Similar and Duplicate Definitions

You can have more than one automation definition at your site that performs a given task. You can also have multiple definitions for similar tasks. Duplicate or similar definitions may have been defined for different systems, or they may be copies of a rule that are no longer in use. Sometimes, nearly identical rules perform the same function on different messages.

You should consolidate automatic conversion of similar automation definitions. During the manual adjustment phase of the conversion process you can delete unneeded duplicate Control-O rules that were created during the automatic phase of the conversion. Combining the conversion of similar automation definitions can result in more efficient Control-O implementation.

Report RPTRULES can be sorted according to various fields. The sorted report can be used to identify automation definitions that perform the same (or similar) tasks. The following attributes can be used to identify duplicate or similar input members:

• Similar member names in different libraries.
• Identical member size (total number of lines or number of member lines excluding comments).
• Similar selection criteria (for example, rules that are triggered by the same message ID, or at the same time of day).