Project Management

• Business users or team leaders can enter projects or issue requests with a central online tool
• Track requests by programmer, status, due date, etc.
• Reference all objects modified, or commands performed, for each project
• Sync project information automatically across all systems
• Interface with external project management tools with an API
• Get online, paper, or electronic reports with the built-in report generator

Analysis Management

• Enable developers and business users to quickly navigate through application objects and data with MDXREF Easy-to-Use, Comprehensive Cross Referencing, included with MDCMS
• Search easily the entire database for specific fields or field attributes
• Find and report data transactions with comprehensive journal analysis
• Use powerful comparison tools to search for differences at the library, object, source, or data level of an application

Source and Object Management

• Eliminate risk of version conflicts in a team environment with reservation system for source and objects to be modified
• Edit, compile, test, and generate reports from the developer workspace within MDCMS
• Set rules easily via administrator functions so that source and objects are always handled in the correct manner
• Handle all IBM i object types, including IFS stream files, SQL entities, ILE components, message descriptions, and configuration data
• Select objects quickly in libraries delivered from external vendors for migration into your environment
• Automatically select all dependent files, programs, queries, etc. for modification or recompilation when a file is selected to be modified

Installation Management

• Know in advance of any conflicts, missed objects, etc. using the Pre-Installation Checker
• Archive previous versions of source and objects (up to 99 generations per object); if necessary, part or all of an object package may be rolled back at any time
• Map data in modified files to new format
• Replicate source or objects to any number of target libraries or directories
• Apply all necessary object authorities
• Define commands to run before or after installation is complete
• Roll-back of installation is automatic when it cannot be completed, and detailed error reporting is provided
• Install hands-free while users are not on the system using Scheduler functions
• Require approval from an authorized user before installation can occur

Distribution Management

• Distribute object packages simultaneously to unlimited IBM i machines or partitions via FTP, SNA, or third-party file transfer tools
• Allow for differences in operating system versions
• Select whether to send only source, only objects, both, or neither

Audit Management

• Use MDSec Built-in Application Security and Compliance to prevent unauthorized access and secure all functions in MDCMS individually.
• Perform comprehensive logging each time an installation occurs. Detailed information may be viewed online or with a customized report.
• Know every change made to your applications at the data and object levels with detailed audit reporting for object modifications made outside of MDCMS.

Built-in Application Security and Compliance

MDSec, the same application security tool that prevents unauthorized access to our MDXREF Easy-to-Use, Comprehensive Cross Referencing and MDCMS Change Control for IBMi products, may also be used to protect your own in-house IBM i applications.

A programmer simply describes an application function to MDSEC, and then MDSEC assigns a security code to that function. The programmer then embeds a call to MDSEC’s security checking function with the security code inside the necessary program(s). A reply indicates whether or not the user is authorized to the function.

MDWorkFlow Web-Based Project Management

Use MDWorkflow web-based project management to gain visibility of all software changes while implementing central approval, scheduling, and object migration tracking across all systems throughout the application lifecycle.

Seamlessly exchange project information, whether it’s business groups managing user requirements or it’s technical groups managing changes to specific native IBM i and non-native objects. All parties involved can view the status of projects at any time and are informed when a process has reached specific steps within the process flow.

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