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About AbitMORE SCM for IDMS/ADSO

  • Product option for ChangeMan ZMF for managing IDMS/ADSO.
  • Fully integrated with ChangeMan ZMF (not a standalone product).
  • Mature / rich interface based on ChangeMan ZMF’s XML services.
  • Compliant with any release of ChangeMan ZMF and IDMS/ADSO.
  • Enables standard ChangeMan ZMF for addressing traditional SCM requirements for IDMS/ADSO components, such as:
    • Packaging of changes.
    • Checkout / check-in.
    • Parallel development / prevent version regressions.
    • Emergency fixes.
    • Enforce component ownership (IDD owned, common components).
    • Impact analysis / audit (“predict problems”).
    • Scan for random strings.
    • Enforce code freeze.
    • Manage multiple environments (unit-test, QA-test, prod, …), which can either be local or remote.
    • Approval of changes.
    • Enforce authorizations.
  • Extends ChangeMan ZMF to also address the SCM challenges specific to IDMS/ADSO, such as:
    • Inventory of an entire IDMS/ADSO application (all its executables, and all source components used to create executables).
    • Time required to regenerate a (huge) IDMS/ADSO appl.
    • Which (versions of) building blocks created an executable?
    • Discover updated source components / building blocks.
    • Trigger the required check-ins and regenerate(s).
    • Only migrate updated sources or building blocks.
    • Handle unexpected RC=08 situations in IDMSDDDL.
    • Multi language support via alternate MAPs.
    • Prevent runtime errors (timestamp MAP/DIA, TBL/MAP).
    • Dynamically called ADSO dialogs.
    • Which ADSO map is displayed by which ADSO dialog?
    • Scratch requests (but only if “no more used” components).
    • Integrate with existing SCM tool.
    • Conversion assistance to migrate to a new SCM tool.
  • Conversion and implementation services available via AbitMORE.
  • Software license may be bundled with other AbitMORE SCM product options for ChangeMan ZMF (AbitMORE SCM Reporting, AbitMORE SCM Commander).


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