WAVV Requirement Form

Date: 5/1/2003 Requirement #: WAVV200401

Product Name: Product Release# (or state “current”): current

Vendor Name: IBM

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Allow missing values in DISP= of DLBL stmt

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

By requiring values witin the DISP= keyword makes PROCs more complicated
Example: AFILE PROC

// PROC DDNAME=AFILE,DISP1='',DISP2='',DISP3=''

// DLBL &DDNAME,'A.FILE',,VSAM,CAT=ACAT,DISP=(DISP1,DISP2,DISP3)
This will cause problems if DISP3 is not specified or if both DISP2 and DISP3 is not specified or if none of the DISPn keywords are specified. This makes the logic more complicated

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low) Medium

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) 1 year

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Ease of Use

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others? Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc. Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

Simplifying PROC implementation for all files

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

Allow specification of DISP=(value1,,), DISP=(,value2,) and DISP=(value1,value2,)

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

Company Name: RCSI

Author Name: Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Author Title:

Author Address: 3900 Lima St.

Author E-mail: fmramaekers@RedmanConsulting.com

Telephone: (303) 375-2471

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