1 DN 9602 000.0001 Walter F. Blood Technical Director, FOCUS Division Information Builders Fall,...

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DN 9602 000.0001

Walter F. Blood Technical Director, FOCUS Division

Information BuildersFall, 2009

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FOCUS in a WebFOCUS World: From FOCUS to WebFOCUS

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSFrom Many, One

Code merged FOCUS /WebFOCUS 7.6 Release

Common access via interfaces

WebFOCUSCommon functions based upon language

FOCUS

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSThe Same, Yet Different

WebFOCUS FOCUS

Interactive Web Batch/Interactive

Reporting based Transaction based

Graphic-rich Green-screen

Point-n-Click Editor based

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DEVELOP

DEVELOP

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSFour Levels

WebFOCUS FOCUS

MAINTAIN

MAINTAIN

INTEGRATE

INTEGRATE

MIGRATE

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSMaintaining FOCUS Applications

For users who are maintaining existing FOCUS applications--

2. Operating system support and certification

3. Current application investment assurance

1. Continued support at their current FOCUS level

MAINTAIN

MAINTAIN

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DEVELOP

DEVELOP

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSActive FOCUS Development

For users who are actively developing FOCUS applications--

EXL2K, PDFEXL2K, PDFDynamic reformattingDynamic reformatting

XFOCUS database and MDIXFOCUS database and MDI

New features to enhance the New features to enhance the development processdevelopment process

FOCLOGFOCLOGPerformance Improvement

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSDynamic Reformatting

COUNTRY RCOST DEALER_COST ENGLAND 32485 37853.0 FRANCE 3721 4,631 ITALY 39999 41235.00 JAPAN 5299 5512 W GERMANY 51895 $54,563.00

COUNTRY RCOST DEALER_COST ENGLAND 32485 37853.0 FRANCE 3721 4,631 ITALY 39999 41235.00 JAPAN 5299 5512 W GERMANY 51895 $54,563.00

DEFINE FILE CAR CFORMAT/A8 = DECODE COUNTRY('ENGLAND' 'F10.1' 'FRANCE' 'D10' 'ITALY' 'P10.2' 'JAPAN' 'I9' ELSE 'D10.2M'); END TABLE FILE CAR SUM RC0ST/F5 DEALER_COST/CFORMAT BY COUNTRY END

Dynamic

Static

F10.1

D10

P10.2

I9

D10.2M

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSXFOCUS Database Comparison Chart

FOCUS DATABASE 4K Page Size

Alpha fields up to A3964

Up to 2-Gig per physical file

Up to 255 2-Gig partitions

Up to ½ Terabyte total size

Segment names up to 8 chars

Index field names up to 12 chars

Page 1 contains FDT and data

XFOCUS DATABASE16K page size; 2X as many pages

Alpha fields up to A4096

Up to 16-Gig per physical file

Up to 1022 16-Gig partitions

Up to 16 Terabytes total size

Segment names up to 64 chars

Index field names up to 66 chars

Page 1 dedicated to FDT

More records per page

More pages per file

Larger files

Reduced I/O

Fewer partitions

TRUE DATA WAREHOUSE

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSXFOCUS – Replacing Legacy Files

FILE=filename, SUFFIX=FOCUS

SEGNAME=

FILE=filename, SUFFIX=FOCUS

SEGNAME=

FILE=filename, SUFFIX=XFOCUS

SEGNAME=

FILE=filename, SUFFIX=XFOCUS

SEGNAME=

Converting is easy!

Just REBUILD!

DUMP

LOAD

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSHigh Performance Multi-Dimensional Index – MDI

CARCAR

COUNTRYCOUNTRY

MODELMODEL

MDI provides virtually instant

access to the data you need

MDI provides virtually instant

access to the data you need

MDIs can have more than 3 dimensionsMDIs can have more than 3 dimensions

MDI has been in use for years in our FUSION

product

MDI has been in use for years in our FUSION

product

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSHigh Performance Multi-Dimensional Index - MDI

MASTER = CAR,$ DATA = ‘CARACX1 FOCUS M’,$ DATA = ‘CARACX2 FOCUS M’,$ DATA = ‘CARACX3 FOCUS M’,$ MDI = CARMDI , TARGET_OF = ORIGIN,$ DIM = CAR,$ DIM = COUNTRY,$ DIM = MODEL,$ DATA = ‘CARMDI MDI M’,$

ACCESS FILE

TABLE FILE CARPRINT BODYTYPE SEATSWHERE CAR EQ ‘JAGUAR’WHERE COUNTRY EQ ‘ENGLAND’END

Unlike RDBMS Clustered Index,MDI fields can be in any orderand all fields need not be used.

REBUILD MDINEXCreates new MDIs, or adds new partitions

to an existing MDI

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FOCLOG – A New Product is Born

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FOCLOG – A New Product is BornHow Does FOCLOG Work?

FOCUS Online User

FOCUS Online User

FOCUS Batch Job

FOCUS Batch Job

FOCUS Online User

FOCUS Online User

FOCUS Batch Job

FOCUS Batch Job

Memory MemoryMemory

Memory

LOG FILE(character flat file)

LOG FILE(character flat file)

FIN FINFIN

FIN

FOCLOG MFDFOCLOG MFD

FTP

Mainframe Analysis PC Analysis

MVS available now, VM coming shortly

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FOCLOG – A New Product is BornUser Just Keeps On Going And Going And Going

“FOCLOG will never interfere with your session or job”

Log Full Log Not Accessible

Error writing

to log

Write contention

to logLog Full Log Not

AccessibleError

writing to log

Write contention

to log

Your session just keeps going and going and going …

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FOCLOG – A New Product is BornAnalyze Activity Using WebFOCUS Tools

Dashboard, GraphicsDashboard, GraphicsWebFOCUS ReportsWebFOCUS Reports

Visual DiscoveryVisual DiscoveryExcel, HTML, PDFExcel, HTML, PDF

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSFOCLOG

LPAR 3 LPAR 4

LPAR 1 LPAR 2

FOCLOG

How much FOCUS usage?

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FOCUSRelease 7.6

Up to 20% faster than FOCUS 7.3 !!

New ‘C’ compiler for MVS and VM

Includes all new features of

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

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FOCUSRelease 7.6

Why switch compilers now?Recent compiler improvements by IBM

Remerged code with WebFOCUS in 7.2 and 7.3

Bonus – Absorb new features of

Why switch compilers now?Recent compiler improvements by IBM

Remerged code with WebFOCUS in 7.2 and 7.3

Bonus – Absorb new features of

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Structured HOLD Files

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Structured HOLD FiIesHOLD Flattens the Hierarchy

HOLD Files currently remove all structure

VSAM

FOCUSDB2

XFOCUS Oracle

VSAM DB2 Oracle

VSAM FOCUS XFOCUS

ON TABLE HOLD

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Structured HOLD FilesNow Retain the Structure

Retains knowledge of one-to-many relationships of original file Structured data easily downloads off mainframe to WebFOCUS

TABLE FILE PRINT A B C DIF C EQ 5ON TABLE HOLD [ FORMAT HSA ]END

TABLE FILE PRINT A B C DIF C EQ 5ON TABLE HOLD [ FORMAT HSA ]END

FOCUS Database

Plain HOLD File

A B C D

HOLD FORMAT optionsHSA HSB HSX HREL HFOCHier Seq Alpha Hier Seq Binary Hier Seq Xml Hier Relational Hier Focus

StructuredHOLD FileA

CB

D

C=5

A

CB

DE

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Structured HOLD FiIes Move Data to PC

Deliver structured mainframe data

to the pc for deeper analysis and

presentation via

Deliver structured mainframe data

to the pc for deeper analysis and

presentation via

A

CB

DE

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Structured HOLD FiIes Content of the HOLD File

Structured HOLD file content is

Determined by structure of and relationships among the input files

Controlled with the FOCUS request syntax

TABLE FILE PRINT A.F1 B.F2 D.F3IF C.F4 EQ 5ON TABLE SET EXTRACT *FIELDS =ALL,$ENDEXTRACT ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT ALPHAEND

TABLE FILE PRINT A.F1 B.F2 D.F3IF C.F4 EQ 5ON TABLE SET EXTRACT *FIELDS =ALL,$ENDEXTRACT ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT ALPHAEND

A

CB

DE

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DEVELOP

DEVELOP

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSActive FOCUS Development

For users who are actively developing FOCUS applications--

WebFOCUS features to enhance the WebFOCUS features to enhance the development processdevelopment process

StylesheetsStylesheets

FORECASTFORECAST

FML HierarchiesFML Hierarchies

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSStylesheet Enhancements

Cascading Stylesheets

Compound Reports in one PDF / PS file

GRID = ON / FILL / OFF

WRAP = ON / OFF

PAGECOLOR = color

STYLE = [+/-] UNDERLINESET

SET PSPAGESETUP = ON / OFF

SET STYLEMODE = PAGED

Row/Cell Borders With Style/Color

Stylesheet Macros

Conditional Styling

TOPGAP / BOTTOMGAP Around Report

Heading / Footing Element Alignment

Cascading Stylesheets

Compound Reports in one PDF / PS file

GRID = ON / FILL / OFF

WRAP = ON / OFF

PAGECOLOR = color

STYLE = [+/-] UNDERLINESET

SET PSPAGESETUP = ON / OFF

SET STYLEMODE = PAGED

Row/Cell Borders With Style/Color

Stylesheet Macros

Conditional Styling

TOPGAP / BOTTOMGAP Around Report

Heading / Footing Element Alignment

Styling capabilities of WebFOCUS are now in mainframe FOCUS

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSFORECAST - Prediction algorithms

TABLE FILE GGSALES SUM UNITS COSTBY CATEGORY BY PERIOD ON PERIOD RECAP MOVAVE/D10.1= FORECAST(COST, 1, 3, 'MOVAVE', 3);END

CATEGORY PERIOD UNITS COST MOVAVE-------- ------ ----- ------ ---------Coffee 01 61666 801123 801,123.0 02 54870 682340 741,731.5 03 61608 765078 749,513.7 10 57012 724412 703,545.0 11 51110 620264 691,667.7 12 58981 762328 702,334.7 13 0 0 694,975.6 14 0 0 719,879.4 15 0 0 705,729.9

CATEGORY PERIOD UNITS COST MOVAVE-------- ------ ----- ------ ---------Coffee 01 61666 801123 801,123.0 02 54870 682340 741,731.5 03 61608 765078 749,513.7 10 57012 724412 703,545.0 11 51110 620264 691,667.7 12 58981 762328 702,334.7 13 0 0 694,975.6 14 0 0 719,879.4 15 0 0 705,729.9

Forecast Field

Interval

Number of predictions

Method

Max number of points to average

Predictions beyond real data{

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSBY HIERARCHY

Use the simple BY HIERARCHY syntax --

JOIN SYS_ACCOUNT IN CENTGL TO ALL SYS_ACCOUNT IN CENTSYSF AS J1

TABLE FILE CENTGL SUM NAT_AMOUNT NAT_BUDGET BY GL_ACCOUNT_CAPTION HIERARCHY SHOW TO DOWN 3 ON TABLE SET STYLE * GRID=OFF,$END

JOIN SYS_ACCOUNT IN CENTGL TO ALL SYS_ACCOUNT IN CENTSYSF AS J1

TABLE FILE CENTGL SUM NAT_AMOUNT NAT_BUDGET BY GL_ACCOUNT_CAPTION HIERARCHY SHOW TO DOWN 3 ON TABLE SET STYLE * GRID=OFF,$END

PAGE 1 Month MonthCaption Actual Budget------- ------ ------ Profit Before Tax -320,109. -498,750. Gross Margin -4,146,295. -4,305,000. Sales Revenue -10,722,253. -10,605,000. Retail Sales -8,448,964. -8,400,000. Mail Order Sales -1,167,419. -1,155,000. Internet Sales -1,105,870. -1,050,000. Cost Of Goods Sold 6,575,958. 6,300,000. Variable Material Costs 4,957,331. 4,725,000. Direct Labor 1,072,250. 1,050,000.

PAGE 1 Month MonthCaption Actual Budget------- ------ ------ Profit Before Tax -320,109. -498,750. Gross Margin -4,146,295. -4,305,000. Sales Revenue -10,722,253. -10,605,000. Retail Sales -8,448,964. -8,400,000. Mail Order Sales -1,167,419. -1,155,000. Internet Sales -1,105,870. -1,050,000. Cost Of Goods Sold 6,575,958. 6,300,000. Variable Material Costs 4,957,331. 4,725,000. Direct Labor 1,072,250. 1,050,000.

INDENTON

LEVEL

TOP DOWN

3 LEVELS

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSDATETRAN Subroutine

For the ultimate control in date formatting Month and day translation Language Zero suppression and ordinal suffixes Date delimiters and punctuation

DEFINE FILE DTFILEDTDATE/YYMD = LEGACYDATE;FMTDATE/A15=DATETRAN (DTDATE,’(YYMD)’, ‘Btdo’,’EN’, 15, ‘A15’);ENDTABLE FILE DTFILEPRINT FMTDATE AMOUNTBY INOVICEEND

ALPHAMAXIMUM DATA SIZE

SMART DATE FIELD ONLY

SMART DATE FORMAT

DATETRAN FORMAT

LANGUAGE

INOVICE FMTDATE AMOUNT ------- ------- ----- 11111 Jan 4th 2005 $2,333.0011112 Feb 2nd 2005 $3,444.0011113 Mar 1st 2005 $4,555.00

INOVICE FMTDATE AMOUNT ------- ------- ----- 11111 Jan 4th 2005 $2,333.0011112 Feb 2nd 2005 $3,444.0011113 Mar 1st 2005 $4,555.00

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSHOLD into PowerPoint and Visual Discovery

GRAPH FILE CAR

SUM DCOST BY COUNTRY

ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT PPT

END

GRAPH FILE CAR


ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT PPT

END

Download as slide to pc and add to any PowerPoint presentation

TABLE FILE CAR


ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT VISDIS

END

TABLE FILE CAR


ON TABLE HOLD FORMAT VISDIS

END

Download data to pc and analyze in Visual Discovery

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For users who are integrating FOCUS applications with WebFOCUS

INTEGRATE

INTEGRATE

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSIntegrating FOCUS and WebFOCUS

Existing features to enhance the Existing features to enhance the development process -Functionalitydevelopment process -Functionality

Heavy liftingHeavy lifting

FormattingFormatting

ServicesServices

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For users who are integrating FOCUS applications with WebFOCUS

INTEGRATE

INTEGRATE

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSIntegrating FOCUS and WebFOCUS

Existing features to enhance the Existing features to enhance the development processdevelopment process

FOCUS Email OptionFOCUS Email Option

WebFOCUS Reporting AgentWebFOCUS Reporting Agent

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUSMigrating FOCUS to WebFOCUS

For users who are migrating FOCUS applications to WebFOCUSM

IGRATEExisting features that enhance the Existing features that enhance the

migration processmigration process

Common FOCUS LanguageCommon FOCUS Language

Common Data InterfacesCommon Data Interfaces

Common codeCommon code

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From FOCUS to WebFOCUS4th Degree - Migrating FOCUS to WebFOCUS

For users who are migrating FOCUS applications to WebFOCUS

MIGRATE

Existing features that require attention in Existing features that require attention in the migration processthe migration process

Interactive IssuesInteractive Issues

Execution IssuesExecution Issues

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MIGRATE

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSLanguage Issues

Language Language IssuesIssues to Watch For to Watch For

--CRTFORMCRTFORM

PROMPTPROMPT

WINDOWWINDOW

HTMLHTML

XMLXML

SCRIPTSCRIPT

CRTFORMCRTFORMWINFORMWINFORM

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MIGRATE



OS commandOS command

ALLOCATEALLOCATE

DYNAMDYNAM

OS RUNOS RUN

FILEDEFFILEDEF

SCRIPTSCRIPT

OS RUNOS RUN

OS commandOS command

APPAPP

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MIGRATE



TALKTALKTechnologiesTechnologies

MODIFYMODIFY

TEDTEDFORECASTFORECAST

NOTEPADNOTEPAD

SCANSCAN

ANALYSEANALYSE

MAINTAINMAINTAIN

FSCANFSCAN

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MIGRATE

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSExecution Issues

Execution Issues to Watch ForExecution Issues to Watch For

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MIGRATE



FOCUS

WebFOCUS

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MIGRATE



Non-Persistent Connection IssuesNon-Persistent Connection Issues

DEFINE FUNCTIONDEFINE FUNCTION

DEFINEDEFINE

& and && variables& and && variables

SETSET

JOINJOIN

FILEDEFFILEDEF

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MIGRATE



Non-Persistent Connection IssuesNon-Persistent Connection Issues

-INCLUDE-INCLUDE

HOLD/SAVE filesHOLD/SAVE files

EXECEXEC

FILTERFILTER

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DEVELOP

DEVELOP

MAINTAIN

MAINTAIN

From FOCUS to WebFOCUSFOCUS in the WebFOCUS World

WebFOCUS FOCUS

INTEGRATE

INTEGRATE

MIGRATE

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