Page last updated on June 19, 2008
The following is a list of recent changes and improvements made to iFileAudit. Most
changes are made as the direct result of a customer request. If you have changes you would like
to see made to iFileAudit, send E-mail to us by clicking here
Index:
iFileAudit Updates:
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Option added to run current analysis during display feature.
Effective date: June 19, 2008
iFileAudit now supports a selection prompt for finding the library name and file name on
your system. When registering new files, this makes finding the exact library and file
name information easier.
Also, the display file analysis results in iFileAudit now supports an option to update the
analysis with the most recent file information. This will let you display the most recent
results by running a single step.
These updates are available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF206. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 28, 2008
At the request of a customer, we have expanded the change analysis within iFileAudit to
include rollback transactions. These were not processed in earlier versions of the product.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF204. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 22, 2008
A key component of iFileAudit is the periodic analysis journals for registered files to
extract file activity. Prior to this change, it was the customer's responsibility to see
that this analysis process was done on a regular and timely basis. With the addition of
this new Automatic Analysis process, iFileAudit now supports a batch process that will
periodically run the analysis process for all registered files.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF203. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 29, 2008
For some time now, iFileAudit has allowed you to manually specify a key structure for flat
files that have no built-in key structure. With this change, iFileAudit will now let you
choose a key structure from an logical file that is associated with your sequential flat
file.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF202. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 15, 2008
Release 2 of iFileAudit is now available.
This update is only available to current customers via direct update from CD. To request
your upgrade CD, just let us know by email and we'll ship the update to you right away. This
update combines all of the changes made since the product's original introduction and includes
a complete update to the documentation manual.
Effective date: April 2, 2008
A new field has been added to the iFileAudit tracking database to record the job number of
the job that updated the field being reported. This information is reported on the detail
display screen and is also available using the new export database function.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF133. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: February 21, 2008
Several customers have expressed interest in working with the output of the iFileAudit file
update analysis process using their own database reporting tools. To make this process
easier, we have added a new Export File Information utility. It will transfer information
on any database into your own file for use by your own tools such as SQL and Query/400.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF130. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: December 19, 2007
The Work With Registered Files display has been enhanced to highlight problems when files are
no longer on the system and when the journal connection to a file has been broken.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF128. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: November 8, 2007
This new feature in iFileAudit lets you optionally specify to limit the file tracking to only
a specific list of users for a file, or to include all users except those on a specific list.
The default continues to be tracking on all user profiles. For some customers who only want
to observer file changes for selected customers, this option can save storage space, especially
on very active database files.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF127. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: July 9, 2007
Based on a customer request, we have now changed all of the report printing commands to allow
for selecting *ALL file names or generic* file names when processing reports.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF125. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: June 14, 2007
We have added a new date selection parameter for all of the reports. In addition to selecting
records for the *CURRENT date, *STARTing date and a specific given date, we have now added an
option for records from *YESTERDAY.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF124. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 23, 2007
At the request of a customer, we have added the journal sequence number to the iFileAudit
transaction history database. It will now also be displayed with the online details and
can also be included in your own query reports against the data.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF123. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 18, 2007
To simplify purging of audit transaction history records, a second option has been added
which will allow you to purge based on the number of days of history that you want to keep
on file. The former method based on a specific date is still supported.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF122. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 18, 2007
For added processing flexibility, several of the processing commands in iFileAudit have
had a job queue name parameter added. When used, the processing will be sent to a system
job queue for execution, freeing up the interactive session.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF122. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 14, 2007
A new global option has been added to iFileAudit. When initially registering files, you can
now control how much of existing transaction activity will be included in the initial
analysis process. Until now, iFileAudit would always go back and pickup the oldest journal
transactions available. With this change, you can optionally specify that iFileAudit start
the analysis from the point in time when the file is registered.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF121. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 10, 2007
iFileAudit supports using existing journals, even when those journal only capture the "after"
record images. When this happens, the effectiveness of iFileAudit is limited. For these
customers, iFileAudit will generate a lot of analysis records, all containing information
of dubious value. To help these customers, we have introduced a new option at the file
level that will reduce the output from the file analysis process to one record per record
changed. This way, the customer will know the records that have been changed, but the field
values will be supressed.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF120. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 7, 2007
With this change, there are several new filter parameters that can be invoked when displaying
the files currently registered to iFileAudit for tracking purposes. You can limit the display to
just active or inactive files, files from a given library or library group, files with a
given filename or files using a specific journal or journal type.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF119. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: May 7, 2007
For customers who are not already journalling, iFileAudit has always had the ability to create
a journal for change tracking purposes. The option available until now created a separate
journal for each file registered and activated.
Within the operating system, it is possible for multiple files to share a common journal. This
change implements that as an option for iFileAudit customers.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF119. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 30, 2007
We found that a recent program change in the mass registration command, CRTIFAREG, resulted
in user-based journal information getting incorrectly recorded when registered with this command.
This has now been corrected.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF118. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 24, 2007
To make is easier to purge history information, we have added new options that allow you
to purge data from multiple files in a single process.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF117. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 11, 2007
To speed up the analysis process for customers with a lot of file update and change activity,
especially those customers who keep journals online for an extended period, iFileAudit has
been changed to limit journal extract processing by date and time.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF115. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 4, 2007
At the request of a customer, we have modified the report by user profile by adding more selection
options. With this change, you can select by specific user profile, generic* user profile or *ALL
profiles. You can also specify a specific filename, a generic* file name or *ALL files to be reported.
The report is run from option #8 on the MASTER menu. It is also called from option F11 when the
display by user profile is selected.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF114. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: March 30, 2007
When a programmer recompiles a database file that is being tracked by
iFileAudit, the link to the operating system journal is broken. When
this happens, tracking activity stops until the journal connection
can be re-established. A new option on the "Work With Registered Files
for Audit" (MASTER menu option #1) will now easily help you do this.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF113. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: February 22, 2007
To conserve disk resources, customers have requested that we add a feature that will allow
the security officer to optionally exclude specific fields from the iFileAudit analysis. This
feature is now available in the product. Once a file has been registered to iFileAudit, you
can call up a list of fields in the file and flag those fields that you want to exclude from
iFileAudit analysis processing.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF111. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: February 6, 2007
Several customers contacted us to request that the File Analysis process be improved by
allowing the analysis to be run for multiple files at once. As of this change, the process
has been improved to support processing for *ALL files within a library or for GENERIC*
filename selection within a library.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF110. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: January 25, 2007
A new feature has been added to iFileAudit that lets you manually enter and maintain a key structure
for files on your system where no key structure already exists for the file. For customers with a lot
of data stored in flat files, this change improved the ability to identify records in the iFileAudit
reports and displays.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF109. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: January 23, 2007
When originally released, all file registration was manually done from the menu option. With this
improvement, we have added two new commands to iFileAudit that let you register multiple files in a
single use of a command. Support includes registering all files in a library or the files in a library
that meet a generic* filename pattern.
In addition to file registration, the new commands also let you to multiple file activations and
de-activations by using a command. Multiple files can have their status changed in a single run
of the command.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package FAPTF108. Registered customers of
iFileAudit can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
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iFileAudit Recent Changes Log
Library and File selection prompts added during registration.
Analysis expanded to include rollback transactions.
Automatic Analysis process added.
New feature for manual key selection and specification.
iFileAudit Release 2 now available.
New database field added
Export File Information utility feature added
Work With Registered Files Enhanced
Optionally limit file tracking by user profile
Exanded file selection parameter for reporting
New report selection parameter
Journal sequence number added to database
Additional purge selection option
New JOBQ options on processing commands
New file registration option
New file option for record level changes only
Registration Filter Parameters
New Shared Common Journal option
My files with pre-existing journals are getting registered
incorrectly
New history purge options
Performance enhanced for Journal Analysis processing
New Selection Options for User Profile Report
Journal Reset Option Added
Optional Field Level Exclude Feature
Process Multiple File Analysis
Manual File Key Maintenance Option
New Options for Multiple File Registration
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