Standard Procedures for Running the Delta Process

You should complete these procedures when you run the delta process:

1. Send an announcement message that includes the scheduled start date and time and the estimated end date and time.

2. Verify the OCM mapping of the source environment and target environment.

   Incorrect mappings cause database corruption.

3. Verify that the delta administrator is signed into the target environment.

   Translators use this same environment.

4. Use the Universal Table Browser to verify each data source and table.

   Data source connection problems might corrupt the database.

5. Begin the delta process at the scheduled time.

   A delta process might take as long as ten hours when the compare environment has multiple languages.

6. Make a backup copy of the compare environment.

   The delta process does not affect any code page data. The delta process compares only source and destination tables, making appropriate source record changes and updating status records in the compare environment.