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Panvalet Reviews & Product Details

CA Panvalet is a library management system that centralizes the storage of the source, establishes and maintains a control library of source programs and provides immediate access for maintenance, processing, control and protection against theft, disaster or other loss.

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Panvalet Reviews (23)

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Muthu Ganesh A.

Analyst - System Dev

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/6/2020

"PANVALET - The Most User Friendly Code Repository / Source Code Management Tool."

5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

I had the opportunity to use CA Panvalet in my very first profession, happened to use it for 3+ years.

The best thing about CA Panvalet is its ease of use.

Having the experience of working with other version controls , I believe Panvalet is the most easiest tool to use, be it retrieve, edit, delete, rename.

Also, the MENU is so simple that we can easily navigate through for the required operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

Can never really think of any features that I dislike.

This product is so good that for someone even w/o much experience, they can start handling it in a day.

One thing though is PANVALET might be difficult to use in AGILE cases as the code management would be a little bit complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Panvalet:

One suggestion to budding developers who use Panvalet is to always have the backup of their source code. The reason is in most cases, the source code locking feature will not be accessible to the developers so there is always a chance of our code getting overridden.

In order to, avoid the rework it is always essential to have the backup.

Also another key suggestion is, we can make us of the rename utility available so that the same program with different versions can be available (with different names though). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Panvalet solving and how is that benefiting you?

Benefits include the below:

- Retrieval / Update can be done quickly.

- We can secure the program / lock the program.

- The BATCH mode support too is easy compared to other version controls where at times the creation of SCLs are time consuming & takes time to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/4/2021

"Panvalet on-line and batch"

4/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

I used Pavalet on-line in 1985 on an OS/VS1 system and it worked very well, stayed up and running and provided an editor and source code management as there was no card reader for the IBM 4341. I have also used Panalet batch at other places. I would say the product works well as a source code manager. As another individual stated it is best to keep a copy of any source you have in the product as some sites modify the product and make it easy for other programmers to modify your source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

I prefer to use a product as it designed by the manufacturer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Panvalet:

Panalet is a good product for those companies needing an adequate source code management product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Panvalet solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a past user and not currently using the product. Prior use has included source code for PL/1, COBOL programs, proc's, JCL and parmaters. The benefit is the management of the source code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Prabhakar T.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/3/2020

"CA Panvalet - an easy and more user friendly among other configuration management tools"

5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

Easy to check-out & check-in the code and also to trace different versions of code changes even for a fresher. Best among all other CM tools to work with and maintain as I felt it’s more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

I didn’t sense any thing to dislike and so nothing to share. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Panvalet:

an easy tool to use and gets things done quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Panvalet solving and how is that benefiting you?

Code check-out and check-in, code comparison with different versions. Even to compare and understand any of the previously enrolled changes to understand those changes and requirements easily and quickly. I realised it is so easy to work with this version control tool among other tools that have worked. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sadique K.

Developer Analyst 2 (Mainframe)

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/23/2021

"I have used Panvalet in DXC Technology for moving our Programs in Test, QA and Prod Environment"

5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

Panvalet is best code repository available in the Market that can be easily used for maintaining the code repository either cobol, batch, online modules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

Sometimes if you by mistake try to open the panvalet in Edit mode the library gets corrupted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Panvalet:

There are many Code repositories availble inmarket, Panvalet is Quite easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Panvalet solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helped in migrating our Legacy system codes in various Environments for testing purpose and then finally moving those to prod. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/24/2020

"Simple and clean version controlling"

5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

It is one of the simple and effective way of version controlling. It provides locking of a particular code and checkin in easy understand able way. Even the beginner can use Panvalet without much complications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

Dislike features are very less. However change level number options can have more clear process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Panvalet solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am currently using version 14.6 in mainframe system. It allows me to change the status , move from one instance to another easily check in and check out a copy of programs efficiently, compare different stage programs easily , check if file has any extra hex data are few benefits that help me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Senkuttuvan K.

Senior Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/28/2020

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"My experience on CA Panvalent"

5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

It is user friendly. I like its efficiency, control, and monitoring of program changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

I do not find anything that I dislike in it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Panvalet:

I would highly recommend CA Panvalet as its been user friendly and highly secured Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Panvalet solving and how is that benefiting you?

Maintained a central library for programs, job control systems and data files. The benefits are:

1. Eliminates the need for separately located storage

2. Stores all source programs, object programs, and production job control statements in a single central location Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Santhosh M.

Mainframe Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/21/2020

"Panvalet usage"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

Panvalet has all programs used in project. You can use panvalet to check whenever changes are made. It stores all information of programs from beginning to end and makes the process much easier.

It's more convenient and comfortable to work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

Rarely used programs are a bit hard to locate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/21/2020

"Panvalet is an Useful and Powerful Tool for Mainframe Development"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

Code changes using panvalet are easily identifiable using the notiation of CL* in it compared to a standard PDS. Also support for member names with more than 8 characters would help in creating different clones of copybooks having the same layout for different purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

For changing the code a manual backup needs to be taken by the developer each and every time a code is being changed.

Also when a code catch up is being done there is no automatic code merge option to merge the code to reduce the effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saurabh P.

Software Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/17/2021

"There are better version control tools available than Panvalet e.g. ISPW with frontend Topaz."

1.5/5

What do you like best about Panvalet?

Easy to use when no control required over the code in different testing environments. Anyone can create a new panvalet unlike pre defined library created by version control tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Panvalet?

Version control is not good. More control is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.