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Hard Code Literals
Basic Concepts » Hard Code Literals
A Hard Coded Literal (HCL) is where developers have embedded a specific value, such as Customizing Data, directly into the source code of a program or other executable object. As a part of a consolidation if the Customizing Data changes then the hard coded literals…
Hard Code Literals
Usage » Hard Code Literals
*Note this stage should not start until the Customizing Data has completed the Decision Phase The hard code literal stage is dealt with through three phases which are completed in the order below: Analysis Phase Decision Phase Execution Phase *Note that the…
Decision
Basic Concepts » Decision
The decision phase shows all of the conflicts for the Stage you are looking at, at this point in the process the user has to make choices of how to deal with conflicts. A number of options are offered to the user to help make their choices, including usage data for…
Stage
Basic Concepts » Stage
Consolidator works through the technical consolidation of a system by breaking this down into three stages as follows: Customizing Data Custom Objects Hard Code Literals Stages Customizing Data and Custom Objects have four phases as all Custom Objects get transferred…
Customizing Data
Basic Concepts » Customizing Data
Customizing Data holds the information on how the system has been configured to operate for different business processes. When merging systems there will be conflicts in this configuration, Consolidator identifies the tables and lines in conflict and works out which…
Analysis
Basic Concepts » Analysis
The Analysis phase is where all of the Custom Objects, Hard Code Literals or Customizing Data are assessed by Consolidator for conflicts. Programs are executed to collect the data from the source and target systems and to run the comparison that picks up the conflicts…
Transfer
Basic Concepts » Transfer
The transfer phase is where all of the proposed changes are moved from the source system to the destination system *Note that this phase is not relevant for the stage ‘Hard Code Literals’ as all of the changes to correct the hard coded literals are held…
Results
Usage » Hard Code Literals » Analysis Phase » Results
The Analysis phase of the Hard Code Literals stage will provide the number of custom objects with Hard Coded Literals from each system and those which conflict. Once the Analysis programs have run from the Operation section it is time to view the results, go to the…
Basic Concepts
Basic Concepts
A list of the basic concepts in Consolidator and what these mean: Stage Customizing Data Custom Objects Hard Code Literals Phases Analysis Decision Execution Transfer
Results
Usage » Hard Code Literals » Execution Phase » Results
The Execution phase of the Hard Code Literals stage is where the actual changes are made to the code. Once the Decision programs have run from the Operation section it is time to view the results, go to the ‘Results’ drawer and select the ‘Hard Code Literal’…
Operation
Usage » Hard Code Literals » Decision Phase » Operation
The first task is to open the analysis phase go to the ‘Configuration’ drawer and open the ‘Plans’ and then open the workflow tab. In the workflow tab select the stage ‘Hard Code Literals’ phase ‘Decision’ and press…
Operation
Usage » Hard Code Literals » Execution Phase » Operation
The first task is to open the analysis phase go to the ‘Configuration’ drawer and open the ‘Plans’ and then open the workflow tab. In the workflow tab select the stage ‘Hard Code Literals’ phase ‘Execution’ and press…
Results
Usage » Hard Code Literals » Decision Phase » Results
The Decision phase of the Hard Code Literals stage will provide the number of custom objects with Hard Coded Literals from each system after running the programs everything should be in a complete or no conflict status. Once the Decision programs have run from the…
Usage
Usage
To start the operation of the tool the Setup should have been completed and a plan selected and with the green tick button pressed the plan shows as active as below. To achieve the technical merge then the following stages have to be completed. Customizing…
Phases
Basic Concepts » Phases
The following four phases are followed for Customizing Data and Custom Objects, although note the Hard Code Literals stage does not go through the Transfer phase. Analysis Decision Execution Transfer *To keep the phases in order once you close a phase it cannot be…
Operation
Usage » Hard Code Literals » Analysis Phase » Operation
The first task is to open the analysis phase go to the ‘Configuration’ drawer and open the ‘Plans’ and then open the workflow tab. *Note this stage should not start until the Customizing Data has completed the Decision Phase In the workflow…
Reporting
Reporting
Reporting is held in the ‘Overview’ drawer as below, this involves a number of reports for each phase with high level overview reports for each stage and all stages. The same specific reports can also be viewed via the ‘Results’ tabs for each phase…
Results
Usage » Customizing Data » Decision Phase » Results
The Decision phase of the Customizing Data stage will provide the number of configuration tables from each system, the number of rows of data involved and involves choices from the user to categorise the tables and confirm translations are correct. Once the Analysis…
Results
Usage » Custom Objects » Analysis Phase » Results
The Analysis phase of the Custom Objects stage this will provide the number of objects from each system and the number of conflicts that have been found. Once the Analysis programs have run it is time to view the results, go to the ‘Results’ drawer and…
Results
Usage » Custom Objects » Decision Phase » Results
The Decision phase of the Custom Objects stage is where the key choices are made on how to resolve each conflict, usage data can be used to assist in this decision. Once the Decision programs have run it is time to view the results, go to the ‘Results’…
Results
Usage » Customizing Data » Analysis Phase » Results
The Analysis phase of the Customizing Data stage will provide the number of configuration tables from each system, the number of rows of data involved and the number of conflicts that have been found. Once the Analysis programs have run from the Operation section it…