NextForm

Data Migration

NextForm v3 is the latest data management product supported in Eclipse from IRI, The CoSort Company. Spun from the SortCL program in IRI CoSort, IRI NextForm is a data migration and reformatting package that helps you convert and re-use the data stored in legacy fields, file formats, and databases.

Apply and view your data in new ways ... in new files and tables, custom reports, BI tools, virtualized views, and more. NextForm handles data in all of these：

File Formats

CSV、Delimited Text、Fixed-position Text、LDIF、Micro Focus Variable Length 、Micro Focus ISAM¹、Line / Record / Variable Sequential、Variable Blocked、Vision¹、VSAM, QSAM, KSAM, C-ISAM² 、XLS (Excel) 、XML3

Data Type Groups

ASCII (C types) 、Numerics (All) 、EBCDIC MF & RM COBOL 、Endian (Big, Little, BOM) 、Dates 、Timestamps 、Composite 、Single-Byte 、Multi-Byte (CJK, Thai) 、Unicode (UTF-16) 、Packed Decimal 、Zoned Decimal

Databases

Oracle、DB2 UDB、DB2 Mainframe² 、MySQL 、SQL Server 、Sybase 、Teradata

Unstructured Sources

ASN.1 TAP3 、.DOC, .DOCX 、.EML, .OST, .PST 、.PDF, RTF 、.PPT, .PPTX 、.TXT, .XML 、.XLS, .XLSX

¹ NextForm COBOL edition supports standalone conversion of Micro Focus and Acucobol Vision index files.

² Contact IRI Professional Services for VSAM and related semi-structured data conversion services.

³ Non-UIMA versions require XML data elements to conform to a flattened structure and other restrictions.

Feature & Benefit

Feature	Benefit
Recasts huge files fast; reliable, scalable migration of legacy data sets to client/server RDBs	Facilitates right-sizing initiatives, reduces data synchronization requirements, and saves time and money over custom coding or (the acquisition, implementation, and support of) legacy platforms.
Converts over 100 data types	Allows data re-use in new platforms and applications.
Structures unstructured data	Unlocks data elements and exposes associations for relational use.
Re-maps field layouts	Supports pivot transformations, reporting needs, and database repopulation (inserts).
Data replication	Allows re-use of same or re-formatting data copies without new system re-generation, and facilitates data virtualization.
Migrates database versions and platforms	Frees data and application from stale procedures,and frees company's locked into specific vendor terms.
Built-in report generation	Migrate and expose information in multiple sources in custom displays suitable for billing and analytics.
Interoperable metadata	Re-use source and target data definitions, as well as mapping and manipulation specifications in CoSort (for data transformation and reporting), FieldShield (data masking), and RowGen (test data generation).
Simple data and definition (metadata) syntax, optionally supported in purpose-built Eclipse GUI	Data migration tasks are easy to configure, run, modify, and share.
Cross-platform; runs on Windows, Unix/Linux	The same jobs defined or run on one platform can be modified or run on any other.
Low cost licenses and volume discounts	Immediate project ROI and low TCO for enterprise-wide deployment.

IRI NextForm Use Cases

"NextForm simply and quickly customizes our outputs when converting LDIF files to CSV. A 165mb LDIF file converted in seconds, 1+GB in less than a minute. Excellent product!"

"NextForm converts EBCDIC data files (including zoned and PD fields) to ASCII. As a beginner I was able to make new jobs quickly and determine the output was correct."

"Performance was great, and the GUI was not necessary because the jobs self-document. Among all the conversion tools we found, NextForm was at once the easiest and most robust.''