Understanding Matching Criteria

The Multiple Release Exact Match program (P7903) requires specific matching criteria to update status, audit trail, and target translations. This table documents those criteria and what the program does when it finds or does not find the specified criteria. The table also lists which source and target translation items it uses when matching them for updates and for creating audit trails.

Criteria	Program Response
Reports and Forms (Data Dictionary Verification and Status Update)	Data Dictionary Verification The program verifies the source data dictionary items against the Data Field Display Text table (F9202) translations to ensure that a data item name exists but no text overrides exist. Data Dictionary Status Update If the program finds a data item name and no text override, it updates the data dictionary status to 15 (DD Default) when you run the Multiple Release Exact Match program in final mode.
Source	If the program detects blank source items, the status of the item is updated to Skip (30) when you run the Multiple Release Exact Match program in final mode.
Primary Source Text	The program always matches the primary source text against the text in the secondary search environment.
Primary Source and Status	The primary source text and status must exist, and the program always verifies against the primary target.
Secondary Source	The secondary source, status, and target must exist for an exact match.
Status Verification	The Multiple Release Exact Match program verifies whether the: Primary pate translated is a null (does not exist) date. Secondary date translated is greater than or equal to the primary date translated. Primary target is null (does not exist) or blank. Secondary complete status is equal to the secondary search complete status.
Audit Trail	In the Primary Update Code Page Environment, the Audit Trail information updates the: Last translator to XTRANS (use XTRANS with Search/Replace & Review Approved). Date translated to secondary last date translated. User, PID, job, date, and time to the current audit information. Primary Selection Status (20) to Primary Update Status (36)