Using the APAR Tool

The APAR Tool is supported in both Windows® and Linux® platforms.

To use the APAR tool, perform the following steps:

  1. Make sure that the plugin com.ibm.btt.tools.apar_6.1.1 has been included in plugins directory of RAD or WID.
  2. In the RAD or WID menu bar, click Winows > Show View > Bank Transformation Toolkit > APAR Tool View:

    Screen capture showing how to open APAR Tool View

  3. The BTT APAR view is launched:

    Screen capture showing the APAR Tool view

  4. Click the icon to import. Select the directory which contains the BTT jar files.
  5. The Build Level and APAR history of each BTT component will be shown:

    Screen capture showing the Build level and APAR history

  6. Click the export icon to export the Build level and APAR information. The tool will export the APAR information to a local file for reference.