Professional Quality Analysis and Documentation for RPG and COBOL
Package: X-Analysis Professional
(The package comprises of X-Analysis Lite & X-Documenter modules)
The most sophisticated and easiest to use analysis tool on the planet for instant and automated cross-referencing, impact analysis and graphical documentation of RPG and COBOL applications
- Document system functionality for audit, interfacing or planning purposes
- Improve quality and lower costs of maintenance tasks
- Fill the gap of system knowledge when key people leave
- Accelerate system learning and research for developers and analysts
Key features of X-Analysis Documenter:
- Exports of graphical documentation to the screen, Word, Excel, Visio and PDF documents
- Instant link to LPEX and SEU editors
- Application mapping – complete cross referencing of all objects, screens, source and variables across the entire application
- Variable tracing technology – trace variables across programs, files, screens; not only variables but also their derivative variables
- Interactive graphical diagramming – intuitive GUI with color-coded diagrams for developers to examine program structure, drilldown, cross-reference, all with integrated source code browsing
- Available as WDSc or RDi plugins, or comes with no-charge standalone Eclipse GUI application
Feature list:
- Interactive source code browser
- Interactive Structure Charts Diagrams
- Interactive Data Flow Diagrams
- Complete cross reference of objects and variables
- Variable level cross-referencing drilling down through multiple layers or variables
- Handles programs/files/screens (RPGII/400/LE/Free, COBOL36/400, CL, SQL, JAVA, VB)
- Subdivide system into application areas
- PDF & MS Word project/static documentation wizard
- Visio exports for graphical diagrams
- RPG data flow charts
- Subroutine layering diagrams
- Link to LPEX and SEU editors
- Plug-in to Eclipse or WDSc, RDi or MyEclipseBlue
- Source leveling (summarization of source members)
- Indented source code views
- RPG source viewed as Pseudo code (Structured English with field texts)
- Screen design and report layouts at a glance
- Application Area Overview Diagrams
- Application Flow Diagrams
- Program understanding at an application level, rather than a complete system level
- All other modules have use of application level control as opposed to entire system level functionality