Tech Preview Recap: ClearPath OS 2200 and AB Suite

Big things are happening in the ClearPath® OS 2200 development world.

On December 20, 2019, we completed the initial technical preview of Agile Business Suite (AB Suite®) release 8.0.

This preview centered on using AB Suite to build a model that targets a runtime environment on an OS 2200 host.

During the preview, participants were able to define their models, set up the configuration properties for the OS 2200 platform, and Build and Deploy to an OS 2200 AB Suite Runtime system. This provided participants with an end-to-end experience.

As such, they could define an Ispec, noting its character presentation, attributes (data items), logic,
and persistence (database structures). And they could run their OS 2200 AB Suite application using a
terminal emulator.

While participants weren’t able to add elements like Reports, Insertables, and Frames, and could only take advantage of limited number of supported LDL logic commands, we do plan to expand the available functionality in subsequent previews.

Note, however, that we did include a couple of demonstration models that use the supported element types and logic as part of this preview. Participants were able to import this model, generate it to the OS 2200 environment, and run it on the OS 2200 host via a terminal emulator.

The model included a number of Ispecs with a variety of functionality:

• A simple menu Ispec
• A calculator Ispec that took input numbers and performed arithmetic operations in the logic
• A “contacts” Ispec that demonstrated the use of the MAINT field actions to add, change, and inquire database records
• A “quiz” Ispec that demonstrated the use of input and output fields, as well as select logic commands
  

A heart-felt “thank you” to everyone who participated in this initial tech preview. We hope you thought it
offered a really solid taste of what you can expect when a full version of AB Suite is available in the
OS 2200 environment.

We’re well underway planning the second AB Suite 8.0 tech preview for early 2020. If you’d like to learn more about it, or are interested in participating, please email ABSuite@Unisys.com or Thangathen.Ponnusamy@Unisys.com.