Elena Weber        AFOMS/OMYX        652-5811  WeberE@mail.omsq.af.mil
Mike Ostrander     AFOMS/OMYV        652-5030  Ostrandm@mail.omsq.af.mil
Timothy O'Neil     AFOMS/OMYX        652-5811  ONeilT@mail.omsq.af.mil
Joe Bergmann       AFOMS/OMYA        652-3696  BergmanJ@mail.omsq.af.mil
Janice Buchhorn    AL/HRCF           536-4005  Buchhorn@alhrt.brooks.af.mil
Darryl Hand        Metrica           340-8211  codap@metricanet.com

1. Mr. Hand discussed recent efforts to increase the maximum number of duties. The maximum has historically been 26 (letters in the alphabet). Users requiring further breakout are forced to create modules (maximum of 10000).

   The obvious solution was to expand the duty identifier to any combination of two alpha-numeric characters (except for blank-blank). This would allow a maximum of 1368 duties (37*37 - 1). However, to minimize the impact on current and historical CODAP runstreams, the limit was reduced to 999. By restricting the number to three digits, no control cards would have to be modified (INPSTD and TITLES).

   Initial testing on the Metrica RISC revealed no significant problems. The extra duty character is embedded within the task title, so no formatting changes are required. In addition, most programs which report duty-level data also support module-level data, and therefore have sufficient array sizes to handle the increased number of duties. This change is fully forward-compatible. All old runstreams, card decks, and files remain valid.

   One potential problem area has been discovered. Since the Case Data file stores the task-within-duty table internally, all programs which read or write this file must be carefully checked and modified to handle the increased size of the table. Unfortunately, array over-writes don't always result in obvious errors. For this reason, the updates shall remain only on the Metrica machine until the entire system is adequately tested.

   The OMS TIARA system limits the number of duties to 26.

2. Mr. Keeth recently found a need for some old Unisys studies for a Time 1/ Time 2 analysis. All OMS study tapes have been scratched, but Mr. Hand has a limited set of studies still available on save tapes. Unisys access will end 1 April, so if anyone has a requirement for old data, contact Mr. Hand ASAP.

3. The latest updates of airmen and officer AFSCs has been downloaded and will be available in HAILS shortly. This is most likely the final Unisys version. The new code structure will be maintained on the AL RISC Oracle database. The Oracle format has been updated to be Y2K compliant, so some modification to the HAILS software will be required.

4. Due to the use of the AL RISC for Oracle and for Unisys file transfers, the CODAP testing database has been removed.

5. Mr. Ostrander requested the following updates to AUTHOR and/or OASURV:

   • Inclusion of a merge/match feature for matching codes such as base and MAJCOM.

   • A feature to prevent users from entering control-character sequences.

   • Removal of comment titles from the comment file when no actual comment is entered. This will reduce file size and make it easier to assess comments.

6. Sgt. O'Neil expressed the desire for survey disk auto-loading software.

7. OMS announced that they are switching from 720K discs to the high-density 1.44M discs as their standard for surveying.

8. The next meeting will be at 14:00 hours, Thursday, 26 February 1998, at IJOA.