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under ADABAS 5 since these FDTs
have been changed. In addition, the
security and checkpoint FDTs are
in the nucleus and can not be seen
through the data dictionary and
you cannot generate DDMs on
them. ADABAS 5 does, however,
have a utility which can delete
checkpoint entries.
Other Round Table Questions
Is ADABAS Online Services included
with ADABAS 5 No.
ADABAS Online Services is a separate
product which costs approximately
$20,000. The NATURAL
OPTIMIZER is also a separate
product.
With the latest version of TOP
SECRET (MVS), the bridge for
ADABAS must be installed with
the MPM down or you will have to
re-IPL.
With NATURAL V2.1.3 there was a
bad zap sent out. This zap applies a
read loop to a SORT and results in
the user getting a NAT 0955 error at
catalog time.
Several questions were asked of
John Farmer concerning ADABAS
5. The questions and their answers
or status follow:
Will there be a DBA tools tape for
ADABAS 5 At this time a DBA
tools tape is not planned. However,
if users are interested they
should coordinate a Special
Interest meeting at the
Conference.
Can you have different updates to
the same files on different
threads Yes.
MIDEASTERN REGION
New Officers
Elected
The meeting was held on May 4,
1988 at the Marriot Inn in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Dom DeMao
greeted the members and started
the business portion of the meeting.
He indicated that he had held the
position of Regional Representative
for almost two years and it was
time to elect new officers. After explaining
the duties of Regional
Representative and Secretary, he
requested that the members think
about nominees and or voIunteers
for these two positions so that elections
could be held later in the day.
Larry Jayne of Software AG gave
highlights of the International Conference
held last November in
Florida and an overview of the next
Conference which will be held in
Nashville, Tennessee in September.
He encouraged everyone to make
their reservations early because this
Conference promised to be bigger
and better than ever. Presentations
were also given on NATURAL Elite,
future enhancements for NATURAL
Elite and NATURAL 2 by Software
AG personnel.
Elections were held for the positions
of Regional Representative
and Secretary. The position of Regional
Representative was assumed
by Margaret Bush of PolyGram
Records, Inc. and the position of
Regional Secretary was assumed by
Greg Johnson of Mayflower.
The next meeting of the group is
scheduled for August 10, 1988.
MIDWESTERN REGION
Dennis Calleweart
Explains S.C.
Johnson Co. 's
Usage of PREDICT
The meeting was held on August 2,
1988, in Kansas City. The host for
the meeting was Steve Voelker of
the Johnson County Water District.
Our meeting agenda included elections
of new Regional Representatives,
user presentations on
NATURAL 2 Conversion considerations
and PREDICT Cross Reference
usage. In addition Mark Cade
from Software AG Customer Service
Division also gave a presentation
on selected topics covering
NATURAL 2 conversion
considerations.
At this meeting we elected our Regional
Representatives for the corning
term. For the office of Regional
(REP) President, the User Group
elected John DeNatale from Elkay
Manufacturing Co. For the Office of
Vice-President, the User Group
elected Deborah Carlsen from
Schwinn Bicycle Co.
The meeting opened with Steve
Voelker, MIS Manager, from the
Johnson County Water District describing
their system and software
environment. Also, Steve highlighted
some of the production applications
that provide information to
the county. In addition, Steve described
the software and hardware
environment and gave the user
group an indication on the size of
the Data Processing department.
The applications at the water district
include: account billing, collection,
meter reading, and inquiry
system; budget and financial systems
to support the business; systems
to monitor water levels, water
contamination levels, system to
evaluate the cost of establishing
new water networks for housing
sub-divisions. The Johnson County
Water District utilizes NATURAL
and ADABAS for their new system
development and also uses the
ADABASIVSAM Bridge product for
some of their existing VSAM based
applications.
Our user presentation on PREDICT
Cross Reference Usage and
PREDICT 2.3 Enhancements was
given by Dennis Calleweart from
S.C. Johnson Co. Dennis presented
to the group Johnson's usage of the
cross reference feature of the
PREDICT Dictionary. As part of the
presentation Dennis described and
provided examples of reports and
programs that Johnson had developed
for their use of the cross
reference feature. Dennis related
that most of the programs were
fairly easy to write and that they
used the standard exits provided by
the PREDICT software.
On the subject of PREDICT 2.3~nhancements,
Dennis reviewed some
of the highlights from the Special
Interest Group meeting that he attended
earlier in the year.
Our user presentation on
NATURAL 2 was given by Deborah
Carlsen from Schwinn Bicycle Co.
Debbie's presentation was on
Schwinn's experiences from their
production installation of the
software and existing application
systems. We were very interested in
listening to user experiences with
the software since there are many
users in the region who are in the
process of planning and actually
installing the software in a production
environment.