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Features Added in Enterprise Server 2.2

Consolidated Tracing Facility

The following changes have been made to the Consolidated Tracing Facility (CTF):

CTF for JVM COBOL applications

CTF tracing is now supported in JVM COBOL applications.

Emitters

A new emitter, JAVALOGGER, is available for JVM COBOL.

Emitter properties and variables

The following support has been added to existing emitters.

The following property has been added to the BINFILE emitter:

Property	Description
RunUnitID	Controls whether the RunUnit information is included in the trace.

Four new pseudo-variables for the FILE property have been added to the BINFILE and TEXTFILE emitters:

pseudo-variable	Description
$(PLATFORM)	A platform specific constant, useful when two run-time systems are in the same process, and you require separate trace files
$(RUNUNIT)	A unique number that represents the managed RunUnit ID
$(RUNUNIT_SESSIONNAME)	The session name passed to the managed RunUnit
$(RUNUNIT_GUID)	The globally unique identifier associated with the managed RunUnit

File Handling

New features include:

The DATEDIFF function as part of the DFSORT emulation. There are some limitations of its use.

HCO for SQL Server (HCOSS)

Several updates have been made to the HCOSS tool set:

DB2 database batch migration

This set of batch utilities provides an alternative to the standard HCOSS database migration tools.

Note: This feature is in early adopter release status. We intend to provide the finalized feature in a future release. Please contact Micro Focus SupportLine if you require further clarification.

Schema Extract tool

This tool now provides:

Updated security that enables users to study extracted schemas without accessing the catalog
Extracted schema modification
Export and import capabilities

Application Assessment tool

This tool now enables you to perform data analysis on schema extract files and identify structures that are not supported by SQL Server, or that could require manual modification before HCOSS can accurately transfer the data to SQL Server.

OPTION SQL compiler directive option

New parameters have been added to handle additional host variable types.

IMS

Database recovery: IMS database recovery using the new IMS Database Forward Recovery and Backward Recovery features is available. These consist of a set of backup and restore utilities that enable you to restore your IMS database complete with the most recent updates.
Locking improvements: Internal Resource Lock Manager (IRLM) support has been added to provide more granular locking capabilities, allowing for increased sharing and decreased contention and deadlock risk.

Mainframe Subsystem Support

JCL System Catalog: You can now use in-stream data for DDs within JCL procedures. This change is to maintain compatibility with mainframe JCL processing which recently introduced the same change.
JCL Public Catalog API: You can now access and update JES Catalog information.
CICS External Call Interface (ECI): Micro Focus proprietary support for the CICS External Call Interface (ECI) has been enhanced. ECI uses the Micro Focus BINP protocol, thus eliminating the need for third-party middleware. Additional features include support for extended LUW (logical unit of work) and new support for Java clients. For more information, see IBM External Call Interface (ECI) and External Presentation Interface (EPI).

Managed COBOL

Named and optional parameters

Two new types of parameter have been introduced for use during method invocation:

Named parameters: As part of the invocation expression, you can define a value for a parameter named in the method definition. The named argument must be specified after any positional arguments, and must not correspond to any of those preceding arguments.
Optional parameters: Optional parameters are parameters defined with a default value in the procedure division header of the invoked method. If none of the arguments passed in during invocation correspond to this parameter, the default value is used in the method; if an argument does correspond, the value that was passed in is used.

Delegates and events

A number of new features have been added that relate to delegates and events:

Note: Some of these features were also available in previous versions of Enterprise Developer.

The ATTACH and DETACH statements: Use these statements to attach or detach a delegate, method group or an anonymous method to or from an event.
The RUN statement: Use this statement to invoke a delegate once it has been created.
Combining delegates: Use the '+' operator to add a method group, anonymous method or another delegate to a delegate, and use the '-' operator to remove a method or another delegate from a delegate.
Method groups conversions: Use the METHOD keyword to specify a compatible method from a method group, and convert it to a delegate.

PL/I support

EBCDIC support
Support for XML (using XMLCHAR, PLISAXA, PLISAXB, and PLISAXC)
Preprocessor support for programs written using EXEC DLI
Support for PL/I programs running WebSphere MQ
Support for Open PL/I programs running as DB2 stored procedures

SQL

EXEC ADO LOAD DATATABLE Statement: Enables you to populate DataTables using both static and dynamic queries.
EXEC SQL GET DIAGNOSTICS Statement: Enables you to get diagnostic information for the last OpenESQL statement executed.
OPTION compiler directive option: New parameters have been added to handle additional host variable types, and to set the DATE SQL compiler directive option to EXTERNAL for .NET applications.
XA switch modules: This release includes support for XA switch modules that enable CICS- and JES-initiated transactions to run under Microsoft SQL Server using different user credentials than those specified within the XA open string.