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DFSMS DFSORT

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    New command to inverse a file

    We would like to have a DFSORT utility to easily invert a file, so the records to become columns and the opposite (like matrix inversion). Input example: ABC123 output: A1 B2 C3 Kind regards Konstantinos
    11 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Future consideration

    SYMNAMES symbol usable as value of a FIXLEN

    Allow a symbol to be specified for the value of FIXLEN in a PARSE statement
    over 7 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 3 Not under consideration

    D ICEOPT

    Hello, Proposal to create a "D ICEOPT" command. Recently we discovered that some obsolete/undocumented options were preventing the ICETPEX from being invoked. There was another LPAR in the plex which did NOT have these undocumented options and the...
    about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

    Variable length record INCLUDE substring comparison VLSHRT VLSCMP

    I'm interested in the substring comparison specification in DFSORT's INCLUDE statement. It would be nice if the (p1,m1,SS, EQ|NE,constant) specification for a substring comparison allowed for setting m1=0 to indicate from p1 to the end of the reco...
    almost 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

    DFSORT diagnostic messages: suggested enhancements

    I have been encouraging the use of DFSORT/ICETOOL in our shop. We have found 3 diagnostic messages which currently provide too little information for easy problem diagnosis. We would like to see these messages enhanced to contain additional diagno...
    over 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Future consideration

    ICE002I and RC=00

    Sort step that post msg: ICE002I should not end with RC=00
    over 11 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 2 Not under consideration

    ICETOOL DISPLAY function and HEADER parameter

    With ICETOOL you can do a list with DISPLAY function you can have a HEADER each x pages or NOHEADER or HEADER(NONE). It can be usefull to generate a file with only one header. In this way i can generate a CSV file for sending to another software. ...
    9 months ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 0 Future consideration

    Float point data editting and conversion in DFSORT

    It would be great value-add feature if DFSORT supports float point data editting and conversion in future version/release. It's been mentioned in PMR 41300,057,649 that there is a DCR MR0304147529. I'd like to re-submit this request here for my ow...
    about 11 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 3 Not under consideration

    To reject or abend for incorrectly using same dataset for input and output

    Have option to control (system level/step control) reject or abend for incorrectly using same dataset for input and output, when no sorting is performend, hence it risk to have inaccurate data. This will avoid developer wrongly coding caused data ...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 1 Not under consideration

    Desired new feature: JOINKEYS on multiple files and new REFORMAT parms

    At the moment only 2 files can be joined using DFSORT JOINKEYS. We would like to join records from more files (e.g. 10 files). Subsequently a new 'A' parm of REFORMAT statement should be useful for values that apeer in all files. Kind regards Kons...
    about 1 year ago in z/OS / DFSMS DFSORT 7 Not under consideration

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