ZDT provides flexible, user-friendly tools for enhanced file processing. It is designed to deal with extensive production data efficiently while protecting integrity and privacy. ZDT exposes mainframe assets as a set of RESTful APIs. ZDT provides comprehensive support for a wide range of data store types.

1. Provide flexible, user-friendly tools
for enhanced file processing
HCL ZDT
HCL Software
Z Data Tools

2. According to H. Tessler, Enterprise Systems Media, 80% of the world’s corporate data still resides on mainframe systems today.
Mainframe workloads typically represent the most important business critical systems. However, finding programmers and
developers with the right programming language skills (COBOL, PL/I or assembler language) is increasingly hard to find. It is diffcult
to discover and integrate existing mainframe assets with the rest of the enterprise systems – putting critical business systems at risk.
About HCL Software
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product families in the areas of DevOps, Automation, Digital Solutions, Data Management, and Mainframes. HCL Software has offices and labs around the
world to serve thousands of customers. Its mission is to drive ultimate customer success with their IT investments through relentless innovation of its
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Overview
ZDT provide flexible, user-friendly tools for enhanced file processing. Manipulate data stored on z/OS systems interactively and in
batch processing with a simple, intuitive user interface and remote systems support. ZDT provides comprehensive support for a wide
range of data store types:
• Data set (VSAM, QSAM, PDS, PDSE, IAM, OAM) • DB2 • IMS
• Hierarchical File System under UNIX System Services • WebSphere MQ • CICS
ZDT is designed to deal with large production data efficiently while protecting integrity and privacy. ZDT exposes mainframe assets
as a set of RESTful APIs. APIs are then documented in a Swagger format with well-defined input and output parameters. RESTful
APIs with their Swagger documentation of mainframe assets enable discovery, management and incorporation by API consumers
who are not familiar with the mainframe platform.
Mainframe APIs can be managed together with all APIs across the enterprise and partners. Mainframe business logic and critical
enterprise data can be easily re-used via APIs. No programming or modification to assets is required, minimizing risk. Further,
security is not compromised as ZDT supports the latest security standard as well as asset access controlled by TSO user ID and
associated security profile. ZDT is a must-have tool for every z/OS user.
HCL Z Data Tools (ZDT)
Benefits
Capabilities
Business Process Optimizations
No programming required
Easy-to-use templates
Display all records or only
specific records
Provide generic or specific APIs
Change column orders or hide
columns, based on requirements
Access to CICS resources