n the workstation, use Ignore when you are viewing information with no intent to change.
Many CA Gen Toolset windows have an option to Accept or Ignore changes. An Accept implies that a change has been made, and the content is not always examined. Accept can cause extra data to be transmitted during the upload and can cause changes to be flagged for Intelligent Regeneration and Version Control when no true changes occurred.
Like Ignore and Accept on the workstation, End and Cancel terminate processing with different meanings. End exits the Intelligent Regeneration session without saving the temporary work for the session. Cancel dismisses the current screen and takes you back to the previous screen. In some cases, this allows you to make more selections and retain the use of temporary work.
Regenerate frequently to minimize the work in a session.
The Coordinate Intelligent Regeneration sessions with other encyclopedia tasks to minimize the contention. Intelligent Regeneration, like other Construction options, updates the model and can lock out other access.
If multiple components require generation simultaneously, it is desirable to separate generation and installation, especially with batch processing. If one component fails (the library is out of space, linkage error, and so on), the entire process stops. This is especially true for batch processing.
In some environments, the amount of output restrict batch processing. This require that you modify the batch JCL created by CA Gen, to create multiple jobs rather than one before submitting.
If you know when the last Regeneration was done, use the timeframe to restrict the scope of information that CA Gen must analyze.
Use Impact Analysis reports to coordinate implementation of changes that could affect multiple developers or projects.
Package new Procedures and Procedure Steps before attempting to regenerate. Intelligent Regeneration only examines packaged load modules to find application components to process.
Remove unused load modules from the packaging. Unused load modules can skew the base date and cause unneeded processing.
Check your Construction libraries to assure that the space allocations are sufficient.
Try to accomplish several objectives in a single Intelligent Regeneration session.
When you initially request Intelligent Regeneration processing, CA Gen flags all changed modules and builds work files. The longer changed components are left for regeneration, the more computing power is used building these flags. When you swap out of Intelligent Regeneration using the End key, the flags and other temporary work are deleted and must be rebuilt again when needed. Use Cancel to leave the screens without erasing the flags.
If an attribute is changed, select the attribute as an aggregate object for the Impact Analysis and Preview Reports to find all action blocks that contain the attribute in a view. However, the Impact Analysis and Preview Reports does not find action blocks where the attribute is only a host variable and the attribute is not explicitly included in a view. To find action blocks that, do not include the attribute in a view but include the attribute as a host variable, select the Data Column as an aggregate object.
