New features for z/OS systems include:

• Test Data Generator
  

  Test data values may be generated for each field described by a record mapping such as a COBOL or PL1 copyboook.

  Values may be generated at random or in sequence. Alternatively, opt to substitute or numerically adjust existing values.

  Options include:

  
  

  Option	Description
  COPY	Copy data from an existing file (Online/Batch). Choose which fields to preserve and which to "randomize".
  UPDATE	Update an existing file (Online/Batch). Choose which fields to preserve and which to "randomize".
  SMALL	Generate relatively small amounts of data from scratch, online using the Data-Editor (limited by available storage).
  LARGE	Generate large amounts of data from scratch (Online/Batch). Batch job, REXX procedure, or exec CLI from your HOME file?

  
  

  What type of values do you need to generate?

  Option	Description
  Numeric	Generate Numeric values
  Text	Specify basic character string options
  Date/Time	Specify Date/Time formatting options
  Adjust	Adjust and recalculate existing values
  List	Select from a supplied list of possible values
  Keyed List	Select from a supplied list using Keyed lookup
  Pattern	Specify a pattern string to generate mix of num/alpha/literal
  Vocab	Generate fake "sentences" from a list of vocabulary
  Person	Generate the name of a person

  
  

  For more information, see SET RANDOMIZER in the "FileKit Data Editor" publication.



• REPORT Utility:
  

  Significant improvement has been made to performance.
  Conversion of the REPORT utility source code to High Level Assembler has meant a large reduction in REPORT execution times and CPU usage, with many simple jobs running up to 10 times faster than previously achieved.
  For more information on enhancements to the REPORT utility, see the "FileKit REPORT Utility" publication.



• FILEIO Utility
  

  First introduced in Rel 3.50, the FileKit File I/O utility (FILEIO) has developed into a powerful replacement for the TSO/E REXX extension, EXECIO:

  FILEIO has features that make it a great deal more powerful than EXECIO.

  • Read a single record formatted by a structure (e.g. COBOL/PL1) and transfer (selected) field values into separate REXX variables.
  • Write a single record formatted by a structure, populating field values from separate REXX variables.
  • Perform direct reads on any VSAM (KSDS/ESDS/RRDS/VRDS) file.
  • Perform direct reads on any UNIX (HFS/ZFS) file.
  • Update, insert and delete records.
  • Filter records by content using powerful selection criteria including reference by COBOL/PL1 field name.
  • Extract information from SMF records and navigate their extremely complex structures.
  • Generate Test Data, including sequenced or random numbers, dates/times, etc. and even personal names.
  • Disguise existing data by performing "keyed" look-up/substitution
  • Access DB2 table or SQL result tables.
  • Access multiple members of a library or concatenation of libraries (BPAM).
  
  

  Where BPAM access to multiple members across a concatenation of multiple libraries is requested, then the user may choose to do one of the following:

  • Process all matching member names from each library in sequence.
  • Treat the concatenation as a library search path, processing only the first occurrence of each named member.