Using Business developer, extensive EGL-based applications are developed with EGL code. It is very important to avoid any kind of code-related problems by examining the program at the earliest. The Software Analyzer tool detects coding errors, by applying a set of rules while developing a code. It can be run on a specific project, a group of source code or for an entire workspace. This blog describes the usage of Software Analyzer tool in the Business Developer, detailed steps to apply set of rules on different EGL projects and review the code. Creating an EGL project in Business Developer ..read more

Mainframe jobs can be accessed & run directly from mainframe host or from Z/OS Explorer in windows machine. Z/OS explorer simplifies the usage for non-mainframe users to work on jobs. This blog will walk you through the process of accessing CICS IA jobs in mainframe from z/OS explorer on windows system. z/OS explorer: z/OS Explorer is an Eclipse-based integration platform which provides various plugin interface for z/OS users. It is single workbench with ability to develop and test CICS, DB2, WebSphere MQ, IMS, and batch applications and manage related subsystems. CICS IA: CICS IA provid ..read more

Introduction: Journal print utility helps to find information about record logged on them, it also reads data from MVS log stream and displays in readable format. DWWJUP print utility use IXGCONN and IXGBRWSE to establish/disconnect connection to the log stream and reads the log stream contents appropriately. STARTTIME and STOPTIME parameters denotes ranges, also CICS VR journal print utility DWWJUP will supports INCLUDE, EXCLUDE commands to filter the data from a specific log stream to generate specific report. Command format: ​​ Figure 1: Fig 1 command format Flow chart ​ Figure 2: Flow ..read more

VSAM files are widely used in CICS applications and it contains critical information with a huge data set. It is always a better idea to keep a backup of these files in your PC for future use. However, we cannot directly copy these VSAM files to PC, hence steps given in this blog will be helpful to perform VSAM data transfer between the host and PC. ​ High-Level Steps - VSAM Data Transfer Host to PC : Create a batch job to copy data from VSAM to PS file using IDCAMS utility. Copy VSAM data to PS file by executing the batch job. Copy PS files from the host to PC using FileZilla or any other f ..read more

1.      Introduction The CICS IA host side collects the Dependency, Affinity, and Command Flow data that can be used to carry out threadsafe analysis on a program or a transaction. The Load Module Scanner also provides the reentrant information to the report. The CICS IA threadsafe analysis report can be run in the CICS IA plug-in.   Threadsafe report can be used by the CICS programmer to analyse the thread safety aspects of their programs and for a better compliance with the best practices of the CICS application. 2.      Component Diagr ..read more

The Mainframe remains one of the primary workhorses of the computer world. Mainframes can process massive amounts of data; processing over 70 percent of the world’s most important computing transactions every day. Organizations like banks, credit card companies, medical facilities, stock brokerages, and others depend on the Mainframe for job processing and cannot afford errors and downtime. ​ The Mainframe systems are also growing and evolving with the business. Because of new functionalities, changing corporate standards, technical requirements, and business pressures, many techniques for i ..read more

The challenge with today’s developers is creating multiplatform applications. Developers come from different backgrounds and need to skill themselves to create applications and deploy them in multiple target runtimes. ​ Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) is designed to meet these challenges, which provides a common high-level language throughout the software development lifecycle of a multiplatform application. Developers can now focus on the business problem rather than the technicalities of the target platforms to develop leading edge business applications. This blog provides an insight o ..read more

With service recently made available in 4th quarter 2019, File Manager for z/OS provides several batch report enhancements. You can now split batch report sections across different DDs, rather than having all your output go to SYSPRINT, and certain batch reports now provide additional data set information for relevant input and output files. ​ File Manager now also supports two new DDs, FMIN and FMNPRINT. When allocated in a batch job step, File Manager will use FMIN rather than SYSIN, and FMNPRINT rather than SYSPRINT. Batch report output by default goes to SYSPRINT (or FMNPRINT). Now secti ..read more

Terminal emulators for IBM System Z (mainframes) and System I (AS/400) systems continue to be the primary user interface for many business-critical applications, systems programmers and application developers around the world. Terminal emulators are often underappreciated software, however their users typically require the highest level of reliability, availability, usability and security because they are essential enabler to access many core business applications and data. ​ HCL Software is pleased to introduce Z and I Emulator (ZIE) for Windows. ZIE for Windows is a terminal emulation solu ..read more

​HCL Z Asset Optimizer (ZAO) is a market leading software asset discovery product for IBM z/OS mainframe systems. ZAO recognizes over 12,000 mainframe software products and features from IBM and other software vendors, as well as reports inventory and usage of in-house programs.  Benefits include: - Flexible licensing to enable usage tailored for your unique requirements - Enhance coverage and speed - Deploy, maintain, or decommission mainframe assets from a      single location - Comprehensive reports - Ensure complete inventory and asset usage reporting for software &nbs ..read more