Change Report (ESSMLOD)

The optional Change Report provides the same information as the Long Report, but only inserted and deleted text lines are displayed.

OLD NUMBER—When a release maintenance topic is compared to an existing topic, topic text (RECORD) matches may or may not occur at the same line sequence number for the topic. This field indicates the line number position of the existing topic text. Or, in the comparison process, existing topic text (RECORD) was located at the line sequence number indicated in this field.
NEW NUMBER—Release maintenance topic text (RECORD) is located at the line number indicated in this field. Or, topic text (RECORD) is located at the line number indicated in this field in the release maintenance topic.
CHG—This field indicates the type of change that occurred, resulting in the variance between the enhancement and its corresponding structure on your database. Change types include:
- IInsert types indicate that a new RECORD is contained in the enhancement that does not reside in the primary side of the database.
- DDelete types indicate that a RECORD that exists in the primary side of your database is not contained in the enhancement.
RECORD—The topic text (RECORD) that is contained in the enhancement, or its corresponding structure on your database, or both.