AUDIENCE:   Audience is programmers or analysts who will be developing or maintaining applications on the system. DURATION:   5 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This course is designed to introduce programmers and analysts to the i (System i, i5, iSeries and AS/400). from the point of view of application development. On completion, attendees will be able to use system displays, menus, commands and Help, control batch and print jobs and handle common problems. Create database objects and write and compile programs using the development environments. COURSE CONTENT:   Introduction   i  (System i  , i5, iSeries and AS/400) and i OS (OS/400)     Introduce the basics of system architecture and system objects     Familiarization with some displays     Describe some of the basic terminology used with the system (objects, libraries etc.)  iSeries interfaces     Introduce the various interfaces that may be used        System menus, displays and iSeries Navigator     Understand the working environment       Control Language       Object management       Library Management       Library Lists       Messages   Know where to go for HELP        On-line Help        Information Centre  Managing work on the system       Jobs       Job descriptions       Interactive work       Batch work       Subsystems       Scheduled jobs       Find that job       Job Commands  Printing    Output Queues, Writers, Devices    Printing commands    How print finds its way to the printer    How to find it if it gets lost    Print Writers  Security concepts    System Values    User profiles        Class and Special Authority    Group Profiles    Permission's (Object Authority)       Public Authority    Authorization Lists  Authority Checking  Spooled file security  Navigator     Application Administration  Backup and recovery    Types of Failure    Recovery Options    Backup Media    Save    Restore    Complete System Save    Disaster Recovery  Performance   Definitions   Observing Performance     Active Jobs     System Status     Disk Status  Problem Determination    Useful Commands    Working with jobs    Job Logs    History Log    Message Queues  Development Environments    Source Physical Files     Creating objects    Programming Development Manager (PDM, SEU, SDA)    WDSC/RSE/RDi and CODE  UDB DB2 for i   Defining and maintaining the database using Data Description   Specifications (DDS) and Data Definition Language (DDL) in SQL. Introduction to CL programming   Program Structure   Coding Rules   Variables   Expressions   Conditioning   Parameters   Substring   External Information   Data Areas   Monitoring Messages   Sending Messages PT08/01