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Pros
"The product has made our mainframe data management process easier. It has helped us save manhours. The tool's most valuable feature is the ability to edit tape files. Its ability to clone files is beneficial in application development.""I like the ability that it has to format copy books in a presentable manner. So, you will be able to see the starting offset in length of each field within the layout."

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"I am very impressed with the capabilities of the software.""The most valuable feature is that it's easy to use... We were able to quickly port a JD Edwards application into the DATPROF solution and we were able to scramble the data in that application. It's a single tool that helps us to do that across applications.""The data modeling software gave additional insights for debugging in the case of circular foreign keys.""The most valuable feature of DATPROF Privacy for us is the possibility to mask sensitive test and development data on different kinds of databases. Furthermore, the tool comes with different useful masking functions. It is possible to mask deterministic and it is possible to add your own functions. The tool has an intuitive interface and customer support is fast and efficient.""Its ease of use is valuable. It's pretty straightforward. With minimal training or with minimal guidance, it can be used.""Technical support is good. They are friendly and fast.""We have some customers who are in both SAP and non-SAP. When we do scrambling for different applications, it is extremely important that DATPROF and the SAP applications talk to each other and synchronize. Otherwise... [an] identity [can be] lost, from a name perspective.""We can create synthetic test data for our different development teams without needing production data, which is an excellent capability."

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"Technical support has gotten better over the years, though there's always room for improvement.""We plan to replace BMC Compuware File-AID due to its price. Two years back, we paid 11,000 dollars. However, the current price is 27,900 dollars. The price has increased to at least eight times its initial cost. We would need to pay around 60,000 dollars to have all three products together. We also encountered issues during version updates."

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"They could improve the solution by expanding the APIs. If there were options to integrate it with other solutions, that would help.""We organized the orchestration via ServiceNow/Runbook. It would be nice if DatProf software had this functionality as well.""From what I know, there are some challenges with respect to the number of data formats that can be made available. This is something that can be improved.""Although it is possible to mask flat files inside DATPROF Privacy, the current solution is solid. However, it can be improved with an improved user interface.""The product could be improved by adding functions to mask flat files and XML data.""I feel that we have to do a lot of reworking of the template implementations... Maybe it is a limitation, but as a customer, it feels like we need to start from scratch every time. It would help if we could reuse at least some of what we have already done.""Right now, we need to make process agreements with our supplier to keep our source and target database in line with the current production version. This may become an issue when (if) we reach a CI/CD level with multiple releases per day.""The synthetic data-generating element of the tool is relatively new, so we sometimes encounter bugs, though when we inform DATPROF, they act quickly to fix any issues. Of course, the fewer bugs we face, the better."

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  • "I'm not part of the financial team, but as far as I understand, the price is very reasonable compared to the competitors."
  • "It's very competitive. There is a good price-to-feature relation. It doesn't give us the feeling that we are overspending on something. It provides the right value at the right price. It's worth it."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product has made our mainframe data management process easier. It has helped us save manhours. The tool's most valuable feature is the ability to edit tape files. Its ability to clone files is… more »
    Top Answer:We plan to replace BMC Compuware File-AID due to its price. Two years back, we paid 11,000 dollars. However, the current price is 27,900 dollars. The price has increased to at least eight times its… more »
    Top Answer:Its ease of use is valuable. It's pretty straightforward. With minimal training or with minimal guidance, it can be used.
    Top Answer:It's very competitive. There is a good price-to-feature relation. It doesn't give us the feeling that we are overspending on something. It provides the right value at the right price. It's worth it.
    Top Answer:From what I know, there are some challenges with respect to the number of data formats that can be made available. This is something that can be improved. With respect to mainframe platforms, the… more »
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    Also Known As
    DATPROF Privacy, DATPROF Test Data Management
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    Overview

    File-AID is Compuware’s cross-platform file and data management solution that enables developers and QA staff to quickly and conveniently access necessary data and files instead of hunting around for them. In turn, developers devote less time to data-related tasks and spend more time developing new functionality and managing production problems. Rightsizing your test data provides confidence to make code changes without unintended consequences.

    File-AID gives developers the ability to:

    • Effectively manage files and data across platforms
    • Access all standard file types regardless of record length or format for application integration
    • Automatically compare data files or objects to simplify the test results validation process
    • Reformat files by easily modifying an existing file format instead of starting from scratch
    • Extract and load related subsets of data from multiple databases and files
    • Ensure all test conditions are met by selecting the precise application test data you need
    • Customize test data for a particular application and specific conditions
    • Automate these activities using tools you already own, such as Jenkins

    At DATPROF we see and understand the struggle and challenge of software development teams with test data. These data issues have different appearances. It can be in finding or understanding your test data: which set of data should be used to cover your test cases properly? Or it can be getting in control of your test data: do you also have a “test data ghost” - sometimes your test data is there and a second later in can be gone. Or it can be about the challenge of getting compliant without losing the representativeness of data in your development stages. And then there are things called data or databases. Software development teams need to work with test data, but they generally don’t spend too much time on databases or data content in flat formats. Software teams rather spend time in delivering beautiful new code or validating the quality of the software code, as you should. That’s what you love, and that “database thing”, well that’s a need-to-have.

    We envision to solve this issue. We want to make sure your life is once again centred upon delivering or validating software code and quality. We take care that test data is easy accessible and readily available, so you can take care of software quality.

    We improve and innovate our test data software with the latest technologies every single day to support medium to large size organizations to ensure an even better fit with our DATPROF products. The DATPROF test data management suite is module based, so it enables you to select and deploy the modules that fits your needs in your digital transformation stage.

    DATPROF delivers products for:

    • Obfuscating, generating or masking databases and flat files;
    • Extracting or filtering specific data content with our patented subset algorithm;
    • Discovering, profiling and analysing solutions for understanding your test data,
    • Automating, integrating and orchestrating test data provisioning into your CI/CD pipelines and
    • Delivering a portal where test data can be refreshed within a few mouse clicks.

    For more information visit: www.datprof.com

    Sample Customers
    Helvetia, The IMT Group, Hapag-Lloyd, Royal Bank of Canada, Chunghwa Telecom
    APG, UWV, VGZ, DUO, Admiral Group, Heineken, Region Stockholm, Green Shield Canada, BestPass, CalPERS, Birmingham City Council, Nest Pensions
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Insurance Company9%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company43%
    Insurance Company14%
    Government14%
    Transportation Company14%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm26%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Insurance Company7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise74%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business20%
    Large Enterprise80%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
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    BMC Compuware File-AID is ranked 7th in Test Data Management with 2 reviews while DATPROF is ranked 3rd in Test Data Management with 8 reviews. BMC Compuware File-AID is rated 8.6, while DATPROF is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of BMC Compuware File-AID writes "Helps to make mainframe data management process easier and saves manhours ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DATPROF writes "Eliminated compliance issues for non-SAP applications, and gives us real, comprehensive data masking". BMC Compuware File-AID is most compared with IBM File Manager, File Master Plus, IBM Fault Analyzer for zOS, Broadcom Test Data Manager and Informatica Test Data Management (TDM), whereas DATPROF is most compared with Delphix, K2View and Broadcom Test Data Manager.

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