Object Builder for i (OBI)

• Quick Start
• The concept
• Configuration

Features

• Check for changes

  It checks all sources which have changed since last compilie.
  The hash value of the source will be used to check if it has changed.

• Check for dependencies

  All objects which depend on the changed source will also be compiled (in correct order)

  E.g. if a table or view has changed, all objects which use them will be compiled too

• Compile in correct order

  Tables before programs etc. based on the dependency list

• All actions can be done in you IDE (RDi or vscode)

  • Visual Studio Code

    • Using short cuts

      

    • Or action buttons

      

  • RDi

    Using external tools

    

• Fast performance

  You can use the power of your local PC to get the build prepeared.
  This significantly improves performance.
  This is particularly important if the network and/or development partition are slow.

• See which objects has been compiled and their details
  Each task has its own:

  • joblog
  • spool file
  • error output

  

If you also want to use git with that you will benefit all its advantages:

• Work with branches

• Version control

  

• Integration in other tools like Atlassian JIRA

• Compare between different versions

  

• Extended source list(s)

  Because sources are located in the IFS you may miss the source description text from PDM.

  • You can use a source list containing all sources and the related text description from the source files.
  • Create multiple source lists for different projects/areas.
    You can also use it to filter your sources
  • Extend the list with further information like
    • Category
    • Link to wiki or ticket
    • Department
    • etc.
  • This source list can be automatically generated (e.g. via SQL)

  

FAQ

Error on build run

Problem

###################################################  
2024-05-14 07:49:21.728 ... run_build.sh 
################################################### 

 finished sync to logsolution-test 
Open compile summary
Run compile commands ...
 finished sync back logs and build files 
 Error occured! 

 bash: line 1: /usr/prouza/obi/venv/bin/python: No such file or directory 

Cause

Either OBI does not exist or you forget to run the setup
https://github.com/andreas-prouza/obi

Solution

Run ...

cd /usr/prouza/obi
./setup.sh