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  • 1.  Optim Distributed Designer vs. Classic

    Posted Wed June 13, 2018 08:06 AM
    ​Is anyone using Designer as their primary GUI for Optim Distributed?
    We still use Classic in most cases. The only time we used Designer was for a LUA CMP to mask Brazil NIDs (they have two separate ones).
    Both GUIs work, just want to know if Designer is being used. We are upgrading to FP6a so all the clients need to be upgraded. It would be a time to switch.

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    Ed Lipson
    BNYMellon
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  • 2.  RE: Optim Distributed Designer vs. Classic

    Posted Wed June 13, 2018 10:01 AM
    Hello Ed,

    There are many customers who are using Designer.  If you are into LUA scripts a lot then Designer is a way to go as it will help you to compile the scripts.

    But if you have automated the processing using command line scripts then Classic Optim.

    Thanks,
    Vishwas

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    Vishwas Balakrishna
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  • 3.  RE: Optim Distributed Designer vs. Classic

    Posted Wed June 13, 2018 10:04 AM
    Also on the topic of FP06, we have had bitter experience of applying it at multiple customer site, issues faced were following,

    1. Lua Scripts didn't work at all, there is a PMR raised for it
    2. ODM connectivity on AIX, didn't work, there is an iFix for it 
    3. Upgrading from old Optim 9.1 or before to Optim 11.3 and FP06, didn't recognize the archive files, so we had to register the old archive files in FP05 and then upgrade to FP06.


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    Vishwas Balakrishna
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  • 4.  RE: Optim Distributed Designer vs. Classic

    Posted Thu June 14, 2018 06:49 AM
    Hi Vishwash,

    Your statement " Lua Scripts didn't work at all, there is a PMR raised for it". Could you please let me know exact use case and platform where it is not working?

    Thanks,
    Tulasi

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    Tulasi Uppu
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    Original Message


  • 5.  RE: Optim Distributed Designer vs. Classic

    Posted Thu June 14, 2018 09:01 AM
    We have used Lua with good success. We compile Lua in Designer but run in Classic.  For date of birth we developed a common Lua that we deploy on both LUW and mainframe.  I use LuaDevelopmentTools (it's an open source Lua IDE) to develop and test all the different date formats and then port it to the target system.  The test routine is also in Lua.

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    Dave Lewis
    Nationwide Insurance
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  • 6.  RE: Optim Distributed Designer vs. Classic

    Posted Thu June 14, 2018 09:57 AM
    ​When we first installed Optim a few years ago, we really liked how Designer looked, but we quickly found that Classic was the best way to go for our group. Designer just didn't feel solid to our group, the word "Cluegy" comes to mind. We have a lot of Optim Artifacts and the process of registering each artifact to work in the Designer application just seemed unnecessary, when it just worked just fine in Classic.
    I will say that I like how everything is grouped in the Designer application, but that aspect isn't enough for us to use it for artifact creation and maintenance.

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    David
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