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The COPY Option

During Commit processing, the version of all existing definitions contained within the specified Development version are changed. In order to modify any definitions contained within the committed version, add new record definitions, delete any record definitions, it is necessary to copy the committed record definitions to one of the Development versions.

Copying of definitions is accomplished by executing the COPY option of the Archive/Restore program.

            COPY CB  fromver tover  { REFRESH }

where:

fromver

The CA PMA Chargeback eight-character version to be copied from. The first four characters refer to the DataManager version and must be PROD or TEST and up to four characters that complete the CA PMA Chargeback version identifier.

tover

The four-character field which must be PROD or TEST (identifies the DataManager version).

REFRESH

Deletes all Development definitions currently contained in the tover prior to copying the requested committed version's definitions to the specified Development version.