Method for visualizing resource relationships stored in SQL tables within a mainframe environment

A tangible computer-readable storage medium having one or more computer-readable instructions thereon which when executed by one or more processors of a text-based mainframe management system cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, by the text-based mainframe management system, a request to visualize one or more system resource relationships;
• retrieve, by the text-based mainframe management system, system resource relationship information from a database table associated with one or more sub-systems in the text-based mainframe environment, wherein the system resource relationship information includes information describing at least one system resource relationship between one or more system resources associated with the one or more sub-systems;
• generate, by the text-based mainframe management system, a text file in a graph description language based on the retrieved system resource relationship information, wherein the text file includes one or more instructions used to generate a graphical representation of the system resource relationship information for the one or more system resources;
• and
• communicate, by the text-based mainframe management system the generated text file to a remote computer separate from the text-based mainframe management system, thereby facilitating the graphical representation at the remote computer,
• wherein the text-based mainframe environment comprises an environment where the graphical representation of the system resource relationship information is not used.

A computer-implemented system for facilitating graphical visualization of system resource relationships in a text-based mainframe environment, the system comprising:

• one or more processors of a text-based mainframe management system configured to:
• receive a request to visualize one or more system resource relationships;
• retrieve system resource relationship information from a database table associated with one or more sub-systems in the text-based mainframe environment, wherein the system resource relationship information includes information describing at least one system resource relationship between one or more system resources associated with the one or more sub-systems;
• generate a text file in a graph description language based on the retrieved system resource relationship information, wherein the text file includes one or more instructions used to generate a graphical representation of the system resource relationship information for the one or more system resources;
• and
• communicate the generated text file to a remote computer separate from the text-based mainframe management system, thereby facilitating the graphical representation at the remote computer,
• wherein the text-based mainframe environment comprises an environment where the graphical representation of the system resource relationship information is not used.