1. XINFO – Eclipse RDz Plugin

2. What is XINFO?
A complete cross referencing tool for reporting and to analyze data from a wide variety of systems of the datacenter:
XINFO
Assembler, C, Cobol, PL/I, Java, …
JCL, Script, CICS, DB2, IMS, SMF, …
Automic, CA7, Control-M TWS, Zeke, …

3. What is XINFO?
A complete cross referencing tool for reporting and to analyze data from a wide variety of systems of the datacenter:

4. What Purpose has XINFO? XINFO helps projects like
maintain or reshape legacy applications
merge, consolidate or separate datacenters
clean up production environments
convert scheduling systems and more …
XINFO quick accurate helps to gather information like
where is a program or dataset used?
who is using/updating which DB2 table?
where is a sub program, copybook or variable used?
when and how did a (critical) job run, was it late?
etc. …

5. Why an eclipse RDz plugin?
Eclipse is a development environment that is quite popular in Java development. RDz (Rational Developer for system z) is a development environment for z/OS (Cobol, PL/I).
XINFO’s eclipse RDz plug-in allows to access XINFO tables directly out of eclipse based development environments like RDz or others.
It’s a seamless integration into developer’s workbench.
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General Information

6. Additional search field
Table of Contents
General Information
Use of SQL
Additional search field
Group by
Export
Line Commands
COBOL - Copy
Browse Source
Programs used in JCL
DB2 Access

7. How to work with XINFO, RDz (eclipse)
1) Start XINFO and Logon

8. Help manual
If you need help click on “XINFO Online Help” to search for your problem
If you need help click on “XINFO Online Help” to search for your problem

9. If you want to change the settings, click on “Options”
Change options
If you want to change the settings, click on “Options”
Go to “General Settings” to change e.g. “number of rows transferred from host” from 999 to 5000

10. Switch View
Go to “View” to change between “Workspace Tree”, “Workspace List”, “Favourites” and “Shortcuts”

11. Create Favourites
To add displays to your Favourites, just click with a right mouse click on the display and select “Add to Favourites”.

12. Create Shortcut Type in a name and apply
If you would like to create a shortcut, select a display, type in your search criteria and click on “Actions…” and select “Create Shortcut…”

13. Use of SQL
If you want to see the SQL, click on “Actions…” and select “Show SQL” …

14. … and save, load or execute your SQL.
Use of SQL
… and save, load or execute your SQL.

15. Edit SQL
If you would like to change the displayed columns, click on “Show SQL” and e.g. display only the first two

16. Click on “Execute” to apply the new SQL
Edit SQL
Click on “Execute” to apply the new SQL

17. Edit SQL
The result

18. Legend
If you don’t know what “F” or “R” means, click on “Show Legend” to see the full name of the column

19. More search criteria fields
If you need more search criterias, click e.g. on “Jobname”.
You can now apply a additional search criteria with “OR” and “AND”

20. More search criteria fields
The result

21. More search criteria fields
You can delete the extra field with a click on “Actions…” and “Reset”.

22. Group (by)
If you would like to Group your result click on “Group” and select a column.
If you would like to Group your result click on “Group” and select a column.

23. Group (by)
The result

24. Export
You can export your results to e.g. Excel. Save the file and open it with Excel.

25. Export
The result

26. You can apply Line Commands simply with a right mouse click …

27. … and see the related JCL-EXEC statements
Line Commands
… and see the related JCL-EXEC statements

28. How to work with XINFO, RDz (eclipse)
Search e.g. which programs are using that include?

29. COBOL Copy
2) Select COBOL Copy

30. COBOL Copy
3) Search criteria

31. Result (programs, source member, line no. of copy statement etc.)
COBOL Copy
Result (programs, source member, line no. of copy statement etc.)

32. Right mouse gives more information or e.g. browse source code

33. Quick view to source code (member from z/OS)
Browse Source
Quick view to source code (member from z/OS)

34. In which batch jobs runs my program?
Programs used in JCL
In which batch jobs runs my program?
1) Select JCL EXEC

35. Programs used in JCL
2) Search criteria

36. Programs used in JCL, Run Info
3) Result (Jobname, Stepname, Parm etc.)

37. Programs used in JCL, Run Info
Right mouse give more information, e.g. SMF Data

38. SMF program run information
Based on SMF start/end times, duration, CPU usage etc.)

39. DB2 Access 1) Select Cobol DB2 access
Which programs are accessing my DB2 table?

40. DB2 Access
2) Search criteria

41. DB2 Access
3) Result (Program, Statement Line, Object (=Table/View), Action, etc.)

42. Any question about XINFO Eclipse RDz?
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43. Many thanks for your attention!
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