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Using the Extract File

The AUDIT function of CA IDMS/DB Audit generates an extract file. This extract file is used during the FIX and the REPORTS phases. You can run FIX and REPORTS either in the same execution as AUDIT, or in a later execution.

The recommended procedure is to run CA IDMS/DB Audit twice: first in Mode 2 using simulated FIX, and then in Mode 3 using update FIX. This procedure allows you to review the results of the audit with proposed corrections before updating the database. It is important not to change the database between the audit and fix jobs and to retain the extract file.

In a z/OS environment, you can catalog the extract file at the end of the audit and simulated fix job. In all environments, do not delete the extract file or write over it before running the fix phase.