Features

• Easy-to-use Change Management of IBM i components (RPG, ILE, CLP, COBOL, etc),
• Integrated Change Management of Windows and open systems components (Java, .NET VB, C#, HTML, etc.),
• Powerful support for both ILE and SQL technologies to facilitate and secure the transfer between environments, cross-referencing, and testing of such components,
• Simplified parallel development:  e.g. side-by-side code compare and merge, integrated with Rational RDp,
• Powerful compile features – for example:
  1. Out of the box compile features with management of dependencies, for example automatic recompile of logical file/indexes/views,
  2. Generation of automatic impact analyses for complementary recompiles,
  3. Preparation of multi-project dependency impact analyses.
• Automation for SQL and DB2 (and DDS) components (table management):
  1. Automatic update of creation scripts,
  2. Complete management of dependencies,
  3. Guaranteed recovery of data (with option to include a specific Data transformation process, simply by inserting a call of your own programs). 
• Advanced support for ILE, including: 
  1. ILE procedure level repository, allowing procedure level management of ILE components,
  2. Intelligent dependency and recompile process,
  3. Automated versioning of signatures.
• Archiving and complete traceability of changes, SOX audit reporting,
• Built-in Workflow and Reporting features, default out-of-the-box and also customizable to specific requirements,
• ARCAD is a flexible and open system, built over its own Process Manager - enabling easy configuration to fit your own methods and workflow, or interface to existing 3rd party tools, without any need for custom code.
• Ensures team coordination, so that parallel projects will not risk regressions later in the project.