I would recommend Hawkeye from Pathfinder, if it is still out there. Been awhile.
PDM can do a lot of the same chores.
But it sounds like it is time to attach some journals to files, then watch over the course of a year, who opens files and who doesn't, and which files.
From a DSPJRN command, you can build an extensive data collection and then just use query to compile a list of who is used. Then use a DSPOBJD and hit it against your production libraries, selecting files only, then compare the two. Your non-matches should be investigated and then deleted or archived, if applicable.
Not a quick process and nothing looks worse than accidentally whacking a end-of-year object when year closing occurs.
Just a suggestion. But it is something easily done by you and your peeps.
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Working at a small company that has your basic DDS file structure and
Normal I/O access besides some embedded SQL in COBOL mixed in. We use IBM
for the server/software, but seems like biggest issues for us is adding
fields to our main files. One issue is for all these years there never was
a logical layer standard put in place, so most programs read the physical
directly and some do use logicals. Most logicals were compiled and have
not been look at for years. Just wondering what other places that mostly
use COBOL have done, do you use a change management system, have a logical
layer in place, or like us just have to recompile bunch of programs?
Also, does anyone have any good references of companies or consultants that
have come in and given some recommendations of processes and things you
could change mostly database design?
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Jeff
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