UTILITIES

In addition to the main systems, a set of utility programs is provided to further enhance the programming environment and reduce the time required for system management. The major utility programs are :

Data Transfer Utility

The Data Transfer Utility guides the user through a set of questions and then produces a fully compiled program that can transfer, manipulate and summarize records in a single database or between two databases. This utility is especially useful for developing programs to load data from outside sources such as magnetic tape or comma delimited files.

Logical and Symbol Setup Utility

Works provides a set of utilities to maintain sets of logicals and symbols for different environments such as test versus production or multiple customers with separate sets of databases on the same computer. These utilities allow a single username to run both interactive and batch jobs for the different environments.

Queue Assign Utility

This utility allows a convenient method of associating usernames to print queues based on their location (i.e. print to the nearest printer.)

Additional Utilities

Print Tape Utility - Creates and Reads IBM, Honeywell and Xerox Print Tapes
Tape Analysis Utility
Disk Fragmentation Analysis Utility
Read Map/Read Lib Utility - Creates Data Dictionary Entries from Basic or COBOL Code or CDD Records
Fast Indexed File Key Analysis
Conversion of COBOL Print Files (VFC) to Normal Edit Files
DCL Procedure Checker
File Security Audit
Help Library for Callable Modules
System Performance and Security Audit Procedures