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Application Discovery

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Identify Code Affinities

We are in the middle of trying to carve out a large segment of work load and move it to another enterprise complex. The ability to identify affinities in the application (across all programs) would a useful features.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Insufficient display of a nested UP for the external program in all views

If you look at the call graph of a program in which nested subroutine (UP) are implemented, the name of the nested UPs is linked to the outer program name. The assignment of the nested UP with the external program is displayed not only in the grap...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Provide Graphical Impact Analysis

Provide a graphical impact analysis (focus on one variable / database field / possibly a set of variables / database fields) similar to call-graphs.
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Display and search for artifact names that differ from the program ID

Currently, resources in the client are represented in the artifact using the program ID. A search and analysis based on the program ID enables quick success if the name of the program is used at execution time. If artifact names differ from the pr...
almost 4 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Indicate I/O from MFS Maps

Would like to see input an output indications from an IMS MFS Map
over 7 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Define/Exclude System Programs

The ability to define a list of programs as System Programs. There would be no expectation to provide source for these programs, so they would not appear in lists of 'missing' components. There would also be an ability to exclude them from graphs.
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Support for CLIST

Provide the ability to analyze CLISTs
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Provide extension point / API to support macros / custom syntax

Provide an API / extension point to support custom macros / syntax / interface programs. For example, allow to tell AD that a specific function call / macro / ... means "Access table XY" or "Call program XY; XY can be found by looking into this lo...
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

Allow advanced graph filtering

- Allow multi selection in the graph inventory to hide programs / tables / ...- Allow filtering arrows by direction
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 3 Not under consideration

Support DELTA-Cobol

Provide support for DELTA-Cobol.
almost 8 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

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