Three New BIS Releases Have Arrived

Exciting news, BIS shops!

There’s new functionality for the scalable, multimode, rapid application development and information access tool you use to create, organize, and manage your business logic, information, and web assets.
And it’s available for both the ClearPath® OS 2200, Microsoft® Windows®, and Linux® environments.

BIS 50R1 for ClearPath OS 2200

With BIS 50R1, ClearPath OS 2200 users can take advantage of:

• 2028 date (TDATE$) remediation: With this update, BIS is now fully compliant with the requirements described in the 2028 TDATE$ remediation program, which is aimed at eliminating product references to “ER TDATE$.”
  
• Faster SECURE and PRESTR: The Secure process now writes MAPDAT tapes in the revised FURPUR format using eight tracks per block, while the PRESTR program will read tapes written in both the revised and original formats.
  
• FAS tape creation for PRESTR file restore: With the new “FASTIM” configuration parameter, you’ll be able to specify the latest backup tape creation time to be used by PRESTR when restoring files from FAS tapes.
  
• Same-screen support for next “Find” command: Using the new “U” option for the “Find” command, you’re now able to display matches on successive screens, starting from the first match.
  
• New “@DIAG” command option: With the new “L” option we added to the “@DIAG” command, you can display the first and last lines of a renamed report result.
  
• Date format 22: Any function that can process dates – such as DC, CAL, SRH, and so on – can use date format 22, which accepts dates in the DD MMM YY or DDMMMYYYY formats as an input and uses the same output format as the Date-Line report.

BIS 14.1 for Windows and BIS 14R1 for Linux

• BIS diagnostic utility: Using the BIS diagnostic utility, you can generate a system-wide report that collects all logs and information BIS generates while in operation, as well as point-in-time, system-level information.
  
• TCP “keepalives:” When you enable TCP “keepalives” on your inbound and outbound network connections, you’ll prevent BIS to BIS networking runs from hanging in the event the remote server goes down or the Router Security setting for inactivity is exceeded.
  
• Enhanced logging functions and run statements: With the new “ELOGL” and “ELOGS” enhanced log functions, and “@ELL” and “@ELS” run statements, you can extract enhanced accounting log information based on the run name and department number.
  
• Changes to maximum number of background runs: Your coordinators can use a new BRQ function to set or display the site-specific “maximum number of background runs allowed” working value.
  
• HTTP methods in ICE: With the new variable we’ve added, you can capture the incoming HTTP method – GET, PUT, POST, DELETE, PATCH, etc. – and make it available in ICE runs by loading the variable in ICESVCHND.
  
• “S” option in the “Find” function: You can use the new “S” option in the “Find” function to indicate that the operation must begin on the line at which the target report is currently displayed, rather than the start of the report.
• JBoss 7 support: BIS ICE now works with the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 or later, while the BIS Resource Adapter is now compatible with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 or later.
  
• Same-screen support for next “Find” command: Using the new “U” option for the “Find” command, you’re now able to display matches on successive screens, starting from the first match.
  
• New “@DIAG” command option: With the new “L” option we added to the “@DIAG” command, you can display the first and last lines of a renamed report result.
  
• Accounting log analysis: You can use the new “MAPACC” script to reduce the data in the accounting log by sorting and subtotaling its entries.

To learn more about these releases, please refer to the BIS 50R1 for ClearPath OS 2200 software release announcement, the BIS 14.1 software release announcement for Windows and BIS 14R1 software release announcements for SUSE Linux and Red Hat Linux.