Ease of use is not something normally associated with mainframe development tools. But Serena ChangeMan ZMF breaks the mold, providing modern, easy-to-use interfaces in addition to ISPF.
Give Windows users easy access to z/OS
Serena® ChangeMan® ZDD delivers a Windows Explorer user interface, allowing access to z/OS datasets and PDS members for desktop editing and access to mainframe-based software assets without file transfers. When used with Serena® ChangeMan® ZMF, ChangeMan ZDD helps users navigate ChangeMan ZMF libraries, submit XML requests to create change packages, and move them through the application lifecycle.
ChangeMan ZDD user interface
ChangeMan ZDD delivers:
- Drag and drop access to mainframe datasets
- Reduction in mainframe cycles by offloading TSO users
- ChangeMan ZMF XML scripting API
- Ability to change z/OS datasets with your favorite desktop editor
For more information on ChangeMan ZDD, download the datasheet.
Rich IDE integration
IBM’s Websphere Developer for zSeries (WD4z) is gaining rapid popularity for development teams who need to leverage a modern IDE technology for mainframe application development. The productivity this new development environment promises to mainframe development teams cannot be fully realized without the control and coordination of a robust software configuration management solution.
ChangeMan ZMF WD4z integration
ChangeMan ZMF provides full integration with the Eclipse Workbench and IBM® WebSphere Developer® for zSeries. This integration lets developers use the software change management functions of ChangeMan ZMF directly from within the IDE. From within WD4z, developers can:
- Create a change package in ChangeMan ZMF
- Check out components from ChangeMan ZMF
- Edit, compile, and test components using the workbench
- Check in components to ChangeMan ZMF
- Build, recompile, and re-link components in ChangeMan ZMF
- Audit a package
- Freeze a package
- Promote a package
- Use the JES subsystem to review job output
