Bookshelf v7.8: What's New in This Release

What's New in This Release

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8 of the software.

Table 1. What's New in Implementing Siebel Business Applications on DB2 UDB for z/OS, Version 7.8, Rev. B
Topic	Description
Process of Extending the Siebel Schema	The reference to the Siebel Tools project name, Newtable, was changed to Table Common.
DB2 Statistics for Siebel Business Applications	This section was changed to state that if you are experiencing slow queries, the DSTATS utility should be used to collect column distribution statistics.

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8 of the software.

Table 2. What's New in Implementing Siebel Business Applications on DB2 UDB for z/OS, Version 7.8, Rev. A
Topic	Description
The Data Distribution Facility and Workload Manager	This section was amended to clarify that Workload Manager must be installed and configured if the Siebel application stored procedures and user defined functions are to work.
Storage Control File Names	The storage control file was previously referred to as the table groupings file. This section title was changed from "Specifying Table Grouping File Names" to reflect current terminology.
Acceptable Errors and the errors.rtf File.	This section was moved from Siebel Repository Import and Postinstallation Tasks to Installing the Siebel Schema on the DB2 Host because this information is relevant when installing the Siebel Schema.

This version of the documentation also contains the following general changes:

Grammar, punctuation, and general rewriting
Minor structural changes within chapters to reduce redundancy and improve readability.

Table 3 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support Release 7.8 of the software.

Table 3. New Features in Implementing Siebel Business Applications on DB2 UDB for z/OS, Version 7.8
Topic	Description
Configuring DB2 Connect EE, ASE or UE to Support Siebel Developer Web Client	Siebel Dedicated Web Client has been renamed Siebel Developer Web Client. This client type is no longer supported for deployment to end users but is supported for administration and development use.
About Unicode Conversion Tables	Information was added on installing Unicode Conversion Services. These services are required if Siebel applications are to communicate with a DB2 database that does not use Unicode character set.
DDSNZPARM Parameter Settings for Siebel Applications	New information has been added to the guide to reflect that DB2 for z/OS v8 is supported in this release. DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 v7 is still supported; information that is specific to a particular version of DB2 for z/OS is noted.