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Mainframe Access Service

REP++sna™, our mainframe access service, allows you to execute mainframe applications and retrieve data from the mainframe (such as CICS®). Applications that use REP++ allow transparent exchange of data and can launch mainframe applications. REP++sna lets you:

• Access and exchange data with the mainframe easily, eliminating all the complexity and coding that our competitors' connectors require. With REP++, only one method: Execute!
• Access your mainframe from your .NET, COM or J2EE™ environment!
• Benefit from a better performance through multi-threading, optimizing concurrent access to the mainframe!
• Ensure the highest level of security for access to the mainframe or for each transaction!

The execution of a CICS transaction is performed as follows:

• An information block is transmitted from REP++ to the CICS transaction.
• The transaction is executed.
• A return block is sent back to the application.

Data exchange between the REP++ application and the CICS transaction is achieved through data structures that are defined in the repository. This approach provides the same advantages as with any other REP++ application that has access to a relational DBMS (automation of data conversion and validation, documentation, etc.)

The exchange between the data structures and the CICS transactions is made possible through a data dictionary that is created at installation time and adapted to your central data dictionary. This new data dictionary is then stored on the mainframe and ensures a perfect synchronization between your dictionary and the REP++ repository. Comparison and synchronization utilities between the dictionary and the repository are provided.

If there is no dictionary on your mainframe, you can still take advantage of our REP++sna, provided you specify and maintain the data structures formats manually when calling CICS transactions.

REP++sna benefits you in several ways:

• Very simple to use, it also reduces to almost nothing the necessary programming.
• Supports multitasking for an optimal management of mainframe concurrent accesses.
• Manages the security aspects when connecting and when transactions are executed.
• Integrates to .NET, COM and J2EE environments.
• Updates automatically the REP++ repository data structures when the mainframe data structures are modified, without any manual intervention, recompilation or redeployment of applications.
• Uses your CICS transactions as-is for
  • the development of Web applications;
  • the development of services (SOA);
  • the development of client-server applications;
• Uses the CPI-C protocol for communication with the mainframe, providing excellent performance.
• Integrates with the security system of CICS.
• Supports the explicit, trust and none protection modes.

REP++sna creates an abstraction layer and thus integrates perfectly and seamlessly to the access and data management procedures of REP++.

These are some of the benefits that
our solution will bring to you!