DATA
SET
PRINT

© DSP (Data Set Print) is a main-frame software utility developed by Apollo Technology (UK) Ltd. for data manipulation and display in both real-time and batch environments. It will run under any version of MVS, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390 (up to and including 2.10) and ZOS/Z990.

DSP enables support and development staff to investigate, and if necessary, change data in a quick and easy, but controlled manner.

It is parameter driven at execution time, with dynamic resolution of datasets and a user-exit capability.

Help information is available on-line (under TSO) and DSP has self-explanatory diagnostics to help resolve user input problems.

Security:
DSP supports RACF and VSAM passwords for added security and has its own password facility.

What Can DSP Do?
DSP has two modes of operation: firstly to display data and secondly to update data.

Display Features:
• Dataset attributes & contents
• Restricted display
• Variable output format
• Restricted by selection criteria
• Dataset space calculation

Update Features:
• Restrictive processing & display
• Before and after display
• Control information of actioned updates
• Deletion of keyed records
• Copy and move facilities
• Display of temporary updates

Types Of Update:
• Add, subtract, multiply & divide
• Uplift or reduce by a percentage
• Multiply or divide by a percentage
• Data translation
• Fixed update
• Temporary update

Allowable Data Formats:
• Alpha-numeric
• Packed decimal
• Hexadecimal
• Zoned decimal
• Bit string

Dataset Organisations (Vsam & Non-Vsam):
• Sequential
• Keyed Sequential
• Indexed Sequential
• Direct / Relative
• Partitioned
• DSP Fast Sequential


An evaluation version of DSP is available free by download, this will run on any CPU and will expire at the end of 2009. For pricing and availability, see Info

DSP - DataSet Print Version 7.3.0 (Evaluation version, please contact Apollo Technology):




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