CA 2E and Application Development › Features

Features

CA 2E allows you to design, develop, implement, and maintain applications software for the IBM i.

CA 2E includes the following features:

• Entity Relationship Specification
  • Automatic creation of a data dictionary
  • Support for free-format text to describe any of the design objects for both designers and end users
  • Automatic documentation of the design model
  • Specification of domain checks
• Access Paths
  • Design of logical views to support functions
  • Retrieval of existing i OS database descriptions
• Functions
  • Automatic creation of action diagram and panel or report design
  • Modular (object-based) design
  • Procedural specification through reusable components and action diagrams
• Panels and Reports
  • Automatic design of panel and report layouts combined with interactive device painting facilities
  • Panel design prototyping facilities
  • Automatic provision of SAA Common User Access design standards
• HLL code generation
  • Generation of Data Description Specification (DDS) source or Structured Query Language (SQL) data definition language for the database
  • Generation of source code for panels and reports
  • Generation of source code (RPG or COBOL) for IBM i stand-alone programs
  • Automatic generation of help text
• Other features include:
  • Automatic implementation of object naming standards
  • Automatic implementation of panel design standards
  • Automated change control of design objects, including change tracking, multi-level impact analysis, model object lists, and function versioning
  • Automated documentation of generated systems
  • Cross reference facilities
  • Integration of user source code within generated functions
  • Regeneration of source code if the model is changed with the preservation of user modifications to the processing specifications
  • Integration of the native facilities of i OS for commitment control, journaling, and error handling
  • Generation of code quickly and easily when the design is changed
  • Automatic generation of referential integrity checks and domain checking
• Documentation features include:
  • Online help text
  • Extensive technical documentation