Recently added Tools

If you do not have a license to the tools, we hope this list will help you decide to obtain one.  As you can see, new tools are being developed and added to the product on a regular basis.

Click the tool NAME (below) for a brief description of the tool. Click the definition for the full documentation.

Tool name	Definition	Date added
CHGCLS2	Allows changes to one or more *CLS objects	April 15, 2013
CHGDSPF2	Allows changes to one or more *DSPF objects	April 15, 2013
CHGDTAQD2	Allows changes to one or more *DTAQ objects	April 15, 2013
CHGJOBD2	Allows changes to one or more *JOBD objects	April 15, 2013
CHKDUPSPLF	Checks for duplicate spooled file IDs	April 15, 2013
CHKIFSSAV	Checks IFS objects for 'Need to be archived'	April 15, 2013
CHKMLTMBR	Checks multi-member data files for member counts	April 15, 2013
CLRMSGQ2	Clears from one or more message queues based on retain hours	April 15, 2013
CPYDBFDTAQ	Copies from a data base file to a data queue	April 15, 2013
CPYDTAQ	Copies from one data queue to another	April 15, 2013
CPYNEWSRCM	Copies new members from one source file to another	April 15, 2013
CPYSPCDBF	Copies from a user space to a data base file	April 15, 2013
DLTLIB3	Same as DLTLIB, but cleans up low level messages	April 15, 2013
DLTOWNOBJ	Deletes objects owned by a user	April 15, 2013
DSPAPYPTF	Displays objects that have been updated by a PTF	April 15, 2013
DSPDUPPRFA	Displays user profiles with the same specific attribute	April 15, 2013
DSPLSTPWDC	Displays the last password change date for one or more users	April 15, 2013
DSPMSGCNT	Displays a count of messages in message queues	April 15, 2013
MOVCRTDAT	Moves objects based on a range of create dates	April 15, 2013
MOVMSGD	Moves message descriptions from one message file to another	April 15, 2013
ACTDLTRCD	Adds or deletes one record based on a relative record number	Jan 15, 2013
ADDGRPPRF	Adds a group profile to a list of profiles	Jan 15, 2013
ADDINZRCD	Adds one or more initialized records to a file	Jan 15, 2013
CHGPRFPUB	Changes user profiles to the *PUBLIC authority of objects	Jan 15, 2013
CHGPRFPUB2	Changes user profiles to the *PUBLIC authority of IFS objects	Jan 15, 2013
CLCLRGVAR	Allows arithmetic in CL for up to 30 byte *CHAR variables	Jan 15, 2013
CMPDAT2	Compares a date +/- a number of days to the current date	Jan 15, 2013
CRTALLPRX	Creates proxy commands for QSYS or TAATOOL commands	Jan 15, 2013
CRTINZRCD	Creates one initialized record from an existing file	Jan 15, 2013
CVTIFSDAUT	Convert values such as *RX from RTVIFSEAUT/CVTIFSEAUT values	Jan 15, 2013
CVTOBJAUT	Creates an outfile of authorities from one or more objects	Jan 15, 2013
DSPFMTSEQ	Displays a file format in various sequences such as field name	Jan 15, 2013
DSPOBJDMG	Displays object damage based on API information	Jan 15, 2013
DSPTRGSTS	Displays the status of programs for one or more files	Jan 15, 2013
EXPFIL	Provides a deletion of files based on an expiration date	Jan 15, 2013
RTVMSGD3	Returns information about a message ID in a message file	Jan 15, 2013
SCNDBFFLD2	Allows scanning for multiple fields and multiple values	Jan 15, 2013
TRGSAMPLE	Provides sample code and discussion of writing a trigger pgm	Jan 15, 2013
UPDPFILE2	Updates LF source for the same PF with a qualified name	Jan 15, 2013
WRKOWNOBJ	Provides a work display for the objects owned by a user	Jan 15, 2013
CLRJOBQ2	Clears selected jobs from a job queue	Oct 15, 2012
CLROUTQ3	Clears selected spooled files from an output queue	Oct 15, 2012
CPYMSG	Copies messages from one external message queue to another	Oct 15, 2012
CPYPGMQM	Copies messages from the current pgm MSGQ to an external MSGQ	Oct 15, 2012
CVTJRNRCVD	Converts the journal receivers for a journal to an outfile	Oct 15, 2012
CVTOBJD6	Converts object descriptions (not the size) to an outfile	Oct 15, 2012
DSPEMTAUTL	Displays authorization lists that do control any objects	Oct 15, 2012
DSPEMTMSGF	Displays message files without any message IDs	Oct 15, 2012
DSPEMTSAVF	Displays save files without any saved objects	Oct 15, 2012
DSPEMTSPC	Displays user space objects that contain the initialized value	Oct 15, 2012
DSPIPLHST	Displays IPL history from the CVTQHST2 converted file	Oct 15, 2012
DSPOBJ2	Provides fast display of objects with only display options	Oct 15, 2012
DSPPTFSAVF	Displays a summary of PTF objects	Oct 15, 2012
DSPWTR	Displays one or more writers with display only options	Oct 15, 2012
DSPWTRSTS	Displays the status of a writer with display only options	Oct 15, 2012
DUPCHAR	Duplicates a string to a large return variable	Oct 15, 2012
EDTLRGVAR	Edits up to a 30 character variable containing a decimal value	Oct 15, 2012
SCNQHST	Scans the file created by CVTQHST2 for a string	Oct 15, 2012
WRKJOBQ2	Provides a work display for multiple JOBQs in a library	Oct 15, 2012
WRKROMNUM	Provides a function to convert to and from Roman numerals	Oct 15, 2012
ADDHEX	Adds hex or decimal values and returns hex and/or decimal	July 15, 2012
CHGDTAQD	Changes some attributes of a data queue	July 15, 2012
CHGFUNCNAM	Changes the function name displayed on WRKACTJOB	July 15, 2012
CHKCCSID	Checks objects for the same CCSID	July 15, 2012
CHKDEC	Checks a variable to ensure it contains valid decimal data	July 15, 2012
CHKJOBSTS	Checks for the status of a job	July 15, 2012
CHK1STMBR	Checks that the first member and the file names are the same	July 15, 2012
CLRGENSRC	Clears generic source members in one or more files	July 15, 2012
CVTJRNOBJ	Converts the objects being journaled to a data base file	July 15, 2012
DLTGENPRF	Deletes profiles based on a generic name	July 15, 2012
DLTLSTUSE	Deletes objects based on the last used date	July 15, 2012
DSPEMTLIB	Displays libraries that have no objects	July 15, 2012
DSPJRNOBJC	Displays a summary count by type of objects being journaled	July 15, 2012
DSPNETSVRA	Displays the i5/OS NetServer attributes	July 15, 2012
DSPNETSVRS	Displays the i5/OS NetServer current statistics	July 15, 2012
RTVCCSIDPF	Retrieves the CCSID used by a physical file	July 15, 2012
RTVJRNOBJC	Retrieves the summary count by type of objects being journaled	July 15, 2012
RTVNETSVRA	Retrieves the i5/OS NetServer attributes	July 15, 2012
RTVNETSVRS	Retrieves the i5/OS NetServer statistics	July 15, 2012
WRKADDHEX	Provides a work display for adding hex and decimal values	July 15, 2012
ADJTIM	Adjusts time of day clock using slow changing API	April 15, 2012
ANZCLPCMD	Analyzes CL source as converted by CVTCLPCMD	April 15, 2012
CHKLVLMSG	Allows monitoring for a diagnostic message	April 15, 2012
CMPDBF3	Compares entire record data between two members	April 15, 2012
CPYFRMSTM2	Front end to CPYFRMSTMF with simple object prompt	April 15, 2012
CPYSPLF3	Splits a spooled file into multiple sub spooled files	April 15, 2012
CPYTOFLAT	Converts an externally described file to a human readable form	April 15, 2012
CPYTOSTMF2	Front end to CPYTOSTMF with simple object prompt	April 15, 2012
CVTAUTLOBJ	Converts one or more Auth List controlled objects to outfile	April 15, 2012
CVTCLPCMD	Converts CL commands to a data base file to allow analysis	April 15, 2012
CVTOBJDAT	Converts DSPOBJD outfile MMDDYY dates to CYYMMDD format	April 15, 2012
DSPAUTLOB2	Displays object authorities for Auth List controlled objects	April 15, 2012
DSPCLPCMD	Displays where a command exists using the CVTCLPCMD outfile	April 15, 2012
DSPDBFFLD	Displays attributes of a field from a data base file	April 15, 2012
DSPLIBAUT	Displays authorities to one or more objects in a library	April 15, 2012
DSPTIMADJ	Displays the current status of a time adjustment from ADJTIM	April 15, 2012
RMVEQLSRC	Removes source members from a test file if equal to production	April 15, 2012
SBMFTPCMD	Submits a single command using FTP to another System i	April 15, 2012
SNDOBJMAIL	Sends an object as an Email attachment	April 15, 2012
SNDSPLPDF	Sends a spooled file as a PDF	April 15, 2012
ANZOUTQ	Analyzes and summarizes the spooled files in an output queue	Jan 15, 2012
CHG128PWD	Allows a 128 byte password to be replicated on another system	Jan 15, 2012
CHKAUDLOGP	Ensures the AUDLOGP file is only changed by CVTAUDLOG	Jan 15, 2012
CHKJOBACGP	Ensures the JOBACGP file is only changed by CVTJOBACG	Jan 15, 2012
CHKMSGID	Checks for the existence of a message in a message file	Jan 15, 2012
CHKTAACRT	Lists any TAA functions not created on a TAA system	Jan 15, 2012
CMPJOBA	Compares attributes of two jobs	Jan 15, 2012
CMPSPLFA	Compares attributes of two spooled files	Jan 15, 2012
CVTTIMSTM	Converts a time stamp to a data structure for easy access	Jan 15, 2012
DLTPNDJLG	Deletes pending information (not job logs) to assist cleanup	Jan 15, 2012
DSPJOBTYPD	Displays the 3 and 1 character abbreviations for job types	Jan 15, 2012
DSPSPLFINF	Displays total spooled files for a user or all users	Jan 15, 2012
FNDSPLF	Finds a spooled file based on search criteria	Jan 15, 2012
RTVOBJD4	Retrieves object information based on search criteria	Jan 15, 2012
RTVUTC	Retrieves universal time	Jan 15, 2012
SECLOG	Provides an assist for auditing what an *ALLOBJ user does	Jan 15, 2012
STRWTR	Starts a local or remote writer based on the output queue	Jan 15, 2012
WHOIS	Displays information about a user	Jan 15, 2012
CALC	Provides simple add/subtract calculator with optional listing	October 15, 2011
CHGSGNERRT	Changes the two critical signon error messages to common text	October 15, 2011
CHKOBJALL	Checks for an object in the entire system	October 15, 2011
CHKSPLCTL	Checks for the *SPLCTL special authority for the current user	October 15, 2011
CMPMSGQ	Compares the messages in two different message queues	October 15, 2011
CPYCVTOUTQ	Copies from the CVTOUTQ outfile with selection	October 15, 2011
CRTTAAPRX	Creates a proxy command version from a TAA command	October 15, 2011
CVTIMGCLG2	Converts an optical image catalog to an outfile	October 15, 2011
CVTPRXCMD	Converts one record per command in a proxy chain	October 15, 2011
DSPALLPRX	Displays all proxy commands for an actual command	October 15, 2011
DSPDAT	Displays a date with various information	October 15, 2011
DSPJOBSCDC	Displays the jobs to be submitted from the system scheduler	October 15, 2011
DSPOBJSRCC	Displays objects where source has been changed since create	October 15, 2011
DSPTXTCNT	Counts records in a text member and allows comparisons	October 15, 2011
LOOKUP3	Provides a simple lookup against a large CL variable	October 15, 2011
MOVJOB	Moves one, generic, or all jobs to a different job queue	October 15, 2011
RTVIMGCLGA	Retrieves information about an image catalog	October 15, 2011
RTVSPLFINF	Retrieves the number of spooled files for one or all users	October 15, 2011
WRKSPLF3	Provides a WRKSPLF like display for CVTOUTQ or CPYCVTOUTQ file	October 15, 2011
CHKACTUSR2	Allows repeated checking to determine a list of active users	July 15, 2011
CHKHEX	Checks for valid hex characters	July 15, 2011
CMPMBRD	Compares member descriptions in two different files	July 15, 2011
CVTDAYS	Creates outfile of days with exceptions like Sunday, *NEWYEARS	July 15, 2011
DSPEMTIFS	Displays IFS files that have a 0 size	July 15, 2011
DSPOUTFMT	Displays the format for outfile commands	July 15, 2011
DSPPRFAUT	Displays authorizations to user profiles	July 15, 2011
DSPQHSTSIZ	Displays a summary of QHST files	July 15, 2011
EDTUSRSPC	Edits a user space in character or hex mode	July 15, 2011
FIXVAR	Allows a change or deletion of characters in a variable	July 15, 2011
OUTFFLD	Provides a display by field name of fields from outfiles	July 15, 2011
PRTPAGOF	Re-prints a spooled file to provide 'Page n of n'	July 15, 2011
RTVMTHNAM	Retrieves the month name that is + or - from the current month	July 15, 2011
RTVOBJLCK	Retrieves the lock on an object and who holds if only one	July 15, 2011
RTVSBMCMD	Retrieves the command submitted to a batch job	July 15, 2011
SCNALLJLG	Scans job logs for up to 20 strings, message ID, etc.	July 15, 2011
SCNMSGQ	Scans message queues for up 20 strings	July 15, 2011
SIGNOFF2	Like SIGNOFF with ENDCNN(*YES) as the default	July 15, 2011
SNDPGMMSG3	Allows sending a message up the program stack	July 15, 2011
CHGCNLKEY	Change the setting of F3 and F12 to *ON or *OFF	April 15, 2011
CHGDBFDAT	Changes data formats such as MMDDYY to DDMMYY	April 15, 2011
CHGDSPOBJO	Change the MMDDYY fields in the DSPOBJD outfile to DMY or YMD	April 15, 2011
CHKARASPE	Checks spelling in *DTAARA	April 15, 2011
CHKSPCSPE	Checks spelling in first 32,000 bytes of a user space	April 15, 2011
CLCBOOLVAL	Calculates bit settings such as *AND or *OR from two values	April 15, 2011
CLRGENMBR	Clears generic members in a data base file	April 15, 2011
CVTAUTL	Creates an outfile of *AUTL authorizations	April 15, 2011
DSPAUDCMD	Displays commands entered by an user that is being audited	April 15, 2011
DSPQHSTINQ	Displays inquiry messages from QHST	April 15, 2011
DSPUSRAUT3	Displays authorization for a specific user	April 15, 2011
DSPUSRSGN	Displays hours and minutes signed on based on JOBACG data	April 15, 2011
EXTLST3	Extracts from a list command to format list for simple display	April 15, 2011
RCVMSGKEY	Receives one a message - intended for low level messages	April 15, 2011
RMVMSGKEY	Remove messages - intended for low level messages	April 15, 2011
RNMIFSXLT	Renames IFS *DIR and *STMF objects with translation	April 15, 2011
RSNMSGKEY	Resends messages - intended for low level messages	April 15, 2011
RTVCNLKEY	Retrieves setting of Cancel and Exit key after system display	April 15, 2011
RTVSYSVAL4	Retrieves any system value - intended for large values	April 15, 2011
SCNSRCSEU	Scan source for up to 20 values and invokes SEU if found	April 15, 2011
SORTRPGARR	Sorts RPG compile time array data into ascending sequence	April 15, 2011
SYSLIBL	Documentation only for how to control system library list	April 15, 2011
CHGAUT2	Changes authorizations without low level messages existing	Jan 15, 2011
CHGBIT	Allows bits in a byte to be changed	Jan 15, 2011
CHKBIT	Checks one or more bits in a byte	Jan 15, 2011
CHKFMT	Checks the format in a file for the name and/or level ID	Jan 15, 2011
CHKIFSSPE	Checks the spelling in an IFS stream file	Jan 15, 2011
CHKTAALIC	Checks for a valid TAA license	Jan 15, 2011
CRTRTVDCL	Creates DCL commands from a named RTV command	Jan 15, 2011
CVTMBRLST2	Converts one, generic, or all member to an outfile	Jan 15, 2011
DLTENDLIC	Resets the condition after ENDTAALIC has been used	Jan 15, 2011
DLTGRCKEY	Resets the condition after CRTGRCKEY has been used	Jan 15, 2011
DSPDBFDMG	Checks for damage in one or more file headers (not the data)	Jan 15, 2011
DSPDSTQ	Provides a public version of WRKDSTQ to only display the info	Jan 15, 2011
DSPMSGQINQ	Provides a convenient display of inquiry messages and replies	Jan 15, 2011
DSPPMTCMD	Assists in prompting for a command within a CL program	Jan 15, 2011
DSPUIMCNT	Displays a count of source lines and comments in UIM source	Jan 15, 2011
FMTQLFCMD	Formats CL qualified commands so the command begins in pos 14	Jan 15, 2011
FNDOBJMBR	Matches source member names used to create objects	Jan 15, 2011
RTVPMTCMD	Retrieves a string for a prompted command	Jan 15, 2011
WRKFATHOM	Provides a work display for converting nautical values	Jan 15, 2011
CHGOBJAUT2	Changes object authority to the library LIBCRTAUT value	Oct 15, 2010
CRTTGTRLS	Creates one or more objects for a previous release	Oct 15, 2010
CVTJOB	Converts information for one or more jobs to an outfile	Oct 15, 2010
DSPCOMPCDE	Displays the CPF1164 completion codes	Oct 15, 2010
DSPEMTARA	Displays one or more data areas with blank or zero values	Oct 15, 2010
DSPEMTDBF	Displays one or more data base files without any members	Oct 15, 2010
DSPEMTDTAQ	Displays one or more data queues without any entries	Oct 15, 2010
DSPEMTJOBQ	Displays one or more job queues without any jobs	Oct 15, 2010
DSPEMTMSGQ	Displays one or more message queues without any messages	Oct 15, 2010
DSPEMTOUTQ	Displays one or more output queues without any spooled files	Oct 15, 2010
DSPJOBSCDR	Displays the completion results of job schedule jobs	Oct 15, 2010
DSPRPGCPY	Displays /COPY and/or /INCLUDE statements from RPG source	Oct 15, 2010
FNDCMDTXT	Displays commands that match a string in the text description	Oct 15, 2010
PROLIB	Provides protection of CLRLIB/DLTLIB on specified libraries	Oct 15, 2010
RMVLSTCHR	Removes the last character of a variable such as a period	Oct 15, 2010
RTVDECARA	Retrieves the value of any decimal data area to *CHAR LEN(17)	Oct 15, 2010
RTVLSTSPLF	Retrieves information about the last spooled file for a job	Oct 15, 2010
RUNIO	Testing aid to periodically write records to a data base file	Oct 15, 2010
SNDESCMSG5	Sends an escape message based on a stack counter	Oct 15, 2010
CHKJOBFNC	Checks active jobs for a function or function type value	July 15, 2010
CHKOWNCHG	Checks current owner to the create owner and lists changes	July 15, 2010
CPYTOCSV	Creates a command delimited file for use in spread sheets	July 15, 2010
CVTOBJD5	Creates a DSPOBJD like outfile with extra large size fields	July 15, 2010
CVTPGMA2	Creates an outfile with program information and 100 modules	July 15, 2010
DSPDEPLGL	Provides a simple display of the dependent logicals	July 15, 2010
DSPLSTOBJ	Displays the last object that exists for a generic group	July 14, 2010
DSPUSRCMD	Provides audit listing of commands entered by a user profile	July 15, 2010
DTAARAARC	Provides an online archive of data area save files	July 15, 2010
RMVMSGQMS2	Removes old messages from one, generic, or all message queues	July 15, 2010
RMVQSYSMSG	Removes old QSYSMSG messages and provides optional archive	July 15, 2010
RNMIFSPGP	Renames IFS PGP attribute	July 15, 2010
RNMOBJPGP	Renames object PGP attribute	July 15, 2010
RPTCMD	Simple testing function to run same command n times	July 15, 2010
RTVLSTOBJ	Retrieves last object name to assist in generic naming	July 15, 2010
RTVNXTID	Retrieves next ID for naming convention such as ABC to ABD	July 15, 2010
RVKIFSPGP	Revokes attribute for IFS PGP to one or more IFS objects	July 15, 2010
RVKOBJPGP	Revokes attribute for object PGP to one or more objects	July 15, 2010
SYSACT	Provides simple solution for working with WRKSYSACT output	July 15, 2010
CHKTAACHG	Checks during install for changes from prev version	April 15, 2010
CHKTAAOUTF	Checks during install for format changes on existing outfiles	April 15, 2010
CLCDATTIM2	Calculates the difference in minutes between two date/times	April 15, 2010
CMPLIBFMT	Compares formats of files in two different libraries	April 15, 2010
CPYDBFDAT	Copies records based on a date (any format) in a file	April 15, 2010
CPYRFMT	Copies records to a new file and allows a rename and mapping	April 15, 2010
CVTIFSAUT2	Converts IFS authorities to an outfile for a specific user	April 15, 2010
CVTLIBAUT	Converts all authorities to objects in a library to an outfile	April 15, 2010
CVTLIBAUT2	Converts authorities from library objects to an outfile	April 15, 2010
CVTOBJD4	Converts object descriptions to a V5R3 format of DSPOBJD	April 15, 2010
CVTSFWRSC	Converts software resources to a simple outfile	April 15, 2010
CVTTIMSEC	Converts a time value to the number of seconds from midnight	April 15, 2010
DLTDBFDAT	Deletes records based on a comparison date (any format)	April 15, 2010
DSPACGCDE	Displays all unique accounting codes found in *USRPRF/JOBDs	April 15, 2010
DSPJOBPERF	Lists job performance information for the current job	April 15, 2010
DSPMSGUSE2	Reads SCNEXTMSGF outfile and lists commands sending escape ID	April 15, 2010
DSPSUMJOBQ	Displays a summary of a job queue by status and job priority	April 15, 2010
DSPSUMOUTQ	Summarizes and output queue by Sts, Form type, usrdta	April 15, 2010
DSPUSRSTG	Display a summary of storage owned by users	April 15, 2010
JOBINF	Allows entering a record to summarize job performance	April 15, 2010
RNMIFSAUT	Renames IFS authorities from one user to another	April 15, 2010
RTVJOBPERF	Retrieves job performance information for the current user	April 15, 2010
RTVTCPSTKS	Retrieves TCP status for IPv4 and IPv6	April 15, 2010
RVKIFSAUT	Revokes authority for one user to IFS objects	April 15, 2010
CHGRPGCPY	Change to RPG /COPY or /INCLUDE	Jan 15, 2010
CHKVAL	Checks a value similar to command definition options	Jan 15, 2010
CLCTIMZOND	Calculates the time difference between two time zones	Jan 15, 2010
CMPALLSRC	Compares one or more source files between two libraries	Jan 15, 2010
CPYNONGEN	Copies non-generic data from one file to another	Jan 15, 2010
CVTIP6DEV	Converts IP version 6 information to an outfile	Jan 15, 2010
CVTSRCMBR	Converts source member data to fit in a 70 byte window	Jan 15, 2010
DSPCLPSRC	Displays CLP type source from either the member or RTVCLSRC	Jan 15, 2010
DSPCMDSRC	Displays CMD type source from either the member or RTVCMDSRC	Jan 15, 2010
DSPDSTDAT	Displays the start and end dates of DST for a named timezone	Jan 15, 2010
DSPIFSAUD	Displays the audit attribute for IFS objects	Jan 15, 2010
DSPTAANAM	Display the TAA tool name using the 4 character identifier	Jan 15, 2010
DSPTIMZONT	Displays the current time of a time zone including DST	Jan 15, 2010
OPNSPLF	Opens a spooled file to allow program testing of action	Jan 15, 2010
RTVDSTDAT	Retrieves DST start and end dates for a time zone	Jan 15, 2010
RTVTIMZONT	Retrieves the current time for a time zone including DST	Jan 15, 2010
SBMCHKACT	Submits a job to check if a named job is active or inactive	Jan 15, 2010
SCNDBFFLD	Provides a simple query of a single field in a file	Jan 15, 2010
SCNDEVDSPA	Scans for a display device attribute	Jan 15, 2010
SCNDEVPRTA	Scans for a printer device attribute	Jan 15, 2010
SCNJOBLOG	Scans a job log for specified message IDs, types, etc	Jan 15, 2010
UNLOAD	Ensures a tape device is in an unloaded status	Jan 15, 2010

Last modified on March 27, 2013

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