Is it possible to produce a RC/Compare analysis report similar to the report produced by the online COMPare command

Products

• RC Compare for DB2 for z/OS
• RC/Migrator for DB2 for z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Use the online COMPare command in RC/Compare for Db2 for z/OS (RCC) Explode Services, to compare object pairs in a strategy.
This command produces the 'RC/M Compare Report Output' display, reporting only on the changes to the objects.
Can a similar report be produced as an RC/Compare for Db2 for z/OS (RCC) Analysis report?

Resolution

To produce this report in an Analysis Report, you will need to set the following Analysis options:

For ICL (Incremental Change Language) Analysis:

On the 'RC/M Compare Strategy ICL Analysis' panel, set the Output Specifications field, 'RPT in DDLFILE' to 'N'.

 OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS  ANALYSIS HEADER ===> Y IMPACT ANALYSIS ===> Y RPT IN DDLFILE  ===> N

For Compare Analysis:

On the 'RC/M Compare Strategy Analysis' panel, set the Option Specifications field, 'UPDATE OPTIONS' to 'Y'.

Then on the 'RC/M Strategy Analysis Options' panel, set the 'OUTPUT LISTING OPTIONS' field, 'RPT IN DDLFILE' to 'N'.

 OUTPUT LISTING OPTIONS ANALYSIS HEADER ==> Y IMPACT ANALYSIS ==> Y RPT IN DDLFILE  ==> N

Setting the Report in DDLfile option to N, will result in the Change Analysis Report being produced in the REPFILE rather than the DDLFILE.

If you check your JCL before you submit it, you can see the DD definition for the REPFILE. You can direct this to SYSOUT or to a dataset. For a dataset the RECFM should be FB and the LRECL 80.

The Change Analysis Report that is then produced in the REPFILE, will only report on the changes to the objects. This report is similar to the 'RC/M Compare Report Output'
which is produced by the online COMPare command.