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Programming considerations for applications

This section discusses application programming issues that you should consider before using your applications with BMC AMI Fast Path Indexer for IMS.

BMC AMI Fast Path Indexer for IMS supports the following functions:

  • inverted hierarchy for retrieval
  • IMS status codes
  • IMS command codes
  • Boolean operators with sequential processing
  • use of subsequence fields to force unique SHISAM or HISAM keys
  • key searches
  • processing indexes as stand-alone databases
Warning

Note

BMC AMI Fast Path Indexer for IMS does not support subset pointers.

If you change your application to accommodate these functions, you might need to use BMC AMI Fast Path Indexer for IMS to perform maintenance on your secondary index databases.

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BMC AMI Fast Path Indexer for IMS 4.1