Perform Promotion Analysis


Promotion analysis does the following:

  • Performs a version audit to check whether there will be any version conflicts preventing the selected tasks or container from being promoted to the next life cycle level
  • Detects any missing resources
  • Detects whether a resource needs to be generated before it can be promoted.

To perform promotion analysis

Do either of the following:

  • To perform promotion analysis on one or more tasks, select the tasks in the left pane of the ISPW Assignment view, right-click, and select Promote Analysis.
  • To perform promotion analysis on an entire assignment container, select the container in the left pane of the ISPW Assignment view and click promo_analysis_v2.png.

The status bar displays a message indicating the completion of promotion analysis.

The ISPW Promotion Analysis view shows the results of the run, such as the following:

  • A success message, which indicates that the task is ready for promotion
  • A message that a version conflict exists
  • A message that resources are referenced by the promoted tasks but were not selected as part of the promotion analysis
     For example, if there are two tasks (Program A and Program B) in a container where Program A calls Program B, and only Program A is selected for promotion analysis, a message that Program B is referenced but not included in the promotion analysis will appear.
  • A message that resources were not included in the promotion analysis because the calling program, subprograms, or copybooks are checked out at the same level to another container
  • A message that a resource requires a generate and it has not yet been attempted
  • A message that a resource requires a generate because it was attempted previously and failed

The Description column gives information to help the user resolve the issue.

 

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