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Transaction Configuration Center - Enhancement - Automated Enhancement Technical Points variation - ADDED AETP with unchanged source code

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page troubleshoot the case when there is Added AETP without change in the source code:

Observed in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅

Observed in RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS3	✅
CSS2	✅

Action Plan

Perform the below actions

Get the list of objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot by referring to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the list of objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for a snapshot
1. If the query returns rows
  1. Check if the objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the current run but not previous run, for that refer to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the delta of objects between two snapshots, here we may encounter 3 cases:
    1. All the objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the current run but not previous run, in this case we are facing an issue of missing objects from the previous run, to investigate the issue refer to CAST Engineering Dashboard - Object - Missing objects
    2. None of the objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the current run but not previous run, in this case, the objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point are part of the two snapshots but they are linked to only transactions of the previous snapshot. We need to get the list of objects that are part of two snapshots but they are linked to only transactions of the previous snapshot by following this page SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the list of objects that are part of two snapshots but they are linked only to transactions of the previous snapshot. Note that the natural and complementary impact of this set of objects is that you will get Modified and/or Deleted Transactions in the current snapshot on which the object involved in the Transaction has the object status itself UNCHANGED but the status in the TF is DELETED. First, Go to the Enhancement node under TCC and observe that the objects listed by the above query has the object status itself UNCHANGED but the status in the TF is DELETD, then investigate the root case as follow:
      1. Check if the object have the Role “FULL_GRAPH_OBJECT”:
        
        If the object have the Role “FULL_GRAPH_OBJECT”, then check if there is a change in the measurement mode between the snapshots from where you are observing the status variation:
        
        If the mode have changed from EFP mode to AEP mode or vice versa, then this is expected. In fact AEP-EFP snapshots are not comparable with each other. when you plan to change the measurement mode, it is necessary to recreate a new baseline snapshot. So, after you change the measure you must generate a new snapshot for the same Application version but it must not be considered as consistent for the new measure. The next snapshot you generate for the Application will be consistent and can be used as the first snapshot using the new enhancement measure. For more detailed explanation refer to Transitioning from EFP to AEP.
      2. If the object do not have the Role “FULL_GRAPH_OBJECT”:
        here we are probably facing an issue of “nude” object (From current run or previous run). In what follows, we will define the “nude” object, explain the reason to get a “nude object”, then we will provide the methodology of identifying the “nude” object.
      3. Definition of “nude” object:
        In order to easily explain this, we take the following sample:
        Let us consider that the transaction was having the following Call graph in the previous run:
        
        The object “L22” will be “nude” object if the Entry point “L0” cannot reach the End point “L4” by way of the branch “L0”→ “L12”→ “L22” → “L32” → ““L4
      4. How can this be possible?
        The path from “L0” to “L4” will be truncated by way of the branch “L0”→ “L12”→ “L22” → “L32” → ““L4, in one of the following cases:
        
        Object “L12” or “L32” are deleted between the 2 runs
        
        Link “L0”→ “L12” or “L12”→ “L22” or “L22”→ “L32”, or “L32”→ “L4” are deleted between the 2 runs
        
        How to identify the nude object?
        
        Open TCC with current run and previous run
        
        View the full call graph of the Transaction from the current and previous run
        
        Identify The Missing path by comparing the two full call graphs
        
        If we take as an example the illustration above the call graphs will be as follows
        
        Open Enlighten with the knowledge base from where the path is missing from the call graph
        
        Try to trace the missing path:
        
        Place the object corresponding to the entry point in the Graphical View
        
        Add Linked Objects of the object corresponding to the entry point as seen in the full call graph of TCC
        
        Place the objects corresponding to the linked objects in the Graphical View
        
        Add Linked Objects of the linked objects as seen in the full call graph of TCC
        
        Do point c and d until:
        
        You are not able to trace the Transaction because of missing link then refer to CMS Snapshot Analysis - Run Analyzer - Missing or Wrong links between two objects
        
        Or if you are not able to trace the Transaction because of missing objects then refer to CMS Snapshot Analysis - Run Analyzer - Missing objects
        
        Or if you are able to trace the missing path then refer to Transaction Configuration Center - AFP Calibration - Transactional Functions - Missing Links
    3. Part of the objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the current run but not previous run, and the other part of the objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the current run but not previous run, for each part proceed as above
2. Else if the query does not returns rows then contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input
If the above steps do not solve your issue contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input

Notes/comments

Transaction Configuration Center - Enhancement - Automated Enhancement Technical Points variation - DELETED AETP with unchanged source code

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page troubleshoot the case when there is Deleted AETP without change in the source code:

Observed in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅

Observed in RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS3	✅
CSS2	✅

Step by Step scenario

Compute snapshot.
Connect to TCC.
Go to the Enhancement node.

Action Plan

Perform the below actions

Get the list of objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot by referring to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the list of objects contributing to the ADDED automated enhancement technical point for a snapshot
1. If the query returns rows
  1. Check if the objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the previous run but not current run, for this refer to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the delta of objects between two snapshots, here we can encounter 3 cases:
    1. All the objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the previous run but not current run, in this case we are facing an issue of missing objects from the current run, to investigate the issue refer to CAST Engineering Dashboard - Object - Missing objects
    2. None of the objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the previous snapshot but not the current snapshot, in this case, the objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point are part of the two snapshots but they are linked to only transactions of the previous snapshot. We need to get the list of objects that are part of two snapshots but they are linked to only transactions of the current snapshot by following this page SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the list of objects that are part of two snapshots when the objects are linked only to transactions of the current snapshot. Note that the natural and complementary impact of this set of objects is that you will get Modified and/or Added Transactions in the previous snapshot on which the object involved in the Transaction has the object status itself UNCHANGED but the status in the TF is ADDED.
      First, Go to the Enhancement node under TCC and observe that the objects listed by the above query has the object status itself UNCHANGED but the status in the TF is ADDED, then investigate the root case as follows:
      1. Check if the object have the Role “FULL_GRAPH_OBJECT”:
        
        If the object have the Role “FULL_GRAPH_OBJECT”, then check if there is a change in the measurement mode between the snapshots from where you are observing the status variation:
        
        If the mode have changed from EFP mode to AEP mode or vice versa, then this is expected. In fact AEP-EFP snapshots are not comparable with each other. when you plan to change the measurement mode, it is necessary to recreate a new baseline snapshot. So, after you change the measure you must generate a new snapshot for the same Application version but it must not be considered as consistent for the new measure. The next snapshot you generate for the Application will be consistent and can be used as the first snapshot using the new enhancement measure. For more detailed explanation refer to Transitioning from EFP to AEP.
      2. If the object do not have the Role “FULL_GRAPH_OBJECT”:
        here we are probably facing an issue of “nude” object (From current run or previous run). In what follows, we will define the “nude” object, explain the reason to get a “nude object”, then we will provide the methodology of identifying the “nude” object.
      3. Definition of “nude” object:
        In order to easily explain this, we take the following sample:
        Let us consider that the transaction was having the following Call graph in the previous run:
        
        The object “L22” will be “nude” object if the Entry point “L0” cannot reach the End point “L4” by way of the branch “L0”→ “L12”→ “L22” → “L32” → ““L4
      4. How can this be possible?
        The path from “L0” to “L4” will be truncated by way of the branch “L0”→ “L12”→ “L22” → “L32” → ““L4, in one of the following cases:
        
        Object “L12” or “L32” are deleted between the 2 runs
        
        Link “L0”→ “L12” or “L12”→ “L22” or “L22”→ “L32”, or “L32”→ “L4” are deleted between the 2 runs
        
        How to identify the nude object?
        
        Open TCC with current run and previous run
        
        View the full call graph of the Transaction from the current and previous run
        
        Identify The Missing path by comparing the 2 full call graphs
        
        If we take as example the illustration above the call graphs will be as follows:
        
        Open Enlighten with the knowledge base from where the path is missing from the call graph
        
        Try to trace the missing path:
        
        Place the object corresponding to the entry point in the Graphical View
        
        Add Linked Objects of the object corresponding to the entry point as seen in the full call graph of TCC
        
        Place the objects corresponding to the linked objects in the Graphical View
        
        Add Linked Objects of the linked objects as seen in the full call graph of TCC
        
        Do point c and d until :
        
        You are not able to trace the Transaction because of missing link then refer to CMS Snapshot Analysis - Run Analyzer - Missing or Wrong links between two objects
        
        Or you are not able to trace the Transaction because of missing objects then refer to CMS Snapshot Analysis - Run Analyzer - Missing objects
        
        Or you are able to trace the missing path then refer to Transaction Configuration Center - AFP Calibration - Transactional Functions - Missing Links
    3. Part of the objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the previous run but not current run, and the other part of the objects contributing to the DELETED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are part of the previous run but not current run, for each part proceed as described above
2. else if the query does not returns rows then contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input
If the above steps do not solve your issue contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input

Notes/comments

Transaction Configuration Center - Enhancement - Automated Enhancement Technical Points variation - MODIFIED AETP with unchanged source code

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page troubleshoot the case when there is Modified AETP without change in the source code:

Observed in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅

Observed in RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS3	✅
CSS2	✅

Step by Step scenario

Compute snapshot
Connect to TCC
Go to the Enhancement node

Action Plan

Perform the below actions

Get the list of objects contributing to the MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point for a snapshot by referring to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the list of objects contributing to the MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point for a snapshot
1. If the query returns rows
  1. Check if the objects contributing to the MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are modified between the two snapshots , for this refer to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on Objects - How to get the list of modified objects between two snapshots, here we can encounter 3 cases:
    1. All the objects contributing to the MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are modified between the two snapshots, in this case we need to check if this modification is a legitimate modification, for this we need to compare the source code of the objects between the two run.
      1. If the source code of the object is changed between the two runs then its expected that the objects are modified between the two snapshots hence its expected to get MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point.
      2. Else If the source code of the object has not changed between the two runs then compare the checksum of the objects between the two knowledge schema corresponding to the two snapshots from where the automated enhancement technical point is modified, to get the checksum of an object from the knowledge schema refer to SQL Queries - CAST Central Base - Queries on objects - How to get the Checksum value of an object:
        
        If the checksum is changed between the two knowledge schema then the checksum was wrongly calculated during the analysis step, to investigate the issue refer to CMS Snapshot Analysis - Run Analyzer
        
        If the checksum has not changed between the two knowledge schema then the checksum was wrongly transferred from the knowledge schema to the central schema, to investigate the issue refer to CMS Snapshot Analysis - Compute Snapshot
    2. All the objects contributing to the MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are unchanged between the two snapshots, in this case the issue is located in the metric calculation of modified objects, contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input
    3. Part of the objects contributing to the MODIFIED automated enhancement technical point for the current snapshot are modified between the two snapshots and the other part are not modified between the two snapshots, for each part proceed as above.
2. else if the query does not returns rows then contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input
If the above steps do not solve your issue contact CAST Technical Support. with the following Relevant input

Transaction Configuration Center - Enhancement - Automated Enhancement Technical Points variation - No DELETED AETP with removed source code

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Purpose (problem description)

This page handle the case when there is a list of removed files that have been discovered and extracted by the CAST Delivery Manager Tool DMT - Package Content tab - Files found

but no AETP value has not variate

Observed in CAST Version

Release	Yes/No
8.3.x	✅
8.2.x	✅
8.1.x	❌
8.0.x	❌

Observed in RDBMS

RDBMS	Yes/No
Oracle Server	✅
Microsoft SQL Server	✅
CSS3	✅
CSS2	✅

Step by Step scenario

Run analysis
Take snapshot
Open TCC
Go to Enhancement node

Action Plan