EZ-Test

The only complete date manipulation testing tool for the IDMS environment. Fully supports ADS, Batch and CICS programming environments.

Originally developed to facilitate testing for Y2K, EZ-TEST remains the perfect tool for testing applications period-end processing.

For testing period end processing (eg Year End), an important issue is reliable and realistic Test Data. If you use "time travel" routines with current data, the results may be illogical or unpredictable. For instance, if you want to test an application as if it were December 31st 2010, you require meaningful underlying data. Otherwisethe test results may be illogical.

IDMS sites realize the complexity of generating meaningful test databases. Add to that the associated cost of DASD,and the DBA resources required in generation, population and support of those multiple test databases. With EZ-Test, you can test with existing data and be assured of data integrity and consistency.

EZ-Test will simulate required dates for testing of ADS/O, DC, CICS and Batch programs. For a user-specified list of date fields, EZ-Test will automatically and dynamically shift dates forward at run-time upon retrieving data, then shift dates back upon inserting or updating the data. EZ-Test will adjust dates held in the database by an amount determined by the assumed current date.

No need to generate data-specific test databases

EZ-Test utilizes existing data, ensuring data integrity and consistency to test period-end programs. It is very likely you would otherwise need to have multiple test databases. EZ-Test in tandem with EZ-Image lets multiple users test against the same production database using different simulated dates at the same time with no change to production data.

EZ-Test Benefits

• The most complete IDMS Date Simulation testing solution:
• Fully supports "time travel" or simulated future dates.
• Takes existing data, with user specified date fields, and advances it to correspond with the simulated future dates.