JCL and PROC Documentation/Cross-Reference with XREFplus

XREFplus

XREFplus is a high-performance, flexible, and easy-to-use JCL and procedure documentation/ cross-reference utility. It’s designed to provide easy and efficient access to critical information about your system. XREFplus does the following:

• Shows exactly how JOBs and PROC’s use datasets, programs, procedures, volumes, and catalogs
• Reports where datasets are created or deleted
• Identifies critical datasets for disaster recovery planning
• Flowcharts JOBs, PROC’s, and applications
• Identifies unused procedures, programs, and control card dataset members
• Produces user-designed reports with its custom-report definition facility, Plus!Writer
• Supports all MVS/ESA JCL statements and parameters
• Resolves all JCL symbolics
• Generates over 40 comprehensive, easy-to-read reports
• Allows customization of report contents with flexible selection facility
• Provides an interface to JCLplus for accurate syntax checking

Plus!Writer, an easy to use custom-report definition facility, extends the flexibility of XREF-PLUS! even further. If none of the more than 40 reports generated by XREFplus meets your needs, Plus!Writer lets you design your own. You can tailor reports to highlight specific areas of your JCL libraries as well as create exception reports for problem detection. You can even use Plus!Writer to generate output in PC format as well as in HTML so that reports and data are readily available on your desktop for distribution over your corporate intranet or for use in other applications. XREFplus offers an optional JCL syntax check and verification facility JCLplus. It finds the JCL errors that prevent jobs from running, waste resources, and consume programmer time. JCLplus quickly locates all syntax errors, invalid file specifications, and other errors that might otherwise take significant time to detect. It also resolves all symbolics and expands procedures and include groups to give you a clearer picture of your job. XREFplus provides member-level messages as it processes your JCL or PROC libraries. These messages indicate which members were or were not processed and any problems or errors encountered that might impact the accuracy of the reports produced. You may also choose to have JCL errors reported. You can therefore be confident that the reports you get contain the information you need. In addition, XREFplus also offers a large selection of options that enable you to easily tailor its operation for the most efficient performance and resource usage possible.

XREFplus is part of the plusPack suite of products: