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CSI’s software solutions are available worldwide through its international distribution network, and directly in North America from CSI and select Business Partners.

“Delivering what the competition can only promise.”

BIM-EDITBIM-EDIT replaces IBM’s ICCF program editor system, providing a much easier-to-use editor, tighter source control, a more flexible and straightforward security system, significantly better performance, more flexible operations, and a more powerful, yet simpler-to-use procedure processor.

BIM-EDIT’s library security system is straightforward, offering six access levels and any number •of user/library security relationships

Consumes significantly fewer CPU cycles than ICCF with a lower virtual storage requirement•

Allows any number of libraries to be defined and any number of members in a library, without loss •of efficiency

When you are logged on through CICS, BIM-EDIT allows you to START, XCTL, or LINK to other •CICS programs, and you can log off anytime, even when you're editing a member

Supports 3270 CRT models two, three, four, and five, and permits lines up to 253 characters long •(ICCF lines are always 80 characters long)

BIM-EDIT also offers a full-function internal mail system, allowing either full documents or single-•line messages to be sent from one user to another

BIM-EDIT provides source control with multiple facilities, including•

Check-in/check-out control 9Member auditing 9Member stamping 9Purge control 9

Edits a work copy of a member, never the permanent copy. The work copy becomes a permanent •copy only when the SAVE command is issued. If an inadvertent error is made, the command END NOSAVE ends the edit session without affecting the permanent copy.

Provides a useful function list feature and easy-to-use LP sessions while maintaining all groups and •sessions on a circular chain

Features a split-screen facility so that two different session types can be displayed on the screen•

Always stores text in a compressed format, and always compresses outbound screen data to the •maximum possible extent

ICCF distinguishes between procedures and macros, each with its own set of rules and constraints—•BIM-EDIT makes no such distinction, a simplification in itself

BIM-EDIT can be accessed through•

One or multiple CICSs 9VTAM directly 9A batch utility job stream 9The system console 9A TCP/IP FTP interface 9A BIM-FAQS product 9A user-written program calling BIM-EDIT interface routines 9

Provides fast, automatic recovery after computer or other failure, and allows round-the-clock update •access to its library, even while it is being backed up

BIM-EDIT

CSI-SORTCSI-SORT is the complete sort package for z/VSE.

Great for the basic requirements of a sort package at a lower cost•

Provides compatibility for all DFSORT commands•

Activate by including the CSI-SORT library in front of your current sort product’s library. Since •parameters are used or ignored, no JCL changes are required.

Ask us about Data-Miner, or use OUTFIL or E35 exit, for more extensive formatting•

Offers better performance for internal sorts without changing your applications•

Features support for FIELDS=COPY and MERGE•

All sorts are performed in your choice of data space or partition GETVIS•

Involves smaller partition requirements when data space area is used•

Interfaces for calls both from JCL (external) and from applications (internal)•

A work file is used only if data exceeds allocated space•

MERGE is treated like a sort without any arguments, allowing for one code path to improve •performance and reduce complexity

Formatted output (OUTREC) is available and behaves like INREC•

Support for tape and disk (including VSAM)•

Support for E15, E32, and E35 exits•

Support for INPFIL and OUTFIL exits•

Support for reader input, and punch or print output•

Full support for INCLUDE, OMIT, INREC, and SUM•

Data-MinerData-Miner is the complete information manager, able to create from the simplest to the most complex reports. All common data-manipulation functions are provided, including the ability to search, sort, print, extract, update, dump, and copy your critical data.

Data-Miner replaces multiple utilities and gives you one simple product to accomplish most of your •day-to-day data handling and reporting tasks, saving you time and licensing costs.

Besides its own simple language, Data-Miner also understands Easytrieve and German. This •means you can take your existing Easytrieve programs and run them unmodified with Data-Miner. Or users who are used to Easytrieve can include Easytrieve commands and parameters in their Data-Miner jobs.

Supported data sources are sequential and VSAM files, and DB2 databases. •

Data-Miner can access DB2 for reporting, extracting, and updating. Data can be extracted from a •DB2 table into a VSAM or sequential file. DB2 tables can be populated from VSAM or sequential files.

COBOL copybooks can be imported directly into Data-Miner. No redefining of record layouts is •necessary.

Useful for a number of tasks—without requiring extensive programming skills—including •

COPY one file to another 9SORT a file into any order, selecting, skipping, and updating records on the way 9DELETE or INSERT records in a file 9UPDATE records in a file 9EXTRACT parts of records and/or files into a new file 9PRINT a report from a file (automatically formatted or user-formatted) 9DUMP a file or selected records or fields to the printer 9SHOW selected fields on the printer 9

Data-Miner can change file organization, recording medium, block size, record length, or record •content while copying data to a new dataset

Data-Miner has a simple PRINT command and a more powerful report writer. The PRINT command •produces a formatted report that Data-Miner lays out for you. Records can be selected or skipped for printing, so you get a report of just the data you want.

The report writer is equally at home producing mailing labels—tell it how big the labels are, what •information you want on them, and how many there are across the page, and it will print them for you

Data-Miner uses your normal SORT program to sort files into any order you like. Its commands •are far more friendly than those of SORT, and you can write pre-sort, post-sort, input, and output routines in Data-Miner so that your file sorts become easier to maintain and understand.

Data-Miner/Online is an online VSAM editing system that programmers use as a development and •testing aid

All VSAM and temporary storage read/write functions are supported under CICS 9Records can be displayed in either alphanumeric or hexadecimal format 9Records can be read by key, and browsed, added, updated, and deleted without any programming 9knowledge

Data-Miner/VE is a general purpose VSAM module that simplifies and standardizes access to VSAM •files

Works with any language that can call an assembler routine including fourth generation languages 9(4GL) such as NATURAL and FocusProvides a more efficient way of accessing VSAM from programs written in COBOL and PL/I 9Works for CICS programs, bringing new simplicity to the job of the online transaction 9programmerProvides consistent VSAM access across applications and processing environments, and reduces 9VSAM training needs for your programming staff—VSAM expertise is no longer required to access VSAM files!

Data-Miner

Dr. CryptoDr. Crypto enables Dr. D to encrypt saved (backup) files.

Currently supports DES, Triple-DES, and AES encryption (AES encryption requires the hardware •encryption facilities)

Provides a secured handshaking interface between BIM-EPIC and Dr. D as an optional security •trigger. When Dr. Crypto uses the BIM-EPIC interface, BIM-EPIC creates a unique encryption key for every version—Dr. D picks up all information from BIM-EPIC and encrypts data as it is written

Supports creation of both encrypted files and non-encrypted files in a single execution•

Encrypts saved files created on either tape or disk•

System requirements: Dr. D 6.8, and SSL for VSE 1.5E•

Optional: BIM-EPIC 7.1 •

Dr. DDr. D is a flexible disk utility system providing the fastest backup and restore functions currently available.

Especially useful and fast for a wide range of SAVE, RESTORE, and COPY functions•

SAVE any volume, logical disk file, or library to tape or disk file 9RESTORE any volume, logical disk file, or library from tape (or disk file) to disk 9COPY any volume, logical disk file, or library from disk to disk 9

SAVES, RESTORES, or COPIES the entire or just active portions of a disk, entire logical disk files, •and all z/VSE libraries

Helpful in the following situations:•

Disaster recovery backup with standalone/VM restore 9Disk compacting 9Library backup and reorganization 9Conversion of files and libraries to different disk types 9VSAM file reorganization 9Test file creation 9VSAM listcat, file definition, file delete, and verify 9Tape copy and tape test 9Disk manager pool reorganization/defragmentation 9Disk manager pool backup/restore 9Individual and pool list VTOC 9

Manipulates the three entities most needed from a disk utility—disk volumes, data files, and •libraries

Offers several features for handling a variety of other tasks, including•

Clear disk—all or a portion 9Create a format-1 label 9SAVE, RESTORE, or COPY a physical extent 9

Compatible with all releases of VSE, and supports any disk or tape device supported by those •operating systems

HFSHFS (Hierarchical File System) allows you to store data on the IBM z/VSE mainframe in a hierarchical manner that is similar to the system used on PCs and LINUX.

Store and retrieve any type of data—ASCII/EBCDIC, PC file types, etc.—on the mainframe •transparent to applications

Use longer, more meaningful file and directory names—up to 256 bytes long—including spaces and •special characters

Updates to HFS extents can be journaled for dynamic data recovery between backups•

Files on the mainframe are processed using physical IOCS•

Data can be moved to and from HFS using•

FTP 9RAAD 9Entrée 9Batch processing 9User-written programs 9

HFS supports any number of sub-directory levels under each directory, provided the total path •length does not exceed 256 characters. This structure is accessible from PCs, Macs, Linux instances, etc.

Multiple partitions and/or subtasks can access the same HFS extent for both input and output •

Individual files within the HFS extent are locked as required to prevent collisions•

The HFS directory can be cached, substantially reducing the number of I/Os needed to access •individual files within the HFS extent

An individual HFS instance can have multiple DASD extents, so it can get to be quite large if desired •(current maximum is ~133 gigabytes)

Data can be encrypted on the HFS using DES, DES3, or AES128 algorithms•

Without making any programming changes, legacy applications can write data to and read data from •an HFS

HFS provides an extensive file conversion facility that can convert your legacy data to a form usable •by an external application. You can also convert it back from the external format to legacy format.

An HFS instance located on the mainframe can be accessed from your PC using WebDrive—learn •more at www.webdrive.com

HFS

RAADRAAD (Report Archive and Distribution) is a comprehensive report distribution and control system that allows you to manage and control your spooling environment.

Access spooled reports from•

The POWER Reader (RDR), Punch (PUN), List (LST), or Transmit (XMT) queues 9The VM reader (VMR), Punch (VMP), and List (VML) queues 9An existing CSI-ARCHIVE dataset (ARC) 9

Store reports in a DASD-efficient manner, compressed to conserve disk space•

Retain reports on the Archive Dataset according to user-defined criteria. Any combination of the •following can be used:

Number of days 9Number of generations 9Specific retain-to date 9

Select reports based on several fields maintained by operating system spoolers. Some of these are•

Job name 9Class 9Disposition 9Priority 9Remote ID 9

View reports online or print to any system-attached printer•

Submit batch jobs for file backups or other purposes with an online spooling facility•

Archive reports automatically, using the POWER External Device Writer support. This requires a •minimum of a JCL and/or procedural change for your installation.

Prevent or allow access to spooler queues by report details such as job name, class, origin, and •destination

RAADPeriodically scan your spooler queues. As reports are encountered during the scan, they can be •archived, printed to any system-attached printer, or used as a trigger to cause JCL to be submitted to the POWER RDR queue.

View the output of executing z/VSE jobs while they are being generated•

Reformat reports by column when reports are viewed and/or printed. This feature can prevent •unauthorized users from having access to privileged data.

Archive POWER LST queue output from any program•

View reports in character or hexadecimal format•

Provide access to reports and to RAAD functions for individual users with RAAD User Profiles•

Report viewing for all 3270 models•

Manage spooler queues from an easy-to-use 3270 application •

RAAD supports all printers attached to CICS, and TCP/IP printers (LPD) if you are running CSI’s •TCP/IP for VSE