ASA code support for Control-D for z/OS reports when sending reports to Control-D/Delivery Server

When sending ASA code reports to Control-D/Delivery Server, there are special considerations.

When sending the reports to the Control-D/Delivery Server is done with transformation to PDF:

• The reports must be sent with CONVERT TO ASCII = L and SEND WITH CC = Y (all ASA codes are sent) or C (Page Break + ASA codes).
• The transformer_to=txt parameter must exist in the Control-D/Delivery Server attributes.
• A report clique must be used. Define report_clique=report-clique-name in the Control-D/Delivery Server attributes. A report clique with the report‑clique-name must be defined in the Control-D/Delivery Server Desktop. It should resemble the sample MF_ASCII report clique, with Print Control Char=ASA, Page Delimiter String=1, and Page Delimiter Pos=1.
• When sending to LPR or File System, in a Unicode installation, target_encoding=latin1 or the correct local encoding must be defined, since the default target encoding for Unicode text reports is UTF8, which usually is not supported by the printers.
• When sending to LPR or File System, the report clique must have also Add Page Delimiter Hex = FF for the printer to print separate pages.

This parameter is supported in Control-D/Delivery Server version 3.6.00 with Fix Pack 6 or version 3.7.01, or later.