Premium packagesIBM Bob Premium Package for Z
Using skills
Learn about the comprehensive set of skills available in IBM Bob Premium Package for Z.
Skills in IBM Bob Premium Package for Z are intelligent, task-focused capabilities that provide structured workflows for complex mainframe modernization activities. These skills encapsulate best practices and automation to help you analyze, explain, validate, and transform legacy applications efficiently and consistently.
The skills enable:
- Governance and standardization of mainframe code
- Automated implementation planning
- Deep program comprehension and explanation
- Change impact analysis across large code bases
- Validation of transformations from COBOL or PL/I to Java
Available skills
| Skill | Description | Related mode |
|---|---|---|
z-coding-standards-skill-builder | Ensures consistent coding standards for mainframe development. | Z Code |
implementation-planning | Creates optimized implementation plans using Z Understand analysis. | Z Architect |
data-dictionary-management | Manages creation, updates, and maintenance of COBOL and PL/I data dictionaries. | Z Code and Z Architect |
impact-analysis | Assesses the impact of proposed changes across COBOL, PL/I, JCL, Assembler, and REXX artifacts. | Z Architect |
refactor-report-generation | Generates comprehensive refactor reports for COBOL or PL/I service refactoring workflows. | Z Code |
explain | Produces multi-perspective explanations of entire source files. Note: Not supported in Release 3.0.20+. | Z Architect and Z Code |
Z Open Debug skills
(3.1.0+) The following table lists the skills available in IBM Bob Premium Package for Z with Z Open Debug extension integration:
| Skill | Description | Related mode |
|---|---|---|
zdebug-cobol-batch-mode-jcl | Creates, modifies, executes, and diagnoses batch-mode JCL for debugging COBOL programs in non-interactive mode. | Z Code |
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