Phase 4: Design Print Bundles

In this phase, we will be discussing and defining the printing missions of Control-D. We will discuss the purpose of printing missions and how they work. We will review what's required to define the printing mission parameters and what options are available for designing the printed bundles produced by Control-D.

If you want to implement only Control-D Online Viewing services, and do not want to create printed bundles of report output on the mainframe printers, you can skip this phase. The topic of printing using the Online Viewing facility is discussed in Phase 9.

During this phase, we will summarize the printing workflow, and provide recommendations and options for the organization of your print bundles.

Some of the questions we will be answering in this phase are:

• What are printing missions?
• What do printing missions do?
• How many printing missions do I need?
• Where are printing missions defined?
• When should I print the users' reports?
• What are the parameters of the printing missions?
• What is the link between printing missions and the recipient tree?
• What is the link between printing missions and decollating missions?
• How do I control the printing process?
• How do I design the format of report bundles?
• How do I test printing missions?