 21 days ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) / Programing Syntax (Cross platforms) / Utilities 0 New

MultiFetch in Rotate Tables

Using Datasync we found a problem replicating Rotate tables because these types of tables take much longer to execute than "root tables". Support tells us this behavior is because these types of tables don't use multifetch, so we're requesting tha...
Diana Charro 2 months ago in CONNX 4 Under Review

CDD maintenance / Allow DROP TABLE DESCRIPTION when ADABAS DB is Down

Our DBAs dropped a ADABAS DB, so the nucleus was no longer active (not running). My task was to DROP all CLUSTER and TABLE DESCRIPTIONS for this Database, and finally do a DROP DATABASE. The DDL for DROP CLUSTER DESCRIPTIONS was executed without a...
Christian Held 2 months ago in CONNX 1 Under Review

Generate NATdoc valid HTML code when using XML Toolkit

Generate NATdoc comment lines instead of plain comment text in generated Natural code. I would appreciate it if the version of the XML Toolkit/NatOne is included in this comments.
Edith Schmidt about 1 month ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 Future consideration

Seperate passphrase checks from settings for password

Passphrase checks only works if "User password history" is set to Y or *As there is no reason to combinate passphrase with password settings, it would be better to seperate this.
Christina Möllenberg about 1 month ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural Security (NSC) 0 Under Review

Automated Initialization of Global/Independent Variables per Session (NDV)

In our development environment, the correct i nitialization of Global and Independent variables is a mandatory prerequisite for both execution and cataloging (STOW) of Natural objects. We manage hundreds of libraries and systems , each with its ow...
Luciano Pinheiro Pimenta 4 months ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) / Usability 0 Under Review

Cross Reference Generation Without Blocking SYSMAIN Copy

Using new SYSSEC Cross-reference option "B" would Always Generate XREF data during Catalog or Stow to be certain we will create it if we can. It would not prevent Copying or Moving Objects into the Library which are simply missing XREF. The SYSMA...
Rick Poirier 5 months ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural Security (NSC) 0 Under Review

Use underscore in numbers as separator

This only concerns programming, not execution. And also any platform (mainframe, LUW). When you need to code large numbers in a program, you can only use the decimal point to separate digits between the integer and fraction part. But if you want t...
Philippe Van Coppenolle about 2 months ago in Natural for z/OS / Programing Syntax (Cross platforms) 0 New

Ability to customize the mapping form

When mapping to a Natural Server Environment, a form is display in which a number of parameters could be defined (Host name, Port Number, Environment Name, session parameters,Userid,password). This same form appears when clicking on the properties...
Jamal Alwaye about 2 months ago in NaturalONE / NaturalONE (ONE) 0 Under Review