Summary of changes

February 2023, changes for V14R1M19

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 19. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

November 2022, changes for V14R1M18

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 18. It contains minor changes and clarifications to the information in the previous version.

October 2021, changes for V14R1M15

This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications and corrections, as well as the following significant changes relative to the previous edition:

The ability to change the default value for formatting leading zeros with numeric fields. See LZERO primary command.

June 2021, changes for V14R1M14

This version of the documentation contains minor clarifications and corrections, as well as the following significant changes relative to the previous edition:

The FREE primary command removes any scrolling lock on one or more fields of a segment layout.
The HIDE primary command removes one or more fields from the data display.
The HOLD primary command sets a scrolling lock on one or more fields of a segment layout.
The LHEX primary command displays the data for one or more fields in long hexadecimal format.
The ORDER primary command sets the display order for one or more fields in TABL and SNGL display format.
The SHOW (FLD) primary command adds one or more hidden fields to the data display.
The WIDTH primary command sets the display width for one or more fields in TABL display format.

October 2020, changes for V14R1M12

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 12. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

Support for using the IMS™ catalog to generate IMS™ database templates. See Criteria Set Update Utility panel, IMS Subsystem Specification panel, Template Update Utility panel, and View Update Utility panel.
For templates created during an FM/IMS extract the DBD name can now be edited in the File Manager Base component. This allows one template to be reused for multiple DBD names. See Creating an extract template.
Fields can now be held when scrolling in SNGL display format. See Holding fields when scrolling.

March 2020, changes for V14R1M10

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 10. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1.

Member name filter values can be specified to limit the partitioned data set members to be displayed in a list or selected for processing. This is implemented through a new XMEMBERS option in the ITU, IVU, and ICU batch functions. See IMS Template Update (ITU), IMS View Update (IVU), and Criteria set update (ICU).

SC27-9044-01: September 2019, changes for V14R1M8

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1 Modification Level 8. Here are the major changes to this document from the previous edition for Version 14 Release 1, SC27-9044-00.

New data scrambling support in the extract utility. See Specifying scrambling options and Extract Entry panel.
New option on the Compiler Language Selection panel specifies whether to suppress boundary field errors. See Compiler Language Selection panel.

SC27-9044-00: Changes for V14R1 First Edition

This edition of the document provides information applicable to File Manager Version 14 Release 1.