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Cross-Reference Database

ABSTRACT analyzes your applications and builds a "where-used" cross-reference of system objects. It tracks object and field usage, relationships between objects, file analysis and other important reference information.

Create Multiple Data Sets

ABSTRACT makes it easy to keep the cross-reference information for several application sets independent, using different data sets. Whether you want to make a distinction between "production" and "development" applications, or to segregate the documentation for each application into different databases, ABSTRACT can accomplish your objective by allowing you to specify a data set name when the initialization request is made. Information in the various data sets will remain independent throughout the analysis, reporting, and development phases of ABSTRACT use.

The Defaults window allows you to specify the active data set along with a number of additional job submission parameters.

Load Cross-Reference Data

The Library Selection window, as its name suggests, allows you to specify the libraries to load into the ABSTRACT cross-reference. This window displays all the libraries on your System i in the left-hand column. All you need to do is double-click a library name or use the Add>> button to include a library in the selection list, displayed in the right column. You also have the option to load only specific object types or objects into the cross-reference.

After you return to the System i Navigator or WebSphere Development Studio window, select the Load cross-reference option from the pop-up menu and an initialization request is submitted. Once complete, you’ll be ready to use ABSTRACT’s powerful cross-referencing capabilities.

The following System i object types may be included in the ABSTRACT cross-reference:

Files
Fields
Programs
Copybooks
Source Files
Job Descriptions
Subsystem Definitions
ILE Objects
Query/400 objects
CA-PRMS Menu Definitions
Subroutines
Formats
User Profiles
Commands
Menus
Program Calls
SEQUEL objects
PILOT Job Schedule Definitions
ROBOT Job Schedule Definitions

When the initialization process is complete, the cross-reference database will contain the following information:

Database structure
Physical/logical relationships
Format definitions
Field definitions
Flow of control
Program-program transfers among CL and HLL programs/modules
User profile initial program
Command processing program (CPP) access
Menu access to programs and commands
Subsystem routing entry programs
Trigger programs
Data flow
File object manipulations
Program-file relationships
Program-field relationships
Database use by SEQUEL views
Database use by i5/OS query definitions
Object usage
Command parameter references within programs
Command parameter references within job descriptions (user profile, queues, etc.)
Repository Information
Binding directories
Service programs

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