Release notes for IMS Enterprise Suite Explorer for Development

IMS Explorer is now available through a modern web browser. IBM IMS Enterprise Suite Explorer for Development provides IMS Explorer for Web, a server-based application and web interface to simplify and enhance tasks associated with IMS application development and database management.

IMS Explorer for Web is designed to help you create, edit, and manage IMS projects through an intuitive and modern user interface. The Eclipse and web versions support similar use cases, but are not yet integrated. To avoid compatibility issues, use either the Eclipse-based IMS Explorer for Development or IMS Explorer for Web.

• Installation guidance is available for system administrators. See Installing IMS Explorer for Web.

• To begin using IMS Explorer for Web, see Getting started with IMS Explorer for Web.

IMS Explorer for Web provides a subset of features and functions that are available in the Eclipse-based Explorer for Development component of IMS Enterprise Suite. To learn more about the Eclipse-based version, see IMS Enterprise Suite Explorer for Development.

Some tasks and project types in IMS Explorer for Web are currently disabled. These options represent future capabilities that are not yet supported in the GA release.

The current release of IMS Explorer for Web requires consistent use of case-sensitive usernames at login. This requirement is flagged as an issue for future resolution.

When you first log in, IMS Explorer for Web creates a workspace directory to store your project files and applies your username as a case-sensitive directory name (for example, user ‘Zach’ gets a workspace directory named ‘Zach’ ). If you log in again and use a different case (such as ‘zach’), you cannot access your previous project files because IMS Explorer for Web instead creates a new workspace directory (‘zach’). To avoid this issue, enter your username in the same case each time you log in.

If your database connection becomes unresponsive or is getting errors, verify whether the PSB name specified in the connection properties still exists in the IMS system. A missing or renamed PSB can cause the connection to hang.

IMS Explorer for Web does not yet support exporting and deleting PSB or DBD files. This functionality is not yet available.

Each SQL script can only contain one SQL statement. If you include multiple statements in a single file, the script will fail to execute. To avoid this, ensure that each file contains only one valid SQL statement.