Become Familiar with Aggregate Object Types

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Become Familiar with Aggregate Object Types

Aggregate Object Types are the same for Compare Report, Trial Migration and Migration, but different for Trial Adoption and Adoption. The following lists include those for Compare Report, Trial Migration, and Migration:

Aggregate Object Type	Description
ACTION BLOCK	Common, Default, and Derivation , PAD, or PrAD
ACTIVITY CLUSTER	Activity cluster
ATTRIBUTE	Attribute or foreign key attribute of entity type or subtype
BATCH JOB	Batch job
BATCH JOB STEP	Batch job step
BUSINESS AREA	Business area
BUSINESS SYSTEM	Business system
BUSINESS SYSTEM IMPL	Business system implementation
COMMAND	Command
COMPONENT IMPLEMENTATION	Component implementation type
COMPONENT MODEL	Component model
COMPONENT SPECIFICATION	Component specification type
CONFIGURATION INSTANCE	Configuration Instance
CONSTRAINT	Linkage between tables
CRIT SUCCESS FACTOR	Critical success factor
CURRENT DATA STORE	Current data store
CURRENT INFO SYSTEM	Current information system
CUSTOM PROXIES	Custom Proxies
CUSTOM VIDEO PROPERTY	Custom video property
DATA CLUSTER	Data cluster
DATA COLUMN	Data column definition
DATA TABLE	Data table definition
DATABASE	Database definition
DEFAULT DIALOG BOX	Dialog
DEFAULT EDIT PATTERN	User default edit pattern
DENORMALIZED COLUMN	Denormalized column
DFLT PRIMARY WINDOW	Primary window within a procedure step
DIALECT	Dialect
DIALOG FLOW	Dialog flow between procedure steps
ENTITY TYPE	Entity type
ENVIRONMENT	Environment
EVENT	External event
EXIT STATE	Exit state
EXTERNAL OBJECT	External object
FACILITY	Computing or communication facility
FOREIGN KEY COLUMN	Foreign key column
FUNCTION	Function definition
GOAL	Business planning goal
INDEX	Index definition
INFORMATION NEED	Information need
INTERFACE TYPE	Interface type
ISP MATRIX	Isp matrix (user- or system-defined)
LINK TABLE	Link table definition
LOCATION	Location of business assets
NAVIGATION DIAGRAM	Navigation diagram for window presentation
OBJECTIVE	Business planning objective
ONLINE LOAD MODULE	Online load module
OPERATIONS LIBRARY	Operations library
ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT	Non-root organizational unit
PERFORMANCE MEASURE	Performance measure
PKG FOR PSTEP	Load module packaging
PROCEDURE	Procedure
PROCEDURE STEP	Procedure step
PROCESS	Process definition
RELATIONSHIP MEMBER	Relationship membership
SCREEN	Screen
SCROLL AMOUNT VALUE	Scroll amount value
SERVER MANAGER	Server manager
SPECIFICATION TYPE	Specification type
STORAGE GROUP	Storage group
STRATEGY	Business strategy
SUBJECT AREA	Subject area
SYSTEM PF KEY	System program function key
SYSTEM WORK ATTR SET	System-defined work attribute set
TABLESPACE	Tablespace
TACTIC	Business tactic
TECH DESIGN DEFAULT	Technical design default
TEMPLATE	Screen template
TRANS OPERATION	Transaction operation
TYPEMAP	Type map
USER DEF OBJ CLASS	User-defined generic object class
USER DEFINED OBJECT	User-defined generic object
WEB SERVICE DEFINITION	Web service definition
WINDOW LOAD MODULE	Window load module
WORK ATTRIBUTE	Work attribute of work attribute set
WORK ATTRIBUTE SET	Work attribute set
z/OS LIBRARY	z/OS library

Aggregate Sets created for Compare Report can be used for Adoption even if they contain aggregate object types not valid for Adoption; invalid object types are ignored.

The objects listed in the following table are not valid for Adoption and Trial Adoption. The following table shows aggregate object types available only for compare and migration:

Aggregate Object Types		Description

BATCH JOB		Batch job
BATCH JOB STEP		Batch job step
BUSINESS SYSTEM IMPL		Business system implementation
DEFAULT DIALOG		Dialog
DFLT PRIMARY WINDOW	Primary window within a procedure step
PKG FOR PSTEP	Load module packaging
SCREEN	Screen
SCROLL AMOUNT VALUE	Scroll amount value
SYSTEM PF KEY	System program function key
SYSTEM WORK ATTR SET	System-defined work attribute set
TECH DESIGN DEFAULT	Technical design default

Additional differences between aggregate object types selectable for compare and migration and those selectable for adoption are shown on the following table. The following table shows similar aggregate object types for Version Control functions:

Aggregate Object Type for Compare and Migration	Similar Aggregate Object Type for Adoption
ACTION BLOCK	COMMON ACTION BLOCK
DIALECT	DIALECT (NON-DFLT)
FUNCTION	FUNCTION (NON-ROOT)
ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT	ORG UNIT (NON-ROOT)
ISP MATRIX	USER DEF MATRIX
SUBJECT AREA	USER SUBJECT AREA