A fix is available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
For Situation A where Situation A defines it be closed when Situation B is TRUE, per UNTIL clause, the following scenario can occur. At interval N : 1) Sit A evaluates as TRUE and thus moves to 'open' state 2) Next, Sit B evaluates as TRUE, thus it moves to 'open' state; Sit A now moves to 'closed' state, as directed per UNTIL Sit B is TRUE 3) At some point, Sit B becomes FALSE, thus Sit B moves to 'closed' state 4) from this time forward, for intervals N+1, N+2, ... Sit A will never move from 'closed' state to 'open' state even though it evaluates to TRUE. This incorrect behavior by TEMS Situation Monitor was introduced in ITM 6.23 FixPack 4 and ITM 6.30 FixPack 2.
Local fix
There is no graceful work-around; only remediation is to uninstall the offending FixPack.
Problem summary
Situation with UNTIL clause will not open. For Situation A, where Situation A is defined to close when Situation B is TRUE per the UNTIL clause, the following scenario can occur: 1) Situation A evaluates as TRUE and thus moves to open state. 2) Situation B evaluates as TRUE and thus moves to open state. Situation A now moves to closed state, per the UNTIL clause. 3) Later, Situation B becomes FALSE and thus Situation B moves to closed state. 4) From this point on, Situation A will never move from closed state to open state even though it evaluates to TRUE.
Problem conclusion
Changes were made to the logic to eliminate this incorrect behavior. NOTE: This does not affect situations that use UNTIL form, only UNTIL. The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance package: | fix pack | 6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0005
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IV52123
Reported component name
TEMS
Reported component ID
5724C04MS
Reported release
623
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2013-11-15
Closed date
2014-02-25
Last modified date
2014-05-06
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
TEMS
Fixed component ID
5724C04MS
Applicable component levels
R623 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
06 May 2014