Obtain Current Distribution Instructions

Once you have created your test output to spool, you can then gather the information you will require to define your report decollating missions. You must find out how the reports are currently distributed before you can define your report decollating missions. When you create a report decollating mission, you are actually using Control-D parameters to duplicate exactly what you would do manually (that is, you are defining how the report is distributed). At this stage, it is recommended that you do not change what the users currently receive. During Phase 8, we will perform "Report Pruning" according to user requirements.

You may have up-to-date, accurate, online distribution instructions for the reports you want to handle, or you may have old hand-written distribution instructions that are out-of-date and have pages missing. You must determine exactly how reports are currently handled. A good way to find out how reports are handled is to ask the dispatch staff how they identify who receives which reports.