Understanding Conversion Log Deletion

Deleting the conversion log for a plan clears out the log and all associated log records in the F984052 table so that you can run another plan in the same environment or rerun the same plan without getting warning messages.

You must delete a conversion log for a plan if:

• You have multiple plans to convert in the same environment.

  After you run the Control Table Workbench program (P98413) for a plan and verify that it finished successfully, you must delete the conversion log before running the workbench for another plan.

• You decide to start over and run the Control Table Workbench again for the same plan.

  If you have an excessive number of programs that failed during the conversion and you decide to run the workbench again, you must delete the conversion log before running the workbench for the plan.

If you do not delete the conversion log and you run the Control Table Workbench again (whether over the same plan or another plan), the Conversion Verification form appears with this warning message for each conversion program in the plan.

Caution: The conversion/merge program for this table has already been processed or is already scheduled to run in this plan. Running it again could produce undesired results.

The system displays this warning message each time the Control Table Workbench or the Table Conversion Planner program (P9840) loads conversion records for a program.

Note: Delete the conversion log for a plan, if applicable, and complete all remaining tasks in this guide in the test environment first, and then correct any data issues in both the test and production environments. Later, when you are satisfied with the results of the conversion in the test environment, complete all of the tasks again in the production environment and go live.