Product Components

The following is a brief description of the major components of Data Express:

Data Builder
The core Data Express module that enables you to take inventory of your data, and store information in the Data Express Knowledge Base, which resides on z/OS. Data Builder works with both Data Masking and Data Subset Extraction.
Data Masking
The module that enables you to generate a test environment where personal and sensitive data has been made anonymous by using predefined or customized masking routines.
Data Subset Extraction
The module that enables you to generate a test environment where a consistent and congruent subset of data has been extracted to allow for a manageable volume of data.
Workspace
A two-dimensional working environment definition from which you can categorize and classify data stores for your test environment.
Data Express Knowledge Base
A collection of tables within a database that contain all information about catalogued files, including properties and processing rules. The Knowledge Base for the Data Express for z/OS solution is a Mainframe DB/2 repository located in your z/OS environment.