Setting up a workspace for COBOL development
Roadmap
Use this roadmap to navigate the tasks you must complete to set up a COBOL development environment. Each step in this list links to another section of this topic. Use the Back to top links to return to this roadmap. All links to other topics open in a new browser tab to make it easier for you to return to this topic after completing each task.
Verify installed components
If your source files are located in a Git repository, a Jazz® repository, or on z/OS under control of the CA Endevor source control manager, verify that the features necessary for accessing these repositories are installed with the product.
- Start the product.
- Click .
- Click Installation Details.
- If you want to filter the list of installed software to more easily find the components you are
interested in, type a string, such as
DBB,
Endevor
, orGit,
into the text field.
For instructions on adding features to the product, see Adding or removing installed features.
To access source files on: | Verify installation of: |
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A Git repository |
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A Jazz repository |
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A z/OS system under CA Endevor source control | CA Endevor SCM Feature |
Set up access to your source files
- On a z/OS system
- In a Git repository
- In a Jazz repository
- On a z/OS system under CA Endevor source control
To access source files on: | Do these steps: | For more information: |
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A z/OS system |
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A Git repository | Clone a remote Git repository or add a local repository to the Git Repository view. | See these topics: |
A Jazz repository |
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A z/OS system under CA Endevor source control |
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Set up a property group
- Editing source files
- Generating JCL
- Compiling source code
- Running applications
- Create a property group.
- Define options for editing, compilation, and runtime.
- Associate the property group with the COBOL resources.
Create a z/OS project
- You can include in the project only the exact resources you need.
- z/OS projects are enabled for a number of product features, such as integration with EGit, IBM Dependency Based Build, Engineering Workflow Management, and Z Systems Development and Test Environment.
- z/OS projects are shareable either through export and import or through the push-to-client feature.
The product provides several methods for creating z/OS projects depending on where your source files are located.
For files on: | Do these steps: | For more information: |
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A z/OS system |
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A Git repository | In the Git Repositories view, right-click a repository and click Create a z/OS Project.The Git repository is added to the z/OS Projects view. | Creating a z/OS project from a local Git repository |
A Jazz repository |
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Adding Jazz repository artifacts to a z/OS project |