Command Processor

Programmable Maintenance

One of the key features of SuperVisor is its universal command processor. This universal command processor makes analysis and maintenance functions programmable in CL. The command processor can execute any OS/400 command, including IBM commands, SuperVisor commands and other 3rd party commands.

Extracting Information

Supervisor's commands that extract information from the operating system or applications software store information into object information database files. Similarly, SuperVisor provides conversion commands that can convert system files, such as Program References, Data Base Relationships or Object Locks into the same format. Within SuperVisor this database file are referred to as an external file. External, in the sense that the file is external to the command that is creating or using them. These files that share a common record format.

Manipulate the Data

SuperVisor also provides commands for manipulating external files programmatically. User written CL programs can be used to create, delete, add or delete records, match and merge records in external files. These capabilities make it possible to filter or aggregate information being extracted beyond that which is normally done by parameter passing. Furthermore, since external files are DB2 data files, they can be manipulated using a wide variety of database commands or user written programs in any language supports DB2.

Automation

The SuperVisor universal command processor loops through an external file an executes a command for record in an external file. It also performs substitution from fields in the file to parameters in the command being executed. Any OS400 command can be repeated in this way. Use the external file interactively, in batch or within user written CL programs.

The SuperVisor universal command processor makes it possible to perform nested analyses or automate corrections.