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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 7 months ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan

Automatic verification of a zaps Pre-req.

Natural and other product zaps regularly have prerequisites for example; * *+ZAP:NA93002 * -------- (C) Software AG, Darmstadt/Germany, 2012 -------- * ---------------- Release Date: 01.Nov.2012 --------------- * PRODUCT: NAT823 * PREREQ. : NA9222...
Guest almost 5 years ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan

Natural RPC - Buffer pool closing procedure

Having defined a NTBPI macro with: GBP, SEQ=0 and LBP, SEQ=1, if GBP is closed while the Natural sesión is active, Natural attemps to connect the LBP. But for a Natural RPC it doesn't work in the same way. In our installation we have configured AL...
Jose Dario Rudz over 1 year ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan

Seguridad para SYSOBJH

Para la Utilidad SYSOBJH, sería muy útil poder retringir su uso a nivel de System File. Por ejemplo, que no se puedan descargar/cargar objetos en el FNAT. Algo parecido a lo que se puede hacer con SYSMAIN mediante la activación de la USR MAINEX01
Maria Rosa Moreno 10 months ago in Natural for z/OS / Utilities Not in Plan

Introduce User-Defined Data Types

There is a SAG strategie (or statement)called "ADABAS & NATURAL 2050+" Based on this I would like to have "User-Defined Data Types". I assume that the audience is familiar with this concept. When NATURAL was introduced it was called a 4-GL lan...
Christian Held almost 5 years ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan

Create a user exit in SYSEXT to perform a SCAN across all FUSER or FNAT

Create a user exit in SYSEXT to perform a SCAN across all FUSER or FNAT .It can be similar to the existing SCAN tool. The replace function is not required and may be a bit dangerous. This way we can search all source code for a specific string, be...
Guest about 2 years ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) / Utilities Not in Plan

NSC: Allow / Disallow modules in steplib

If a Natural module exists in a library AND one of its steplibs, it should be possible to DISALLOW the module in the library and ALLOW it in the steplib (or vice versa).
Guest almost 5 years ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural Security (NSC) Not in Plan

NAT: Numeric target operands in SEPARATE statement desired

Unfortunately it is not possible with the SEPARATE statement to assign numeric values directly to numeric target fields. Message: NAT0240 Operand format invalid. Format A, B or U expected. So, sometimes laborious redefinitions are necessary. It wo...
Guest almost 5 years ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan

FIND NUMBER RECORDS ...

Background: Currently, Natural has no "generic" way to find the number of records loaded in an Adabas file. Natural must always use the name of a file-specific descriptor which is "known to be populated for every record". e.g. FIND NUMBER EMPLOYES...
Guest almost 5 years ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan

extend Broker logon to all XC functions

using the "LS" function against a Broker from SYSRPC XC function does a pop up prompting for Broker login if EntireX Security is enabled. However, using anything like "PI"ng on a server just gives the error that no logon has been done (even if I'v...
Douglas Kelly over 1 year ago in Natural for z/OS / Natural (NAT) Not in Plan