ChartField Manual Configuration Program

Manual Configuration uses an Application Engine program (FS_CFMANUAL) to create a report listing all the manual steps that you need to perform to complete the configuration process for both Standard and Advanced Configurations. The Manual Configuration program is always run prior to the Auto Configuration program.

The program enables you to run the configuration for all installed products or for a newly installed product, or you can run it for a specific project containing objects intended to be applied as a software fix.

Initiate the program through the Standard or Advanced Configuration pages by selecting the Preview Configuration Steps process if you want to initially just preview the manual steps needed. You can also choose the Run Full Configuration process if you want to proceed with database updates by calling the ChartField Auto Configuration program.

The program removes any actions that are not necessary because the ChartField might already be in the state specified by that action. This cuts down processing time and reduces the number of manual tasks reported on the Configuration report. Product Logs are then created for each combination of a noncompleted action and an installed product.

The program then looks at each of the Manual Configuration tasks and the Product Log and checks to determine whether the action or actions selected apply for that task. If they do, the task is listed including all the objects affected that need to be acted upon. The objects are grouped by product if it is product-specific with common objects to multiple products listed first. To determine the product that the object is used for, the program looks at the CF_xxx (where xxx is the product code) project for a list of exception objects as well as the FS_CF_ADD, FS_CF_DELETE and FS_CF_REORDER projects. These projects include objects that are not currently dynamic or sensitive to record changes. It also looks at the ChartField Related Program page for PS/nVision reports COBOL and SQR programs in the ChartField Related program are currently empty. It also looks at the Mass Change programs page.

The program also looks at the ChartField Definition page for non product-specific tasks such as ChartField validation records, definition pages, and reports and Query for the single ChartField.

The program changes the status of the ChartField actions and Product Log from N to P at completion.