File-AID Compare (File-AID Eclipse User Guide)

In the past, when an application developer using Workbench for Eclipse wanted to compare dataset records using layouts or fields within a record, they were forced to switch to a mainframe ISPF session, start File-AID/MVS, and invoke the Compare function. To avoid this need to go to the "green screen", some of the most frequently used features in File-AID/MVS Compare have been added to File-AID/Eclipse, including the ability to:

  • compare using the same layout
  • compare an entire record
  • compare at the field level (with or without a layout)
  • compare files on different LPARs.

This support is available for sequential, VSAM (including ESDS, KSDS, RRDS, and LINEAR), and IAM files.

Important

A Workbench for Eclipse Data Studio license is required to compare files on different LPARs.

Getting Started with File-AID Compare

The topics in this section will help you get started using File-AID Compare.
To use File-AID Compare for mainframe files, you must define an HCI host connection and connect Workbench for Eclipse or Eclipse/RDz to a mainframe system. To define your connection, click Window > Preferences, then expand BMC > Host Connections and add an HCI host connection before continuing.
A host connection between the mainframe host and the BMC Plug-ins should have already been defined during the installation and configuration of the BMC Plug-ins. If you do not have host connection information (typically a port number and a host name), contact your system administrator to obtain specific connection configurations for your site for establishing Host Connections. (For system administrators, see the BMC-AMI-DevX-Workbench-for-Eclipse-Installation-Guide for additional information on installing and deploying the Plug-ins.)

This section provides information about the following topics:

 

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