Field Expansion Report
This report presents the relationships among the resources of an application so that the impact of a field expansion operation can be understood.
To generate this report, in Explore Projects view go to the Mainframe Reports list in the pane to the right. Select Impact Reports then double-click the desired report to display the report wizard.
If you want to limit the analysis to X depth, check the option limit expansion depth and enter the desired value in the corresponding field then click Next.
In the second dialog window of the wizard, select the type of resource that contains the variable - program or include - then click Next.
According to the selections made in the previous dialog, a list of programs or includes is displayed. Use the field to filter the list and locate the desired resource. Once you selected the desired resource, the Next button becomes available. Click it to display the next dialog window of the report wizard.
Use this dialog to specify variables that must be EXCLUDED from the report. If you do not want to exclude variables from the report, click Finish. If you want to exclude certain variables from the report, follow the instructions below.
Use Import to import a file that contains the variables that you want to exclude from the report. The variable list must be saved in a *.txt file, one variable on each line.
Enter the name of the variable in the available field then press the Add button to add it to the list.
Alternatively, use Browse to locate the variable. Click Browse to select the type of resource that contains the variable and display the next dialog window of the report wizard.
Select the type of resource - program or include - then press Next to display the next dialog window of the report wizard. According to the selection made in the previous dialog window, a list of programs or includes is presented. Select a program or an include then click Next to display the next dialog window of the report wizard.
A list of variables that were found in the selected resource is presented. Select one of the variables from the list then click Add to add it to the list of variables to be excluded from the report.
The variables that were selected for EXCLUSION are displayed in the central part of the dialog window. For variables added via Browse and Import buttons, the name of the resource (program or include) containing the variable is displayed as well as the variable’s position (line …) within the resource.
Repeat the procedure that is presented above to add to the list as many variables as you need. To remove a variable from the list, select it then click Delete button. Click Finish to generate the Field Expansion Report.
After Field Expansion Report is generated, in the Report summary section, of the Table of contents, different entries are displayed. The entries can be: Variables, Programs, SQL Table, File, and Sources.
For all entries, there are dedicated sections that contain their summaries. For programs, there is a dedicated section that is called Programs summary page and which contains the name of the programs that are impacted. Some of the programs that are displayed are underlined and some are not.
The programs that are not underlined are the ones that represent the starting point for the selected variable.
The underlined programs are the ones that are the final point for the selected variable. If an underlined program is selected, you are redirected to the Report Details section where the impact analysis of the program is displayed.