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How Generating Elements with Copyback Works

Generate an element with copyback when you change an element and you want to recompile the affected programs. When you generate an element with copyback using the Generate Elements action, CA Endevor SCM performs the following actions and causes these effects:

1. Searches beyond the current stage, in every stage in the current and subsequent environments in the map.
2. If the element is found, the current version of the element is copied to the target stage, along with the processor group name last used for the element. Consider the following options when generating elements:
   • To restrict the search to the current environment, generate the element by setting the BUILD USING MAP option to N.
   • If CA Endevor SCM finds the element in a stage that is not included in the map, a warning message is issued, and the search continues for the elements in a stage that is included in the map.
3. Updates the Master Control File (MCF).

   Note: The Signout Fetch (SOFETCH) value in the Defaults Table (C1DEFLTS) determines how the MCF is updated for the element copied back (fetched). If Signout Upon Fetch is in effect, the element is signed out to you unless it is already signed out to someone else. If Signout Upon Fetch is not in effect, the element is not signed out to you.

4. Checks the element type definition for a source output library specification, and then writes a copy of the current level of the element to that library.
5. Determines the processor group, and then executes the processor in that group, if one has been specified.
6. After the generate processor is run for the element, updates the information in the Master Control File (MCF).