Application development with IMS Explorer for Development

IMS Explorer for Development (IMS Explorer) is a component in IMS Enterprise Suite that facilitates application development and extends access to IMS transactions and data through an Eclipse-based user interface.

Version 3.3 of IMS Enterprise Suite is made available for the distributed platform only to provide a new release of IMS Explorer that is based on Eclipse Neon V4.6. For shell-sharing with Eclipse Luna V4.4-based IBM® products, use the IMS Explorer in IMS Enterprise Suite Version 3.2 instead.

IMS Explorer enables IMS application developers and database architects and developers to:
  • Perform common and essential tasks in an end-to-end application development lifecycle
  • Simplify the development and visualization of database description (DBD) and program specification block (PSB) resource definitions
  • Import COBOL and PL/I data structures to an IMS database by using the importers of, and shell-sharing with, IBM Developer for System z®, to generate PSB source, and to import and export DBD and PSB source from or to a z/OS® remote system
  • Leverage the IMS Universal drivers, thus offering a relational view of IMS data and offering new function, such as graphical assistance to build SQL statements
  • Populate the IMS catalog

Version 3.3 adds the support for IMS V15.