Description

While running the analysis on mainframe application, the analysis is failing with the error "invalid category "CAST_COBOL_Data" Used in type 'CAST_COBOL_Copybook' "

Please find the screen shot below:

Observed in CAST AIP
Release
Yes/No
8.3.x(tick)
8.2.x(tick)
8.1.x(tick)
8.0.x(tick)
7.3.x(tick)
Observed on RDBMS
RDBMS
Yes/No
Oracle Server(tick)
Microsoft SQL Server(tick)
CSS3(tick)
CSS2(tick)
Step by Step Scenario

Below is the step-by-step scenario leading to the problem:

  1. Package the source code and deliver
  2. Accept the delivery and set it as current version
  3. Run the analysis
Impact of the Problem on the analysis or the dashboard

The impact of the problem on the analysis or the dashboard is: The analysis will crash in between and we would not have the expected result on the dashboard.

Action Plan

To fix the problem, proceed as follows:

  1. Open the analysis log, refer the page CAST Management Studio - Information - How to find logs to find the log location.
  2. Go to the error message and see the line above for the copybook file, remove from deploy folder the copybook referred just before the error message in the analysis log.
  3. Run the anlaysis.
Impact of the solution
Impact of the solution on the analysis or the dashboard is: On removing the copybook file the object of that file will go missing and will have minimal impact as it is just a single file.
Notes/comments
 Ticket # 6234
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