Description This report is used to convert the RE cluster in DB PCL2 for the Spanish payroll version. We recommend that you generate a backup copy of file PCL2 before performing the conversion. The report includes a 'Test process' parameter: if you select it, no changes will be made to the data base. If you run the report with the default value set, changes will be made to the data base. WARNING: this parameter is not active in the XPRA version of the report. If any changes have been made when the payroll results were stored, you must perform a conversion. These storage changes ocurr when new payroll tables, new fields in existing tables, or changes to field formats are required. All storage changes imply a change of version number, which will be stored with each record. The payroll and evaluation reports will only work with records that have the current version number. Given that in many cases it is also necessary to use data from the past, these previous records must be adjusted to the format of the current version. You can do this using this report. This report is used partly to change previous data following an upgrade. Initialization ocurrs automatically because the report is marked as XPRA (EXECUTE PROGRAM AFTER) in the command file that performs the upgrade. Because there is also the option to omit puts (to omit releases, such as passing straight from 2.0 to 3.0, omitting release 2.1), the report is structured in such a way as to allow internal conversion from one version to the next, as many times as necessary until the current version is reached. In the case of an error, you can restart the report without anyproblems. Output This report generates statistics for the conversion. They should be interpreted as follows: A personnel number may have several payroll results (logical records).Each payroll result may require various physical records for storage. Conversion data is formatted in the statistics by a client. The number of records to be converted is the sum of the Converted Records and Records with Error on Conversion positions. The number of non-conversion records is not included in the number of records to be converted, because there are several criteria that can prevent a record from being extracted for conversion. The reasons can include the fact that a record already exists in the current version because it had a version number that was not supported, or that the record could not be imported, producing an inconsistency in the file. For each record that flows to the Failed Conversion or Records Not Converted positions, a specific message reporting the reason will be formatted. Adding the number of records to be converted and the records not converted accross all clients will give you the number of all logical records. The statistics are either formatted on the screen or, if the report is run in XPRA mode, it is displayed through the log interface, so that the conversion results can be checked in the transport log. Example
- Conversion results for the personnel management payroll Spain
- Statistics for the conversion of file PCL2
- Number of physical records..........400
- Number of logical records...........200
- Number of personnel numbers..........80
- Conversion of client 001
- Number of records to be converted...180
- Number of records converted.........170
- Number of failed conversions.........10
- Number of non-conversion records.....20
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