Generating and Compiling Your Application › Generating and Compiling After Changes › Impact Analysis

Impact Analysis

You can use CA 2E's impact analysis tools to determine the impact of a proposed or actual change to a model object and to ensure that all dependent objects are edited, regenerated, and compiled. These tools include:

• Automatic update of date and time for various processes, including creation, change, copy (for example, import from another model), and generation, for each model object.
• Commands and processes to identify dependent model objects. These include:
  • Multi-level model object usages
  • Multi-level model object references
  • Simulation of a proposed change
  • Component change processing
• Distinction between changes that require editing of using objects and changes that are internal and require regeneration of using external functions and access paths.
• Full integration with CA 2E edit and generation facilities.

For more information on CA 2E impact analysis tools, refer to the Impact Analysis section of the chapter titled "Managing Model Objects" in this guide.

The remainder of this section provides a general overview of the idea of dependencies between model objects.