Although the description against each qualifier listed the incompatibilities it shares with other qualifiers, all these are summarised in this section. In the description below, if X is compatible only with a set of Y action qualifiers, this means whenever X is specified in the command line, at least one of the Y action qualifiers must also be specified in the same command line or else it is an error.
file list must be asterisk (*) for -ROLLBACK
file list must not be asterisk (*) for -REDIRECT
-FORWARD is incompatible with -BACKWARD, -ROLLBACK, -SINCE, and -LOOKBACK_LIMIT
-BACKWARD is incompatible with -FORWARD, -AFTER, -CHECKTN, -NOCHAIN, and -REDIRECT
-ROLLBACK action qualifier is incompatible with -RECOVER action qualifier
-AFTER is incompatible with -RECOVER, and -ROLLBACK action qualifiers
-FETCHRESYNC or -RESYNC are compatible only with -ROLLBACK action qualifier
-LOSTTRANS is compatible only with -RECOVER, -ROLLBACK, or -EXTRACT action qualifiers
-BROKENTRANS is compatible only with -RECOVER, -ROLLBACK, or -EXTRACT action qualifiers
-REDIRECT is compatible only with -RECOVER action qualifier
-APPLY_AFTER_IMAGE is compatible only with -RECOVER, or -ROLLBACK action qualifiers
-DETAIL is compatible only with -EXTRACT action qualifier
-FULL is compatible only with -EXTRACT, -SHOW, or -VERIFY action qualifiers
Journal time qualifiers are incompatible with -ROLLBACK action qualifier
Journal selection qualifiers are incompatible with -RECOVER, -ROLLBACK, and -VERIFY action qualifiers