Rule Description

Each Control-O rule contains a DESCRIPTION field of one or more lines. The DESCRIPTION field of rules created by utility CTOFANCI contains the following elements:

• Indicator of the degree to which the rule was converted. The following symbols may be displayed:

  Table 1 Symbols for Indicating Degree for Rule Conversion

  Symbol	Description
  <<<<	This output rule is a complete translation of an input member. The rule must be reviewed to ensure that the result of the automatic rule creation accomplishes the desired action.
  <<<-	A substantial amount of translation was performed. However, certain lines of the input script contained elements that were not converted by utility CTOFANCI. These elements must be converted manually.
  <<--	Less than half the input member was translated by utility CTOFANCI.
  <---	Very basic transformation was performed (for example, only ON statements were automatically generated).

After you manually adjust a rule, you can replace the indicator described above with an indicator that reflects the rule’s new status. The updated indicators can help track the progress of your conversion effort.

• Identification of the input rule from which the output rule was created. The following information is supplied.
  • Name of the input dataset.
  • Name of the input member.
  • If more than one rule was generated from an input member, a sequence number is specified for the rule.
• Intended output name (if a duplicate name was generated). For more information about duplicate names, see Output Member Names.
• Date and time the Control-O rule was created.
• Line with blank fields to be filled in by the reviewer (for example, to indicate the date and time the rule was reviewed).