Auto-Generate Nonstop Documentation with TIC Navigator

For many years, Nonstop users have voiced the same persistent frustration: the lack of comprehensive documentation to support existing codebases. This documentation gap has created cascading operational challenges across organizations—support teams waste precious hours on time-consuming troubleshooting, new development becomes risky without understanding existing business logic, and modernization efforts stall when teams cannot decipher legacy system requirements.​​

The results are operational costs, extended system outages, and missed opportunities for strategic modernization initiatives.

Now there is a solution. Navigator automatically generates comprehensive documentation directly from your Nonstop codebase. Navigator eliminates the documentation deficit that has plagued Nonstop organizations for years by performing intelligent analysis across COBOL, TAL/pTAL, C/C++, and TACL applications to extract meaningful business knowledge that has remained hidden within your systems.​

How TIC Navigator Solves the Code Documentation Crisis

Navigator goes far beyond conventional documentation tools that simply describe code syntax and structure line by line. Powered by generative AI with specialized prompt engineering and fine-tuning specifically designed for Nonstop environments, Navigator understands the unique patterns, conventions, and business logic commonly embedded in Nonstop programs. Our AI-powered platform extracts business knowledge in three critical forms that transform how your organization operates:

Business Rules Extraction

Navigator automatically identifies and documents the pricing calculations, validation checks, regulatory compliance logic, and decision criteria that drive your operations—knowledge that may not be documented anywhere else in your organization.​

Dynamic System Diagrams

The platform generates comprehensive architectural diagrams, data flow visualizations, and process interaction charts that make complex system behaviors instantly understandable for both technical teams and business stakeholders.​

Code Structure Analysis

Navigator provides detailed complexity metrics and vulnerability assessments, evaluating your codebase structure to identify potential reliability risks and optimization opportunities.​

Transforming Support, Development, and Modernization

This comprehensive documentation approach directly addresses the operational challenges that have hindered Nonstop organizations:

Enhanced Support Operations: Support teams gain instant access to business logic explanations and system interaction diagrams, dramatically reducing resolution times and eliminating costly trial-and-error troubleshooting approaches.​

Accelerated Development: Development teams obtain clear visibility into existing patterns, dependencies, and business requirements, enabling safer enhancements while reducing the risk of unintended system consequences.​

Confident Modernization: Modernization efforts become feasible when teams understand not just what Nonstop code accomplishes, but why specific business decisions were implemented in specific ways.​

Navigator provides a comprehensive solution to documentation scarcity in Nonstop environments. Organizations can finally unlock the business intelligence embedded within their codebase, transforming decades of tribal knowledge into accessible, actionable documentation that drives productivity, reduces operational risk, and enables confident modernization initiatives.

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Phil Ly serves as president of TIC Software and a recognized thought leader in the NonStop community. Under his leadership, TIC Software has become the premier guide for NonStop organizations adopting modern technologies, including REST APIs, Kafka messaging systems, and cloud services. Phil’s expertise lies in bridging the gap between complex emerging technologies and practical implementation, making advanced solutions accessible to NonStop professionals across all experience levels. As architect of the innovative Navigator platform, he is pioneering the integration of generative AI into NonStop environments, demonstrating how AI-powered solutions can enhance system reliability while preserving the mission-critical security standards that define the platform.