Using z/OS Data Stores

This section provides a high-level overview of the work-flow for the Data Express for z/OS solution. For more information, see the . The work-flow process for z/OS data stores looks like this:

• Data Inventory Phase (Data Builder, Work with Jobs)
  • Non-relational data stores
    • Load and analysis of the copybook
    • Load, analysis, and association of the data store
  • Relational data stores
    • Load DB2 or ADABAS tables
• Data Classification Phase (Data Builder, Work with Jobs)
  • Manual Association
  • Import Classification from Referential Integrity
  • Import Classification from Data Dictionary
  • Data Analysis
    • Sampling
    • Fingerprinting
• Data Masking Phase (Data Masking)
  • Method creation (not mandatory and only used in conjunction with Data Subset Extraction to create a test environment)
  • BTUNLDR - Create Data Changer Jobs (Data Builder, Work with Jobs)
• Data Subsetting Phase (Data Subset Extraction)
  • Method creation
    • BTEDDUR - Import Method From Referential Integrity job (Data Builder, Work with Jobs)
    • Create New Method Wizard (Data Subset Extraction)
    • Data Masking module
  • Test Environment Creation (Data Builder, Work with Jobs )
• Life Cycle (Data Builder)