The disposition of an object refers to the action of the change request on the object in the target system (that is, whether the object is designated for creation, replacement, or deletion). The following table lists valid dispositions of an object:
The source system MetaStor keeps this information. An error in the validation phase of a promotion can mean that this information in the source system is inconsistent with the actual state of the object in the target system. Messages indicating a disposition inconsistency include the following:
An alternate method of realigning a disposition mismatch is to regenerate the appropriate system tables. This ensures that the information retained by the source system about the target system is correct. The procedure is described in
Appendix B, Consistency of Disposition Across Systems.
In addition to applying a refresh disposition interactively, you can apply it from within TIBCO Object Service Broker rules. To initiate a refresh disposition from within a rule, invoke the REFRESH_DISPOSN rule as follows: