Overview
IMS Explorer is the new face of IMS: a simple, no-charge essential tool that enables you to complete common application development tasks with ease.
If you are an IMS application developer or database architect, you will benefit from IMS Explorer's lightweight, powerful, extensible framework, which seamlessly integrates with your other Eclipse-based tools. With IMS Explorer, you can:
Integrate with IMS catalog and simplify your application tasks even more.
Quickly and easily model, display, and edit IMS database and program definitions.
Exploit new structure and array types that are accessible thanks to IMS catalog support.
Simplify segment mapping.
Gain a relational view of IMS data.
Securely and intuitively view and edit z/OS data sets and z/OS Unix files, submit JCL, and view output and job logs.
Build SQL statements to use with IMS data.
Use rich GUI controls and contextual help.
IMS Explorer runs on Windows systems and supports cross-product integration (shell-sharing) with IBM Rational Developer for System z, IBM Data Studio, and IBM Problem Determination Tools plug-ins for Eclipse.
Product framework
Included components
IBM’s premier transaction and hierarchical database management system.
Helps modernize existing IMS applications by using IMS technology for connectivity, data representation, and application modernization.
Part of the IMS SOA Integration Suite, it provides the integration solutions and tooling you need to SOA-enable your IMS assets.
Deliver the reliability and affordability you need to maximize the value of your IMS environment.
