Legacy Data APIs
Give developers and agents governed data access without green-screen extracts or one-off host jobs—via OL CoreIQ, OL DataIQ, and OL Z Gateway.
Challenges
- Developers and agents still extract DB2, VSAM, and IMS data through green screens and one-off host jobs.
- Record layouts and catalog associations live in copybooks that are not bound to published APIs.
- z/OS dataset discovery and VSAM record updates lack a RACF-bound HTTP surface.
Benefits
- Publish DB2 table, VSAM dataset, CICS program, and IMS-DB/DLI assets as governed REST System and Data APIs from CoreIQ.
- Turn validated SQL into Hub APIs from DataIQ without hand-written data services.
- Read, filter, and update z/OS datasets and KSDS records over HTTP under the caller’s RACF credentials.
Expose legacy data assets—DB2 tables, VSAM/datasets, IMS-DB/DLI, and catalog metadata—as secure HTTP/REST System and Data APIs close to the source, including Hub API creation from validated SQL.
Products
- OL CoreIQ — DB2 table APIs, VSAM dataset APIs, CICS bulk API creation, IMS-DB/DLI access
- OL DataIQ — query console to Hub API/DB module creation
- OL Z Gateway — dataset content, VSAM record CRUD, and catalog search APIs on IBM Z
What it covers
- System and Data APIs for tables, datasets, and IMS assets
- Catalog discovery and filtered dataset content reads
- Record-level VSAM access under RACF
- Turning validated SQL into governed Hub APIs