WAVV
Requirement Form
Date: 4/9/2006 Requirement #: WAVV200622
Title: (Paraphrase problem in a
single statement)Support more than 7
characters for TLBL/DLBL names
Detailed
Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)
This restriction dates back
when ASM-labels could only be 8 characters long. This is long gone.
Priority: (Select one: Urgent
- High - Medium - Low)
Medium
Requested
Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year,
Next Release) Next Release
Requirement
Type: (Select one:
Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability
- Packaging - Interoperability)
Compatibility to MVS
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?)
It is more and more difficult to explain why
MVS supports 8 character DDNAMEs (connection from program to JCL) whereas VSE
supports (for reasons almost lost in history) only 7 characters.
Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a
vendors ability to deliver a solution)
NEW controlblock - or fix in old blocks - I
don't know what is best.
Impact: (Optional) (How
will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered?)
Medium
Company Name: Pi-Systemprogrammierungs-GmbH
Author Name: Martin
Trubner Author Title: Sysprog
Author Address:
63225
Langen; Teichstr 39E
Author E-mail: martin@pi-sysprog.de
Telephone: (x49) 171 850 7132