The generation manager lists all the instances that must
be generated again in the location. A pdp file
must exist for all of them. The generation manager indicates all the
files whose code is desynchronized with the design of the instance
itself or of an instance that is involved in its generation. You must
use it to request a multiple or global regeneration of the desynchronized
files in the local workspace.
To display this view, select .
To start computing the files
to regenerate, click

in the view toolbar.
Note: To
reduce the computation time, you must open the location in the Design
Explorer view. Moreover, if the workspace was created
by a migration, the files must be indexed with the Rebuild
local workspace choice of the contextual menu in the Design
Explorer view.
This view contains the following
columns:
- Design displays all the instances to be
generated again in the opened location. These are the instances of
the generatable entities such as Programs, Screens, Copybooks, or
Error Messages.
- Generation product displays the generated
files of the instances that are displayed in the Design column.
Several files can be generated for one instance. For example, the
COBOL file and the map file are generated for a Screen.
- Pattern displays the pattern that was used
for each generation, such as batch, dialog, copybook,
or errorlabel.
- Modified design displays the instances
whose design was modified. These instances are the generatable instances
themselves, or instances that are called in generatable instances.
For example, if the format of a Data Element that is called in Programs
was modified, all the Programs that call the Data Element are indicated.
The generation manager creates as many lines as Programs that call
this Data Element.
If several modifications were brought to the
same design, only one line is displayed for the first modification.
The number of additional modifications is displayed between parentheses.
- Generation date displays the date of the
last generation for each instance. Blank lines correspond to instances
that have never been explicitly generated. These instances have been
automatically generated by the migration help but never validated.
- To regenerate indicates whether the instance
that is displayed in the Design column must
be generated again.
Important: If a design that is used
in the generation of an instance was modified, all the instances that
use the modified design are displayed in the To regenerate column.
For example, if a keyword was added to a Library, all the instances
that use the generation parameters of this Library are to be generated
again.
- Error in design indicates whether the instance
that is displayed in the Design column contains
an error. If so, it cannot be generated again.
You can select multiple lines. You can also
select all the lines with Ctrl + A. The number of the selected lines
is indicated.
With the contextual menu, you can open the design
or the COBOL editor of the instance, or generate the instance again.
If you select more than one line, you can then start a multiple regeneration.
You can sort the columns in the ascending or descending
order of their line values by clicking the arrow in the header of
each column. You can also click the upside-down triangle (View
menu) in the view toolbar and select Sort by.
You can specify a sort order for each column. For example, the first
column can be sorted in an ascending order while the second column
is sorted in a descending order. When the same value is displayed
on several lines, the column is sorted on the previous columns.
You
can display the short labels in the Design, Generation
product, Pattern, and Modified
design columns. To do so, click the upside-down triangle
(View menu) in the view toolbar, select Display
the short labels, and select the appropriate columns.
You can then remove the display of the location and the project hierarchy
in the first three columns. In the Pattern column,
you can display the pattern name only.