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IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems
About eXplain
eXplain is a specialized code-analysis and legacy-system evaluation tool from PKS Software GmbH, designed to deeply analyze, map, document, and assess legacy applications, especially on mainframe platforms such as IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z, so organizations can understand what lives in their software, how it’s structured, and what parts are worth keeping, refactoring or retiring. It imports existing source code into an independent “eXplain server”, no need to install anything on the host system, then uses advanced parsers to examine languages like COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, JCL, and others, along with data about databases (Db2, Adabas, IMS), job-schedulers, transaction monitors, and more. eXplain builds a central repository that becomes a knowledge hub; from there, it generates cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow maps, interface analyses, clusterings of related modules, and detailed object-and-resource usage reports.
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Company Information
PKS Software
Founded: 1991
Germany
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain
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eXplain Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does eXplain work with?
eXplain works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does eXplain support in their product?
eXplain supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does eXplain offer?
eXplain offers support via phone support and online.
Q: What other applications or services does eXplain integrate with?
eXplain integrates with: C, C++, COBOL, HTML, IBM Db2, IBM i, IBM Power Servers, IBM Z, Java, PostgreSQL, Rexx Systems, and SQL.
Q: Does eXplain have an API?
Yes, eXplain has an API.
Q: What type of training does eXplain provide?
eXplain provides training in the form of documentation, live online, and videos.
