Topaz for Program Analysis
Topaz for Program Analysis intelligently analyzes mainframe programs and presents the results of that analysis in a visually intuitive manner. Using program structure and logic flow charts, Program Analysis reduces learning curves for programmers unfamiliar with the mainframe or unfamiliar with the structure of a program. The analysis provides invaluable insights into programs that don’t have documentation and are 20, 30 or even 40 years old.
Topaz for Program Analysis now includes Runtime Visualizer, a new feature that provides unprecedented graphical visibility into often-complex interactions between mainframe programs. This visibility makes it easy for veteran and novice developers alike to quickly understand, update and troubleshoot even the oldest and most complex mainframe code.
With Runtime Visualizer, developers can:
- Get a clear and accurate “snapshot” of a program’s real behavior in either production or test environments under runtime conditions.
- Generate a dynamic intuitive map of the external calls a program executes during any specified runtime within minutes—without any source code dependency. This capability saves hours or days of painstaking work, while ensuring accurate/complete results.
- Understand a program’s external calls to see how often programs call each other during a runtime and/or the specific datasets a program accesses at each point in its execution to better pinpoint potential performance bottlenecks, inefficiencies and inter-program impacts.
- Drill down to specific compile and Load Library information for programs.
In addition, Topaz for Program Analysis now features Online Projects and Impact Analysis. Developers of all skill levels can more quickly and accurately perform impact analyses by creating Java-like “projects”—logical collections of data sources—that allow them to discover and investigate dependencies across programs and copybooks, without having to move code off the mainframe.
Mainframes have long been the platform of choice for enterprise systems of record, and today they are the backbone for many modern digital applications. Compuware’s commitment to supporting current as well as the next generation of mainframe professionals with easy to use, innovative tools is of great service to enterprise customers who recognize the mainframe as the modern, digital platform it will continue to be for years to come.
– Jason Bloomberg, president of digital transformation analyst firm Intellyx
Read the entire article at http://www.compuware.com/en_us/products/enterprise-data-discovery-visualization-and-editing-with-topaz.html
Compuware is an Intellyx customer.
