PTF for viewing open files (WRKJOB/DSPJOB) for V5R1

[Neil Palmer <NeilP@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI

Here's IBM's reply (edited a bit for brevity) to my question asking where
the V5R1 PTF is, and their reply, and my reply to their reply.
I dunno - I hope I didn't speak out of line and didn't mean to imply
everyone (or the majority) on the list feel this way.
Maybe I'm wrong here  ???

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Where is the V5R1 equivalent PTF for V4R5 PTF SF64187 (apar SA68939) ?
There has been a PTF for this function all the way back to around V2R3.


Hi Rochester,
  Is there an R510 PTF for apar SA68939??  The APAR says a customizable
feature may be created in a future release but I cannot find anything
regarding this either.
  Thanks.


I spoke with xxxxxx and learned that he has not been planning on
creating an PTF for this at release level 510 and later.  This is based
on the addition of a new list open files API that is used by Operations
Navigator at R510.  To get to to this new feature do the following:
1) select an AS/400 system that is running on R510
2) select the Work Management container for that system
3) Select Active Jobs
4) Right clic on the job of interest
5) Left clic on Open Files under Details
6) Using the bottom bar one can move right to see the additional fields.
7) Using Options/Columns you can add two additional columns that are not
initially included in the display.
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Do hope that this will be acceptable for the customer.
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Well, that's nice to know, but the consensus from many AS400/iSeries
professionals on Midrange-L (and elsewhere) is that there's no way in
h**l they are going to use a PC as a system console, and this feature is
required there.  They won't use a PC running one of the world's most
UNreliable operating systems to control a REAL computer running one of
the world's most reliable operating systems.  I fully agree with that.
Don't misinterprete that though.   OpsNav IS wonderful, we really DO
appreciate it, and we DO use it, but NOT at a system console.  That's
stays Twinax for now (at least until OpsNav can run on something that
does not require Microsoft's Windows !).
SO - we do want a V5R1 PTF for this.





...Neil