WAVV Requirement Form[IR1]

Date: 9/18/2000 Requirement #: WAVV200032

Product Name: Languages Product Release#: Current

Vendor Name: IBM

Title : Make the CICS translator an input exit to the compilers

(Short description of what you want the product changed to - include keywords like function, short product name)

Statement of the Problem : (What? Detailed description of what you want changed, 400 char.limit)

Currently CICS programs must be translated where the intermediate output must be stored on disk or in the Power queue.

Benefit : (Why? Non-technical business case description, i.e a business case. Do not reword problem statement above. How do you to justify the needed change? Wwill itrequest benefit the submitter’s your company, and the vendor and others? Business case and benefits to users and vendor which can to justify the needed change?. Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc. Also, wWhy should is it important for vendor to want to do this for their customer?s)

Reduce the time and system overhead to pre-process CICS programs. Bring the CICS Preprocessor into the new century.

Date : (When? ASAP, 6 months, one year from now, etc)

ASAP

Impact : (How? How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered.)

We will continue doing it the current way

Solution : (optional desired / undesired elements Note: suggest can limit vendor ability to deliver a solution)

Both COBOL and Assembler support source input exits. Code the translator as an input exit. But make it accept as an invocation parameter the name of another input exit (for use by the Edeck assembler exit) to be called. This way multiple exits can be 'stacked'. Please email Author for additional details.

Classification : (Suggestion=Nice Idea, Long Range=Future, Tactical=ASAP, or Acceptability=I won’t buy the product or will drop the product if solution not provided)

Tactical

Company Name: Thigpen Enterprises, Inc.

Author Name: Tony Thigpen Author Title:

Author Address: 102 Brandiwood Court, DeBary, FL 32713

Author E-mail: tony@vse2pdf.com

Telephone: (407) 474-0770

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· Please be precise and short.

· The Benefit section is extremely important – please make a business case.

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