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Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS

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ALA apply result in sqlcode -253 or -254, but does not show the original sqlcode which caused the error.

description of pain point: see attachment workaround: turn MRI off//RUN EXEC PGM=ALA@FSP,REGION=0M, // PARM='ssid MRIOFF'
over 3 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

Time delimiters expanded for the from/to on the ALA panels - Accept '.' in addition to ':'.

The "Log range Start/End on the tools panels only accepts the colon(:) on the time delimiters. SDSF/JES indicates STARTED time on jobs with the dot(.) delimeter. Changing to allow the dot(.) would expedite the copy-paste filling in of these values...
almost 4 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Mapping Source Tables to Target Tables using Db2 Administration Tool masking principles

Using Db2 Log Analysis Tool, Classic Menu, option 5 "Execute dynamic SQL in batch", we are able to map from Source Table to Target Table. But table owner and table name of source and target name must be specified at full. If we have 50 tables, whe...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

LAT - Allow all parameters to be changed in the JCL without having to re-generate the syntax using the ISPF interface.

Currently in order to create a Log Analysis JCL, it is necessary to navigate through CLISTs. The proposed solution it to allow the user to create/edit the JCL directly, having a LA command syntax like the utilities.
over 4 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Change tool return code behaviour when ALAA036E is issued (filter not found)

When a LA filter is not found, the tool issues an error (ALAA036E) and stop the processing. The current workaround would be update the filter on each execution but it is not feasible in an automated routine. The proposed solution is to allow the p...
over 4 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 0 Delivered

Turn off the SYSLGRNX processing when reporting the activity before the modify recovery utility timestamp

We have the Situation that we keep the Image copys for 30 days and db2 archlogs for 180 days. We do a modify recovery for ICs older than the 30 days. When want to Report logrecords older than 30 days we get the message "Log records not found" (PMR...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 2 Delivered

Change LAT data sets prefex

The default data set prefix is the current TSO user ID. This makes it hard to list all LAT data sets as there is no common element in the qualifier. If the prefix is changed (e.g. to USER.ALA) then it is easy to list the data sets, but in case of ...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 1 Delivered

Option to print only changed Columns

We have tables with a large number columns. In the detailed report there are always the complete row images (all columns) printed which makes it hard to see the differences. There are signs in the column name header (#, !, -) that indicate a chang...
almost 5 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 4 Delivered

Improve overall report (audit) processing with Log Analysis Tool

Details: Reduce or eliminate the number of objects limit for Audit reporting. This is not a commitment around performance. Provide some documentation on the Detailed Archive Output file for customers that may want to post-process it. Improve proce...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 0 Delivered

Ignore warning or error

When creating undo records there is the possibility, that the rows for an affected table could not be recreated, because an image copy is missing (ALAA107E). The job for the "DB2 LOG ANALYSIS TOOL" stops. What we expect is, that to tool writes a ...
about 5 years ago in Db2 Log Analysis Tool for z/OS 0 Delivered

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