Where Do You Need Your ADABAS Data Today? An overview of NatQuery and NatCDC

2 Overview of NatWorks Overview of NatQuery Demo of NatQuery Questions & Answers Agenda

3 l Core Software AG Products ä Natural, Adabas and Predict ä Initial Focus on End-User Extraction ä Evolutionary focus on Data Warehousing l Optimize Your Use of Natural / Adabas ä Use what you have: Better l Development & Support ä Sales are pre-dominantly handled by our Partners NatWorks’ Focus

4 NatWorks’ Products lNatQuery - Adabas Data Extraction Engine äEnd User Extraction –Painless ADABAS integration into desktop applications äData Warehouse Extraction –“Stand Alone” processor –“Front End” processor for ETL Tools äProcess Data INTO Adabas –Administrator only function lNatCDC - Adabas PLOG Processor äData Warehouse Change Data Capture äAuditing Tool

5 The Question: How do we handle ADABAS data without: Programmer Intervention DBA Intervention Gateways And: Install nothing on the server Leverage available SAG products and knowledge base Get excellent performance Automatically Integrate data into a target of your choice ?

6 The Answer: GENERATION !!! Generation of: Natural Program(s) Needed Parameter(s) JCL / Script to Execute Processes

7 a Data Handling Solution for ADABAS

8 Delimited Data NATURAL ADABAS XML XML/XSL EXCELACCESS ETL Tools SQL SERVER ORACLE RDBMS Loaders MVS, VSE, UNIX, Linux, Windows Sequential Data NatQuery Where Do You Need Your ADABAS Data Today? External Source Data ExtractionData Loading

9 NatQuery - Installation Overview Workstation Environment NatQuery is Visual Basic (GUI) Application that: Intelligently generates Natural Intelligently generates other required objects Automatically Integrates to Natural / ADABAS Install NatQuery

10 NatQuery – Configuration Overview JCL / Script Templates Based Predict Field Element Metadata Abstract & Descriptive Text (optional) User Information Permissions File Naming File Relationship Info (optional) DDMs via SYSTRANS / SYSOBJH DDM expanded Info Descriptor Statistics Occurrence Information Sign Byte Information ADABAS Natural NatQuery

11 NatQuery – Generation Overview NatQuery Required Files / Fields Desired Target Selection Logic Optional Variables User Specification Natural Program(s) JCL / Script (optional) Utility Parms (optional) Interface Files (optional) Generated Objects Workstation Environment

12 NatQuery – Submission Overview NatQuery Workstation Environment Natural Program(s) JCL / Script Utility Parms (optional) Interface Files (optional) Generated Objects Server Environment Data Request Local LOG (Optional) FTP or FILE COPY AUTOMATEDAUTOMATED

13 BATCH Server Environment NatQuery – Execution Overview Automatic Execution Remote Execution Manual Execution DATA Fixed-Length Sequential File, ASCII Format Remote LOG (Optional) DATA Other Environment Data Request FTP Or File Copy ADABAS Natural (Optional)

14 NatQuery – End User Data Retrieval Server Environment DATA FTP Or File Copy Logging Workstation Environment DATA NatQuery Local LOG Remote LOG l The Local Log informs NatQuery what has been requested. l The Remote Log informs NatQuery of what has been executed. l NatQuery informs the user they have data. l NatQuery allows the user to automatically retrieve this data.

15 NatQuery – Integration Workstation Environment DATA NatQuery Delimited Data XML XML/XSL EXCELACCESS SQL SERVER ORACLE RDBMS Loaders FTP Or File Copy AUTOMATEDAUTOMATED Other Environment SQL SERVER ETL Tools

16 NatQuery - Integration to ETL Tools l DSX Generation ä DataStage Exchange file (DataStage proprietary format) l CFD Generation ä COBOL File Definition (Copybook format) l Offset Report Generation ä Manual Integration Generation of Extract Layout Specification DATA DSX Files CFD Files Offset Report NatQuery ETL Tool l IBM / Ascential DataStage l Informatica l Pervasive l …

17 NatQuery – General Extract Processing ADABAS BATCH Server Environment Natural DATA Natural Program DB2 VSAM SEQ NatQuery

18 NatQuery – Special Extract Processing - (Admin Only) ADABAS BATCH Server Environment Natural ADASAV DATA NatQuery Natural Program Parameters ADABAS Utilities

19 NatQuery – Special Adabas Processing - (Admin Only) ADABAS BATCH Server Environment Natural DATA NatQuery Natural Program l Store All l Match & Update l Match & Update or Store l Match and Delete l Based on Flag

20 NatQuery – Adabas To Adabas Migration ADABAS BATCH Server Environment Natural DATA ADABAS Natural ProductionTest NatQuery Natural Program Natural Program

21 NatQuery – Short List of Features l Automatic Linking of Files ä No User knowledge of file links required l User Defined Variables ä Redefine, Expression, Compressed, Dynamics & Constants l Administrative Defined Variables ä Redefine, Expression, Compressed, Dynamics & Constants ä DDM Redefinitions ä Administratively Specifiable Edit Masks l User-Scheduled Requests ä Uses The Windows Scheduler l Detail Extracts and / or Summary Extracts ä Use one or the other or both l Integrates with Predict (optional)

22 NatQuery – Short List of Features - continued l Flattening and / or Concatenation of Recurring Fields ä Can be mixed within the same extract l Fully Customizable Processes ä JCL / Script is based on Administratively defined templates ä Example: Data Extracts l Built In ADABAS / Natural / Application Intelligence ä Optimized Selection of Best File Linking, I/O Path, I/O Statements l Centralized Administration ä New Versions, New Users New Files, Etc… l Embraces Any And All Security already in place l Query and Data Sharing Between Users l Painlessly Integrate ADABAS Data to wherever it is needed l …

23 Delimited Data NATURAL ADABAS XML XML/XSL EXCELACCESS ETL Tools SQL SERVER ORACLE RDBMS Loaders MVS, VSE, UNIX, Linux, Windows Sequential Data NatQuery Where Do You Need Your ADABAS Data Today? External Source Data ExtractionData Loading

24 Demo Environment Local Area Network NatQuery / NatCDC MS Office 2000 Internet Explorer SQL Server Oracle Natural ADABAS FTP Server Request Data Data / Commands Data

a Change Data Capture Solution forADABAS NatWorks, Inc.

26 NatCDC – Core Components Raw PLOG Data Disk Tape SORT System Sort Program Workstation Environment NatQuery Server Environment NatCDC NatCDC Processors (Natural Programs) NatPLP ADASEL ADAPLP ADACDC PLOG Utilities supplied with ADABAS

27 NatCDC – Single Pass Process (Single File) Workstation Environment (Windows) Server Environment (Mainframe, UNIX, Linux, Windows) Raw PLOG Data Disk Tape Raw FILE Data Disk Tape Fixed Length Data Disk Tape DWH CDC Data Disk Tape Generated Parameters NatQuery NatCDC Generated Parameters Generated Processing Program SORT DDM Sort FILE Data Disk Tape ADAPLP NatPLP ADASEL ADACDC One JCL / Script Process Per File

28 NatCDC – Single Pass Process (Multi-File) Workstation Environment (Windows) Raw PLOG Data Raw File Data Fixed Length File Data CDC File Data Generated Parameters NatQuery NatCDCSP Traffic Program Generated Parameters ADAPLP NatPLP ADASEL ADACDC One JCL / Script Process Handling Any Number of Files SORT Generated Programs SPLITTERSPLITTER File Specific Subprogram File Specific Subprogram File Specific Subprogram File Specific Subprogram … DATA …

29 Audit Data Delimited Data NATURAL ADABAS XML XML/XSL EXCELACCESS ETL Tools SQL SERVER ORACLE RDBMS Loaders MVS, VSE, UNIX, Linux, Windows Sequential Data NatCDC PLOG Processing NatQuery Where Do You Need Your ADABAS Data Today? Changed Data External Source Data ExtractionData Loading

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