Taking an inventory of COBOL applications

For each program in your COBOL applications, include at least the following information in your inventory:

For all previous versions of COBOL:
  • Programmer responsible
  • COBOL Standard level of source program (68, 74, 85)
  • Compiler used (ANS COBOL V4, OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II, IBM® COBOL, Enterprise COBOL V3, Enterprise COBOL V4)
  • Compiler options used, especially CMPR2, NORES, XMLPARSE
  • Precompiler options used
  • Postprocessing options used
  • COBOL modules
  • COPY library members used in COBOL programs
  • Called subprograms
  • Calling programs
  • Frequency of execution
  • Test cases required and available
  • Programs containing Report Writer statements
  • Use of SIMVRDS, SOM-based OO, Millennium Language Extensions, or LABEL declaratives

This information is useful to you in the next step of your planning task, Prioritizing your applications.