Data-Miner version 7.0 for VSE
 
Data-Miner version 7.0 includes all maintenance applicable to version 6.  It is
distributed as a single zip file which unzips into a single Power job.  You
should modify this Power job to meet your own installation's requirements such
as job class and libraries before submitting it. Alternatively, you can submit
it and reply to the PAUSEs that appear on the console.
 
What's new
 
DB2 support
The primary input file to Data-Miner can now be specified using an SQL statement
to read the required rows one at a time from the database and place field values
into Data-Miner work fields. It is not necessary to define those workfields as
Data-Miner retrieves the field definitions from the database's dictionary.  All
field types may be read but, in version 7, not all field types can be used in
arithmetic and character calculations.
 
German language
All of Data-Miner's main commands (READ, WRITE, IF etc) can now be specified in
German. German and English commands can be used in any combination.
 
STOP command
The STOP command can also be entered as STOP RUN or STOPRUN
 
HIDE and CLOAK
HIDE and CLOAK help you create file extracts that are in the right format but
that have sensitive information protected.  "HIDE FLDX", for example, replaces
FLDX with spaces or zero as is appropriate for the field's type.  "CLOAK FLDX"
replaces FLDX witha random string of characters or a random number as
appropriate.  CLOAK does not encrypt a field - its original value cannot be
derived from the cloaked value and, if the job is rerun, a different cloaked
value will be put into the field.
 
AT EOJ
An end of job procedure can be specified with the AT EOJ command.  All commands
following "AT EOJ" to the end of the script are executed when end of file is hit
on the primary input file. The EOJ procedure is not allowed to perform another
procedure - this restriction will be removed in the next release.
 
SCRIPT ON / OFF command
The SCRIPT ON or OFF command turns the printing of your script on or off.  If
the first command of your script is "SCRIPT OFF", no script headings or
script listing is printed.
 
STATS command
The STATS command tells Data-Miner where you want run statistics to be
printed - PRINTER, CONSOLE, BOTH or NONE.  The default is PRINTER.
Specifying CONSOLE allows the STATS to be accessed by CSI-FAQS to decide on
further processing.
 
CALL and RETURNS
CALL calls an external load module or phase, passing up to 256 parameters which
can be any variable that has been defined to Data-Miner.
 
E.g.  CALL XYZMOD USING AMOUNT RESULT
 
RETURNS puts the return code from the previous CALL into a field
e.g. RETURNS SUCCESS-OR-FAILURE