Authorized Program Analysis Report
An APAR (Authorized Program Analysis Report)[1] (pronounced A-PAR, rhymes with far) is an IBM designation of a document intended to identify situations that could result in potential problems. It also serves as a request for the correction of a defect in current releases of IBM-supplied programs.
The Process
"Occasionally"[2] IBM software has a bug.
Once it has been ascertained that the situation has not been caused by problems in third-party hardware or software or the user's configuration errors, IBM support staff, if they suspect that a defect in a current release of an IBM program is the cause, will file a formal report confirming the existence of an issue. In addition to confirming the existence of an issue, APARs include information on known workarounds, information on whether a formal fix is scheduled to be included in future releases, and whether or not a Program Temporary Fix (PTF) is planned.[2]
Solution levels
There are at least 2 levels of fix:[3]
- The APAR may result in "an APAR fix."
- a permanent correction called a PTF.
The focus of the "APAR fix" is "to rectify the problem as soon as possible"[4] whereas the PTF "is a tested APAR... The PTF 'closes' the APAR." Prior to that, an APAR is "a problem with an IBM program that is formally tracked until a solution is provided.”[5]
See also
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References
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