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Read and Write partitions in parallel with only one OUTDDN dataset

Recently, during some tests, we observed that using a single dataset for each part in the OUTDDN with &PART drastically improves the elapsed time of the HPU job (with benefits for data availability, reduced contention probability, etc.). Howev...
8 months ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

OpenPages Lifecycle Notification should have validation for active/inactive users before sending mail notification.

It is useful because the inactive users mail box wont be flooded from Notification when the status of the incident or issue object changes. At present the end user gets confused with the intention of the mail because being inactive, he/she no more...
about 6 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 2 Not under consideration

Allow for Multi-select option for BE Selector Field Type

This was requested two years ago, but accidentally marked as 'Delivered'. Right now all Object types where users want to Identify (for example) Impacted Locations, admins are forced to create fields 'Impacted Location', 'Secondary Impacted Locatio...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 3 Future consideration

Fixed column List for a Select * based on a timestamp

It can be very useful if we could input a timestamp in the Unload cards which results in any column that were added to the table post the timestamp to be excluded from the column list to be unloaded. This will give a nice mechanism so that a SELEC...
9 months ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

Giving option to user to Modify & Save record using Grid View.

Auditors have to perform 100's of tests every year for different auditable entities. As per current configuration, user(auditor) will have to go inside each test to perform test or to use side panlel. Customer is asking to make grid view flexible ...
over 4 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 3 Future consideration

Double " delimiter issue with HPU

When unloading from an Imagecopy using HPU, data gets unloaded like this : " 12345"~"SMA "O" DRAIN TILE CO. LTD. 05 while with DSNUTILB,https://bigblue.aha.io/ideas/ideas/ZHPUL-I-31 it gets unloaded like this: " 12345"~"SMA ""O"" DRAIN TILE CO. LT...
over 2 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 2 Planned for future release

RCSA Completion Helper - Control Eval is not Associated with more than one Risk Eval

In many cases a single Control mitigates multiple Risks. In such a case, a single Control is associated to multiple Risks. Though, when RCSA Completion Helper runs, the corresponding Control Eval is only associated to the primary Risk's Risk Eval....
over 3 years ago in OpenPages Ideas / Solutions 2 Future consideration

LOCK YES should imply QUISECE YES

Because HPU is not an application program and not a 'true Utility', it does not check all instances of other Utilities for incompatibility. Users will run HPU and other Utilities will that try to start may not see that HPU is running and there cou...
about 6 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Allow more than one separator character when unloading in delimited format

A competitor's unload tool allowed us to specify more than one character in the separator field when unloading data in delimited format. We had to use more than one character, because for unloads of certain tables, we couldn't find a character tha...
about 5 years ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

HPU : external file support for IN predicate

our customer wants to migrate from a competitor's product to IBM HPU. This product supports the following syntax to read a list of arguments for the SQL - WHERE IN predicate from a flat file. The syntax is as follows: SELECT * FROM creator.tbnameW...
over 1 year ago in Db2 High Performance Unload for z/OS 1 Planned for future release