Recently added Tools

If you do not have a license to the tools, we hope this list will help you decide to obtain one.  As you can see, new tools are being developed and added to the product on a regular basis.

Click the tool NAME (below) for a brief description of the tool. Click the definition for the full documentation.

Tool name	Definition	Date added
ADDDATMBR	Adds a new member with the next date and returns the name	Oct 15, 2008
ADDDAT3	Adds or subtracts a number of days, but limited to +-356 days	Oct 15, 2008
CHGIFSOWN2	Changes all IFS objects owned by one user to another	Oct 15, 2008
CHKPWDBLK	Checks password changes for too frequent changes	Oct 15, 2008
CMPLIB2	Compares one or more libraries from 2 different systems	Oct 15, 2008
CMPMSGD	Compares message descriptions from 2 message files	Oct 15, 2008
CVTPRTSTS	Converts printers and status to an outfile	Oct 15, 2008
DLTIFSOWN	Deletes IFS objects owned by a user	Oct 15, 2008
DSPDBFALW	Displays physical files with either ALWUPD or ALWDLT	Oct 15, 2008
DSPMBRCPC	Displays physical file members nearing their capacity	Oct 15, 2008
DSPMLTFMT	Displays logical files with more than one format	Oct 15, 2008
DSPPGMADP2	Displays programs by library which adopt or do not allow adopt	Oct 15, 2008
DSPRSTDAT	Displays objects restored or created after lib restore date	Oct 15, 2008
DSPSAVSUM	Displays a summary of where objects were saved to	Oct 15, 2008
ENDJOB2	Ends generic job names	Oct 15, 2008
GENRANPWD	Generates a random password with various options	Oct 15, 2008
HLDALLJOBQ	Holds all job queues by library or all libraries	Oct 15, 2008
HLDALLOUTQ	Holds all output queues by library or all libraries	Oct 15, 2008
HLDALLWTR	Holds all or generic writers	Oct 15, 2008
RGTADJVAR	Right adjusts a character variable to a decimal variable	Oct 15, 2008
RLSALLJOBQ	Releases all job queues by library or all libraries	Oct 15, 2008
RLSALLOUTQ	Releases all output queues by library or all libraries	Oct 15, 2008
RLSALLWTR	Releases all writers or generic writers	Oct 15, 2008
RPLJOBDLIB	Replaces a library name in one or more job descriptions	Oct 15, 2008
SCNSPLF	Scans a spooled file for a string and returns variables	Oct 15, 2008
CMPMODA	Compares attributes of two module objects	Aug 1, 2008
CMPOUTFILE	Compares system outfile formats to previous release	Aug 1, 2008
CVTACTPRFL	Converts active profile list to an outfile	Aug 1, 2008
CVTIFSOWN	Converts IFS owned objects to an outfile	Aug 1, 2008
DLTJOBDLIB	Deletes a library from one or more JOBD objects	Aug 1, 2008
DSPIFSOWN	Displays IFS owned objects for a user	Aug 1, 2008
DSPJOBDLIB	Checks for libraries defined in JOBDs that no longer exist	Aug 1, 2008
DSPLIBJOBD	Scans JOBDs for a specified library	Aug 1, 2008
DSPQHST	Displays QHST information with several selection criteria	Aug 1, 2008
DSPSCDJOBQ	Displays jobs on JOBQs that have a scheduled date	Aug 1, 2008
DSPTBL	Similar to WRKTBL display, but describes base differences	Aug 1, 2008
DSPTOTPAG	Displays OUTQ spooled files for idea of when a SPLF will print	Aug 1, 2008
RVKDUPIFSA	Revokes duplicate IFS authorities based on *PUBLIC authority	Aug 1, 2008
SELSPLF	Displays a users spooled files and allows selections	Aug 1, 2008
WRKJOBSTS	Displays active jobs based on specified status values	Aug 1, 2008
ZIP	Provides zip and unzip functions	Aug 1, 2008
CHKBLKFLD	Debugging aid to ensure no fields are all blanks or all zeros	May 15, 2008
CHKOWNSAVF	Checks the owner of the objects in a save file for same user	May 15, 2008
CVTARPTBL	Converts the ARP tbl (Addr Resolution Protocol) to an outfile	May 15, 2008
DLTUSRPRF3	Deletes a user profile with more function than the sys command	May 15, 2008
DSPARPTBL	Displays the ARP (Add Resolution Protocol Table) to an outfile	May 15, 2008
MAILADR	Creates/maintains E Mail addresses for use by SNDxxxMAIL	May 15, 2008
MONMSGQ	Provides a solution for monitoring message IDs at a MSGF	May 15, 2008
MYQ	Provides a simple SND/RCV of entries for later used	May 15, 2008
SAVFARC	Provides an archive for Save File objects	May 15, 2008
SNDSPLMAIL	Sends an *SCS spooled file to one or more E-Mail recipients	May 15, 2008
SNDTXTMAIL	Sends a text message to one or more E-Mail recipients	May 15, 2008
WRKOBJ2	Provides more function than the system WRKOBJ command	May 15, 2008
WRKSAVFMBR	Provides a work display for members in a save file	May 15, 2008
WRKSAVFOBJ	Provides a work display for objects in a save file	May 15, 2008
AUDITING	Documentation only to explain auditing via the system and TAA	March 21, 2008
CMPAUTLAUT	Compares authorizations of two *AUTL objects	March 21, 2008
CVTTOBYT	Converts from/to bytes to KB, MB, GB, and TB	March 21, 2008
DLTDLUSPLF	Deletes deleted user spooled files	March 21, 2008
DLTUSRSPLF	Deletes spooled files owned by a user	March 21, 2008
DSPOBJAUD	Displays objects that are marked for auditing	March 21, 2008
DSPSPLUSE	Displays spooled files that exist based on a date	March 21, 2008
DSPUSRAUD	Displays user profiles that are marked for auditing	March 21, 2008
SCNAUDLOG	Scans the audit log file for a value in the entry data	March 21, 2008
STROBJCVN2	Front end to STROBJCVN for easier use by library with omitlibs	March 21, 2008
WRKLIBAUD	Work display for libraries and their auditing value	March 21, 2008
WRKOBJAUD	Work display for objects in a library and their auditing value	March 21, 2008
WRKUSRAUD	Work display for users and their auditing value	March 21, 2008
ADDUNQMBR	Generates a unique member name to a file and returns the name	Jan 1, 2008
CHGSGNDAT	Changes the signon date and time for a swapped user profile	Jan 1, 2008
CHKTAAAUT	Checks authorities to TAA objects against shipped values	Jan 1, 2008
CMPDBF2	Compares a single field in two identical unique keyed files	Jan 1, 2008
CMPMSGFA	Compares the attributes of two message files	Jan 1, 2008
CMPMSGQA	Compares the attributes of two message queues	Jan 1, 2008
CVTPTFGRP	Converts the group PTF information as seen on WRKPTFGRP	Jan 1, 2008
CVTPTFGRPD	Converts the individual PTF information as seen on WRKPTFGRP	Jan 1, 2008
DSPJRNA	A 'display only' similar version of WRKJRNA	Jan 1, 2008
DSPJRNRCVD	A 'display only' view of the receiver directory of a journal	Jan 1, 2008
DSPJRNRCV2	A 'display only' version similar to DSPJRNRCVA	Jan 1, 2008
GENPRMNBR	Generates prime numbers to an outfile	Jan 1, 2008
RTVCMDSRC2	Retrieves source for a QSYS command and the command prompts	Jan 1, 2008
RTVCOLHDG	A program to be used to retrieve column headings for printing	Jan 1, 2008
RTVDAT4	Retrieves the day of week and week of year of a date	Jan 1, 2008
RTVDAT5	Converts the day of week digit and month number to spellings	Jan 1, 2008
RTVDOCOBJ	Retrieves text for a document when using the object name	Jan 1, 2008
RTVFLDDTA	A program to retrieve a field value when a record image exists	Jan 1, 2008
RTVGENOBJ	Allows coding a loop to retrieve generic object names	Jan 1, 2008
RTVREGINF	Retrieves registration information as displayed by WRKREGINF	Jan 1, 2008
RTVSVRAUTE	Retrieves information for an authentication entry	Jan 1, 2008
TIMRCD	Commands to help determine better performance methods	Jan 1, 2008
CHGOBJAUT	Changes authority to one or more objects for one or more users	Sept 15, 2007
CHGOBJAUTL	Changes authorization list for one or more objects	Sept 15, 2007
CHKIASP	Checks a list of IASPs to ensure they are online	Sept 15, 2007
CHKMINRLS	Checks for minimum release to assist in V6R1 conversion	Sept 15, 2007
CHKSELOMT	Checks a name against both 'select' and 'omit' lists	Sept 15, 2007
CMPCMDLST	Compares a 'select' and 'omit' list for overlap	Sept 15, 2007
CRTTSTDTA	Creates new test data or updates an existing file	Sept 15, 2007
CVTCTLASC	Converts controller ASYNC descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTCTLHOST	Converts controller host descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTCTLLWS	Converts controller LWS descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTCTLNET	Converts controller net descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTCTLVWS	Converts controller VWS descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTLINASC	Converts line ASYNC descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTLINETH	Converts line Ethernet descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTLINPPP	Converts line PPP descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
CVTLINSDLC	Converts line SDLC descriptions to an outfile	Sept 15, 2007
DSPDTAARAD	Displays data attributes without displaying the data	Sept 15, 2007
DSPOBJD4	Displays any object attributes if authorized to an *AUTL	Sept 15, 2007
DSPSELOMT	Displays LF select/omit specifications	Sept 15, 2007
FIXDECERR	Fixes invalid decimal data in a file	Sept 15, 2007
FIXMINRLS	Fixes programs to assist in V6R1 conversion	Sept 15, 2007
FNDJOB	Finds jobs allowing generic user and/or job names	Sept 15, 2007
GENUNQNBR	Generates unique random numbers	Sept 15, 2007
RTVCTLASC	Retrieves controller ASYNC description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVCTLHOST	Retrieves controller host description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVCTLLWS	Retrieves controller LWS description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVCTLNET	Retrieves controller net description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVCTLVWS	Retrieves controller VWS description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVLINASC	Retrieves line ASYNC description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVLINETH	Retrieves line Ethernet description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVLINPPP	Retrieves line PPP description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVLINSDLC	Retrieves line SDLC description attributes	Sept 15, 2007
RTVPGMREFL	Retrieves libraries used for externally described files	Sept 15, 2007
CHGUSRPRF3	Changes one, named, or generic user profiles	June 30, 2007
CHKMSGDSPE	Checks the spelling of a single message description	June 30, 2007
CLCSQRT	Calculates the square root of a number	June 30, 2007
CMPSRC4	Front end to CMPSRC2 to compare all source in a library	June 30, 2007
CMPWLDCRD	Provide CHK and CMP command for wildcards in a name or string	June 30, 2007
CRTCLPCALL	Creates the CALL and DCLs for calling a specific program	June 30, 2007
CRTCLPENT	Creates the PGM and DCLs for being called by a command or pgm	June 30, 2007
CRTRPGCALL	Creates the CALL and PARM statements from a called program	June 30, 2007
CRTRPGENT	Creates the PLIST and PARM statements from a command or pgm	June 30, 2007
CVTTIMZOND	Convert the time zone descriptions to an outfile	June 30, 2007
DSPDBFKEY	Display/print a data base with the key fields listed first	June 30, 2007
DSPGENOBJ	Display/print objects with generic and wildcard support	June 30, 2007
DSPPGM2	Display/print program attributes, parm list, auth etc	June 30, 2007
EXTQLFJOB	Extracts individual fields from a qualified job name	June 30, 2007
FNDCMD	Finds a command with generic or string value	June 30, 2007
PRTREVERSE	Re-prints a spooled file in reverse page order	June 30, 2007
RTVTIMZOND	Retrieves time zone description information	June 30, 2007
SAVOWNOBJ	Saves owned objects from a library	June 30, 2007
SCNEXTMSGF	Scans an extracted message file for a string	June 30, 2007
SWPUSRPRF	Swaps user profile with scope program to swap back	June 30, 2007
CHGDSTLE	Allows mass changes to generic or all distribution lists	March 26, 2007
CHGGRPPRF2	Changes all mbrs of a group for OWNER, GRPAUT, and GRPAUTTYP	March 26, 2007
CHKACTJOB	Checks for a generic or specific active job name	March 26, 2007
CHKDIRE	Check for an entry in the distribution directory	March 26, 2007
CHKGRPPRF	Checks a profile to see if it is a group profile	March 26, 2007
CHKINACT2	Checks for inactive jobs with different timeout values	March 26, 2007
CHKJOBENDS	Checks for an end status during a DLYJOB loop	March 26, 2007
CHKSAVF	Checks if a save file is available for use	March 26, 2007
CRTEXTPRTF	Creates an external print file from RPG source	March 26, 2007
DSPGRPPRF	Displays the mbr of a group with more info than sys function	March 26, 2007
DSPMOON	Displays the dates of the full moon for a year	March 26, 2007
DSPUSAHST	Displays major events in USA history for a year	March 26, 2007
DSPUSAPRES	Displays major events for a President in US history	March 26, 2007
ENAGRPPRF	Enables members of a group profile. Companion DSAGRPPRF cmd	March 26, 2007
ENDSBSJOB	Ends one or more jobs based on how long active.	March 26, 2007
EXTQLFNAM	Extracts the object/library of a qualified name in a string	March 26, 2007
RTVDDMA	Retrieves attributes for a DDM file	March 26, 2007
RTVDIRE	Retrieves a distribution directory entry	March 26, 2007
WRKDSAUSR	Work display of disabled users with option to enable	March 26, 2007
CHGJOBSPLF	Change attributes of spooled files within a job	Jan 1, 2007
CHGQDFTJRN	Change or create the QDFTJRN data area used for remote journal	Jan 1, 2007
CHGUSRAUD2	Prompts for existing auditing values to simplify changes	Jan 1, 2007
CHKFILATR	Checks a file's attribute against a specified list	Jan 1, 2007
CHKPGMATR	Checks a program's attribute against a specified list	Jan 1, 2007
CHKSRCTYP2	Checks a source member's type against a specified list	Jan 1, 2007
CVTDAT13	Converts 13 byte date from system commands for printing	Jan 1, 2007
DSPDFTRCD	Displays RR number of any records that match the file dft rcd	Jan 1, 2007
DSPPWDLMT	Displays from QHST any user/device that was disabled	Jan 1, 2007
DSPPWDLMT2	Displays from QHST any user that signed after password failure	Jan 1, 2007
DUPJOBSPLF	Duplicates all spooled files in a job with new owner option	Jan 1, 2007
PRTSAVAUD	Prints a listing following a save for auditor use n	Jan 1, 2007
RTVDBFRR	Retrieves up to 10 fields from a record by RR number	Jan 1, 2007
RTVDTAQ	Retrieves the first entry from a data queue without removing	Jan 1, 2007
RTVLIBSIZ	Retrieves the size of a library and the library object	Jan 1, 2007
RTVMTHDAT	Retrieves a date for a day and week of a month	Jan 1, 2007
RTVSPLFID2	Retrieves the name and ID of the last spooled file in a job	Jan 1, 2007
RTVTOLCMD	Retrieves the commands associated with a TAA Tool	Jan 1, 2007
SAVJRNRCV	Saves all, active, or detached receivers for a journal	Jan 1, 2007
SAVRSTASP	Saves and restores a library to a named or numbered ASP	Jan 1, 2007
SAVSNDM	Saves one, generic, or all members of a file using FTP	Jan 1, 2007
SAVSYSINF2	Front end to SAVSYSINF which updates a data area in TAASECURE	Jan 1, 2007
VRYCFGOFF	Varies a config object off if user has *USE to TAAVRYCFGO	Jan 1, 2007
WRKVLDL	Work display for validation lists	Jan 1, 2007
WRKVLDLE	Work display for validation list entries	Jan 1, 2007
CHKNAMFLD2	Checks a name and address field for proper case	Sept 15, 2006
CVTAUDJRNE	Converts T Audit entries to an outfile to allow a query	Sept 15, 2006
CVTMSGQ2	Converts large number of messages from a message queue	Sept 15, 2006
CVTOBJD2	Converts only lib/obj/type to an outfile - Runs fast	Sept 15, 2006
DSPDBFSTAT	Display data base file statistics and associated logicals	Sept 15, 2006
DSPJOBLOG5	Displays job log as 80 wide with error that caused failure	Sept 15, 2006
DSPTAPLBL	Displays the important information from a tape label	Sept 15, 2006
ENDDSCJOB	Ends disconnected jobs with an option to display a message	Sept 15, 2006
RTVAUDMDLF	Retrieves the system supplied model file for T audit records	Sept 15, 2006
RTVDBFM	Retrieves member counts for data and source in a library	Sept 15, 2006
RTVJOBTYPD	Retrieves a text description for types such as BCH and INT	Sept 15, 2006
RTVOUTDTAQ	Retrieve spooled file changes to RDY status from a data queue	Sept 15, 2006
TRMFSTBLK	Trims the input value after the first blank found	Sept 15, 2006
WRKOUTQ2	Similar to WRKOUTQ but allows a list of output queues	Sept 15, 2006
ADDSPCAUT	Add or Remove special authorities from a list of profiles	July 15, 2006
CAPPTFINF	Captures and compares different versions of DSPPTF outfile	July 15, 2006
CHKMAILADR	Checks an E-Mail address for syntax and optional domain check	July 15, 2006
CHKMAILFLD	Checks E-Mail addresses in a field for syntax and domain	July 15, 2006
CPYFOMIT	Copies a file with a list of omitted values for a field	July 15, 2006
CRTVTP	Creates a virtual tape structure	July 15, 2006
CVTIMGCLG	Converts image catalog information to an outfile	July 15, 2006
CVTIMGCLGE	Converts image catalog entries to an outfile	July 15, 2006
CVTJOBLCK	Converts the locks for a user's job	July 15, 2006
CVTNETSTAT	Converts 3 types of network statistics to outfiles	July 15, 2006
CVTOBJD	Similar to DSPOBJD OUTFILE function with better selection	July 15, 2006
CVTUSRPRF2	Similar to DSPUSRPRF OUTFILE function with separate fields	July 15, 2006
DSPJOBLOG4	Displays any job log if authorized to the TAASPLEC Auth list	July 15, 2006
DSPMSGTYP	Displays the message return types from RCVMSG	July 15, 2006
DSPVTPRSC	Displays all virtual tape resources	July 15, 2006
RTVDBFOVR	Retrieves the override values for a data base file	July 15 2006
RTVMSKPWD	Change and Retrieve of a masked password for use in CL source	July 15, 2006
RTVNXTVER	Retrieves the next version such as ABC0005 and returns ABC0006	July 15, 2006
RTVPRDDSC	Retrieves a 25 byte description of software products	July 15, 2006
RTVPRTOVR	Retrieves the override values for a printer file	July 15, 2006
RTVTAPLBL	Retrieves information from a tape label and the first file	July 15, 2006
RTVVTPRSC	Retrieves all virtual tape resources	July 15, 2006
CHKARACDE	Checks an area code for a valid number	April 15, 2006
CHKARAFLD	Checks a field in a data base file for a valid area code	April 15, 2006
CPYSPLFDTA	Copies with options from a spooled file for spread sheet use	April 15, 2006
CPYUNQKEY	Copies unique keys from one file to another (merge)sheet use	April 15, 2006
DSPCCSID	Displays CCSIDs used in a data base file	April 15, 2006
DTAARC	Provides for online saves of critical data base files	April 15, 2006
JOBACT	Provides checking to ensure certain jobs are active	April 15, 2006
MOVCLPDCL	Moves CLP DCL/DCLF statements to proper place in source	April 15, 2006
RTVARACDE	Retrieves area code information for an area code	April 15, 2006
RTVCCSID	Retrieves CCSIDs used in a data base file	April 15, 2006
SBMTIMJOB2	Submits same job multiple times per day	April 15, 2006
CHGCMDLIB	Change TAA Command Library	Feb 15, 2006
CPYSHFLFT	Copies a data base member and shifts the data left n positions	Feb 15, 2006
PRTAUTLOBJ	Prints one, generic or *AUTL objects and authorized objects	Feb 15, 2006
PRTMBRSUM	Prints one line per data base file in a library with mbr info	Feb 15, 2006
PRTSPLANZ	Prints a summary of a QSPL library by day or month of opened	Feb 15, 2006
SCNGENSRCD	Scans member descriptions for generic names in a library	Feb 15, 2006

Last modified on October 10, 2008

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