On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:00:15 -0600, Rick Fochtman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Mike, if RMM would do either of two things, you would make room for >independant developers to create some better reporting mechanisms. > >1. Make the data formats public > >OR > >2. Provide an offload utility, similar in function to the RACF Database >Offload Utility, with descriptions of the various output records. > >Either one of these steps would allow development of reports that could >be "shop tailored" to fit individual needs. > Rick, Nice idea; we did that with our very first release. We both provide the extract utility AND the format of the records. The report generator builds on this by helping to use ICETOOL and similar products to generate reports. There are existing products in the market that exploit the extract records, both from IBM and others. Scott, Thank you for the reminder about TDS Mike Wood RMM Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
