Printing Mission Definition

The following table describes the parameters (specified in the Online facility) that affect printing mission workflow:

Table 136 Parameters Affecting Printing Mission Workflow

Parameter	Description
BATCH	Specifies whether a printing mission is submitted as a batch job or as a subtask of a Printers Control monitor. Optional. Y (Yes) - Submit the current printing mission as a batch job instead of executing it as a subtask of the Printers Control monitor. N (No) - Execute the printing mission as a subtask of the Printers Control monitor. Default.
SKELETON	Name of an existing member in the Control‑D SKL library. This member contains the job skeleton or started task skeleton for the batch job. Mandatory if BATCH is set to Y (Yes).
FREE	SYSOUT allocation mode. Determines whether chunking is implemented and when SYSOUT files are freed. Optional. Valid values: CLOSE - Regular chunking mechanism is used. SYSOUT files are freed as soon as they are printed. Default. END - SYSOUT files are allocated as usual but are not freed until the end of the batch job. This value is available only if BATCH=Y is specified.
TIMEOUT	mm - Number of minutes within which the printing mission must start. If the mission does not start during the specified time interval, it terminates NOTOK. Default: 5 minutes.

For more information about these parameters, see the Control-D and Control-V User Guide.

The defined printing missions are stored in the Print Mission library.

The following figure illustrates the steps of Printing Mission workflow from initial scheduling of the printing mission through the printing of reports:

Figure 50 Printing Mission Workflow

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A printing mission is executed as follows:

The Control‑D monitor makes a fast scan of the Active User file to locate all reports that require printing by the specified printing mission. The result of this process is a Print Plan file with an entry for each report to be printed.
In addition, the Control‑D monitor selects an available logical printer for this printing mission. When the printer is selected, control is passed to the Printers Control monitor (CTDPRINT) if parameter BATCH was set to N (No), or to a batch job if parameter BATCH was set to Y (Yes).

Chunks are sent to the spool according to the value specified for parameters CHUNKSIZE and OVERRIDE. For further details, see Printer Control.

After printing is completed, the status of each report entry from the Print Plan file is updated in the Active User Report List file according to the printing completion status (for example, Printed or Not printed).

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