This is How Globus Works

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This is How Globus Works (Adobe Acrobat le)

A very cool document from Vladimir Kazimirchik.
Preface
Suddenly it came to my mind that its already 10 years that I work with Temenos product T24. Of course it wasnt
T24 all those years It was Globus previously and Ive started with G10 release of Globus. Now its R10 release of
T24. So I thought its a good idea to share some things that came to my attention during this time (because if I dont
Ill surely forget it all myself). Being a technical person, I address this book mainly to techies, though business guys
might also nd something for them.
The phrase This is how Globus works is well-known to anyone who worked with Globus and I decided that its a
very appropriate title. It will mostly be a case study (all cases real, some of them too real)- far from what regular
training provides. Probably it can be seen as an addition to regular training, sometimes expanding beyond pure
T24 sort of a collection of tips, tricks, hand-ons, how-tos etc.
Ive noticed that for a beginner its not easy to understand what belongs where like where user access is
supported at DB or application level? etc. And for a person who knows jBASE or Universe well its a bit
embarrassing to learn that something absolutely valid in pure jBASE doesnt work in T24 environment (like adding
something to dictionary manually it lives only until STANDARD.SELECTION record is rebuilt next time). So Ill try to
close this gap (and hopefully some others).
Note: all views, opinions etc are mine, not of my employer. Solutions and code lines (mostly) are mine as well,
unless stated otherwise. You also agree that you use the samples provided with full understanding what youre
doing { i.e. at your own risk. T24 is unpredictable in its changes and what worked perfectly well in one release will
not work in another or, worse, might harm your system.
Its a good idea to try all this on a virtual machine rst
Many things described here you can nd in some manuals, many are not described anywhere to my knowledge.
Hope youll nd something useful.
Youll see me digressing a lot but its all intentional. To my experienced colleagues: dont consider it as something
like T24
for dummies. Feel free to skip what you already know (though you might nd something new even there). Be sure
that youll nd many places that will be a surprise for you.
Enjoy!
Table of Content:
Model Bank installation
Shortcuts, applications basics
Application data, LIVE and NAU les, record status, audit trail, LIST basics, INT applications
FIN and CUS applications, history le, F VOC entries, COMPANY, EVAL in LIST

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SELECT and SELECT lists, COUNT, SAVING and UNIQUE in SELECT

More navigation in Classic
Introduction into programs and subroutines, conclusion for applications
Introduction into OFS, more about functions, setup OFS.SOURCE,tSS, simple enquiry output OFS -inputting an
application record: VERSION creation, VALIDATE option, couple of tests, STANDARD.SELECTION check
Writing a simple T24 subroutine
Getting application information from a routine
OFS application record creation continued, overrides,elds GTS.CONTROL and NO.OF.AUTH
VERSION routines AUT.NEW.CONTENT, R.NEW, application insert le
OFS.REQUEST.DETAIL
Manual transaction input in comparison with OFS, GTSACTIVE variable
Browser client jboss, jBASE agent, logging in
Transaction input under Browser, debugging
TODAY variable, date format in T24, edit mode in Classic,API for dates manipulation
Global variables again their lifetime, writing a PROGRAM, CRT
CHECK.REC.RTN error raising, other VERSION routines notes
Programming language overview, writing a simple game
Local applications, code rating, enrichment, AUTO.ID.START, SEARCH, jBASE le types, jstat

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