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Workspace Data Virtualization Manager for z/OS
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 29, 2021

RELATED IDEAS

Support retrieval of data from IMS Secondary Index using DVM IMS Direct

We have in-house applications that stores data in an IMS Secondary Index database. The application would like to use DVM to retrieve data from their IMS INDEX DB. Currently in DVM V1.1.0 using IMS-Direct on an IMS Index is not supported.

Applications are looking to implement DVM in our production systems before year end. Due to DVM not supporting IMS Secondary Index the users will be forced to use other software and a different approach.

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  • Guest
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    |     Sep 17, 2021

    There is an alternative solution for this request:

    Secondary indexes are VSAM KSDS clusters that can be mapped directly as VSAM virtual tables, therefore IMS Direct is not needed to process these files. When mapping secondary index KSDS files including additional data fields stored in the index, a custom COBOL copybook must be created to account for prefix information such as the RBA of the indexed segment and any additional data needed to make the index key unique.

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