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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 6, 2012

(RPG) Impact analysis for table/column (referenced by which program)

Need to check a specific table (or a column of table) is referenced by which program. The goal is to know about if some database table, columns are modified, what's the impact will be.


Use Case:

User could check the impact of modifying a table/column. Not only the definition of table/column, but also the impact of modifying data inside a table/column


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for Power Systems

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for Power Systems

  • Guest
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    Dec 20, 2012

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest this enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. As this request is likely to be satisfied by the following partner software, it is rejected at this time. Please review the information and if this is not true, please feel free to resubmit for reconsideration.

    ARCAD Rational Power Pack:
    http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/buyersguide/ARCAD-Software-Inc-/ARCAD-Rational-Power-PACK/

  • Guest
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    Dec 10, 2012

    In our shop, we have to do this kind of impact analysis a lot. We use a product called X-Analysis by Data Borough, so far so good.