We will now discuss some general recommendations for decollating report output. The first step is to break down the information that we need to specify:
Table 24 General Decollation Recommendations
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Task |
Details |
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1. |
Assign Defaults |
Default information that specifies to Control-D who should receive unidentified pages from the job, and so on. There are two types of default information: Job Defaults (specifying global default information for all the reports produced by the batch job) and Report Defaults (specifying defaults for a specific report – these values override the specified Job Defaults). |
2. |
Identify Report Output |
Where Control-D can find report output, for example, if written to compressed datasets, which datasets should be decollated. If written to spool, which class or classes should be searched for the reports is specified. |
3. |
Assign Pages to Recipients |
Which recipients should receive which pages of a report. You specify how to identify the pages and to whom to send them. |
4. |
Assign Report Names |
What report name will be assigned to the identified report pages for a recipient. The report name can be seen online and is printed in the recipient's bundle. |
5. |
Assign Other Administration Parameters |
Other administration parameters that will tell Control-D how to back up and print identified reports. |
These steps are described in depth on the following pages.
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