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  • PowerExchange for CDC and Mainframe 10.5.1
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  1. Preface
  2. PowerExchange Navigator Introduction
  3. Data Maps
  4. Data Maps for Specific Data Sources
  5. Copybooks
  6. Registration Groups and Capture Registrations
  7. Extraction Groups and Extraction Maps
  8. Personal Metadata
  9. Database Row Test
  10. PowerExchange Navigator Examples
  11. Appendix A: PowerExchange Functions for User-Defined Fields
  12. Appendix B: User Access Method Programs
  13. Appendix C: Application Groups and Applications
  14. Appendix D: Data Map Properties
  15. Appendix E: Record, Field, and Table Properties
  16. Appendix F: DTL__CAPXTIMESTAMP Time Stamps
  17. Appendix G: Trace for Creating a Memory Map When Importing a COBOL Copybook

Navigator User Guide

Navigator User Guide

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Adding an Application Group

Adding an Application Group

An application group is a named group of applications, which are used when you use ODBC connections.
An application group defines the node location of the source, and if required, a user ID and password to access the source. When you add a registration group, PowerExchange adds an application group with the same name. You can also manually add an application group by using this procedure.
  1. On the
    Resources
     tab in the
    Resource Explorer
    , click
    Add > Application Group
    .
  2. In the
    Add Application Group
     dialog box, enter the following information:
    Name
    A user-defined name for the application group. Maximum length is 16 characters.
    Location
    The location of the source for which you want to extract change data. Select
    local
     if the source is on the PowerExchange Navigator system.
    This field lists the locations that are defined in NODE statements in the dbmover.cfg configuration file on the PowerExchange Navigator system.
    Default is
    local
    .
    UserID
    For an i5/OS or z/OS source, enter an operating system user ID if PowerExchange security is enabled. PowerExchange security is enabled when the PowerExchange SECURITY statement in the DBMOVER member is set to (1,
    x
    ) or 2.
    x
    ).
    For a DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle source, enter a valid database user ID, if required. For more information, see the SECURITY Statement in the
    PowerExchange Reference Manual
    .
    Password
    A password for the specified user ID.
    If the source is on an i5/OS or z/OS system, you can enter a valid PowerExchange passphrase instead of a password. An i5/OS passphrase can be from 9 to 31 characters in length. A z/OS passphrase can be from 9 to 128 characters in length. A passphrase can contain the following characters:
    • Uppercase and lowercase letters
    • The numbers 0 to 9
    • Spaces
    • The following special characters: 
      ’ - ; # \ , . / ! % & * ( ) _ + { } : @ | < > ?
      The first character is an apostrophe.
    Passphrases cannot include single quotation marks (‘), double quotation marks (“), or currency symbols.
    On z/OS, the allowable characters in the IBM IRRPHREX exit do not affect the allowable characters in PowerExchange passphrases.
    On z/OS, a valid RACF passphrase can be up to 100 characters in length. PowerExchange truncates passphrases longer than 100 characters when passing them to RACF for validation.
    To use passphrases, ensure that the PowerExchange Listener runs with a security setting of SECURITY=(1,N) or higher in the DBMOVER member. For more information, see "SECURITY Statement" in the
    PowerExchange Reference Manual
    .
    If you specify a user ID but omit the password, when you open the application group, the PowerExchange Navigator prompts you for the password in the
    Missing Password
     dialog box.
  3. Click
    Finish
    .
    The
    Application Group
     tab in the
    Resource Inspector
     displays the properties for the application group.
    If you use ODBC connections to extract change data, the
    Application Group
     tab in the
    Resource Explorer
     displays any applications for the node location associated with the application group.
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