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Processing With SCAN

The major advantage of processing with the SCAN option is that you have an opportunity to review your parameters and make corrections before audit execution takes place. The SCAN option causes events to take place in the following sequence:

1. User specifies parameters with the SCAN option
2. CA IDMS/DB Audit produces three Audit Report sections as output:
   • Parameter Validation
   • Processing Options
   • Areas/Records/Sets
3. User modifies parameters as needed
4. User initiates parameter processing again with SCAN to verify that all parameter corrections have been properly made
5. If CA IDMS/DB Audit detects no further errors, user imitates actual audit processing by specifying the same parameters without SCAN

Figure 4.7 presents a simplified example of SCAN output. The first report section, Parameter Validation, lists the parameters you specified and indicates if CA IDMS/DB Audit detects any parameter errors. The Processing Options section individually identifies each parameter option in the left column and provides a brief description of that option on the right. Finally, the Areas/Records/Sets section describes the impact of all parameters against the designated parts of the subschema.

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                                                      PARAMETER VALIDATION
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 PROCESS,SCAN,AUDITTYPE=QUICKCHECK,STARTWITH=ALL...

 AUDIT,USERSETS...
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                                                  PARAMETER PROCESSING OPTIONS
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 OPTION...SCAN------------------------------------─►     CHECK PARAMETER ONLY

 OPTION...AUDITTYPE=QUICKCHECK   ──────────────────►     AUDIT TYPE AREA SWEEP AND SORT

 OPTION...STARTWITH=ALL---------------------------─►     GLOBAL PROCESSING DEFAULTS FOR SUBSCHEMA ARE:
                                                            AREA=SWEEP
                                                            RECORD=,SWEEP
                                                            SET=,AUDIT

 OPTION...AUDIT,USERSETS--------------------------─►     USER SET AUDITING DONE BY QUICKCHECK
                                                            SORT AND MATCH

                                                         IIX NEXT/PRIOR/OWNER POINTER AUDIT
                                                         NO USER RECORD TO IXDET AUDITING
                                                            FOR MANDATORY AUTOMATIC SETS ONLY
                                                         CREATE LDEL EXTRACKTS FOR SETS IN ERROR ONLY

 OPTION...NOINDEX---------------------------------─►     NO IIX BASIC AUDITING

 OPTION...NOWALKNEXT------------------------------─►     USER SET ORPHAN DETECTION DONE BY
                                                            QUICKCHECK SORT AND MATCH

                                                         NO CALC SET ORPHAN DETECTION
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                                                       AREAS/RECORDS/SETS
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 AREA......DEPT-REGION                                      ...
                                                            READIED
                                                            AREA WILL BE SWEPT

 RECORD.......DEPT                                          ACCESSED

 SET.........................DEPT-TEACHER                   USERSETS,NOWALKNEXT

 SET.........................IX-TCHR-LNAME                  USERSETS,NOINDEX

 RECORD.......TEACHER                                       ACCESSED

Figure 4.7: Sample SCAN Output