Analyzing Changes (Option 7)

At any time during the reconciliation, you can select 7 (ANALYSIS) from the Member Reconciliation menu to track the progress of the reconciliation (as measured in decreasing the Degree of Complexity, respectively the number of conflicts). The Analysis panel, shown below, appears.

----------------------------------- ANALYSIS --------------- ROW 1 TO 21 OF 25
COMMAND ===>                                                   SCROLL === CSR
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DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY:  4 MEDIUM
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        RECORDS |   CONFLICTS   |SINGLE CHANGES |DELETED BY YOU |REMAINING CODE
----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
NICKNAMES       |PREV CURR DIFF |PREV CURR DIFF |PREV CURR DIFF |PREV CURR DIFF
----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
BASE         60 |   1    0 -99% |   4    2 -50% |   0    3 +99% | 60    57 - 5%
----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
DRV1         63 |   5    0 -99% |   1    1   0% |   0    5 +99% |  6     1 -83%
----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
DRV2         66 |   7    0 -99% |   1    8 +99% |   0    0   0% |  8     8   0%
----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
RECONCIL        |   0    0   0% |   0    0   0% |   0    0   0% |  0     0   0%
----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------
         TOTAL: |  13    0 -99% |   6   11 +83% |   0    8 +99% |
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                 Reconciliation Scope:
NICKNAME  MEMBER   LAST MODIFIED USER ID      DATA SET    NAME
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Note

The "0" entry for TOTAL CURR CONFLICTS indicates that the reconciliation was successful.

The terms used on the Analysis panel are explained in the following table.

Field	Description
DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY	Measuring the amount of effort required for the reconciliation, on a scale from 1 (low) to 10 (high). If all versions are equal, the complexity is zero (none).
NICKNAMES	Displays either the user-supplied or default names for the base and derivatives.
RECORDS	Displays the number of records in the base and corresponding derivative.
CONFLICTS	Displays the number of records in conflict; that is, the number of base records changed in more than one other derivative.
SINGLE CHANGES	Displays the number of base records changed in only one derivative.
DELETED BY YOU	Displays the number of records deleted during the reconciliation. (This is not the number of base records deleted in the derivative.)
REMAINING CODE	Generally, displays the number of records that have "survived" thus far and are targeted for the consolidated version. For base and derivatives, displays the number of changes not deleted thus far, excluding the overridden base records. For the nickname RECONCIL (and with a plus (+) sign as an ID), displays the number of inserted records.
TOTAL	Displays the total Conflicts, Single Changes, and Deleted records.
Subcolumns	PREVious - Displays the number of records that are in conflict, single changes, deleted, and/or remaining during the previous execution of option 7 (ANALYSIS).
	CURRent - Displays the number of records that are currently in conflict, simple changes, deleted, and/or remaining. Through deletions/insertions during the reconciliation, these numbers vary.
	DIFFerence - Displays the current versus previous, illustrating the progress of the reconciliation. The difference sign (+) or (-) indicates the direction of the reconciliation: the plus (+) sign means that the current number of conflicts is greater than the previous one, whereas the minus (-) sign means otherwise. The number of conflicts should decrease with reconciliation, causing a negative (-nn%) difference. However, when the number of conflicts decreases, the number of deleted records in some of the derivatives increases at the expense of those solved conflicts, resulting in a positive (+nn%) difference.