Benefits Summary

When online viewing is implemented, it has a major impact on both the end user and the computer department.

For the end users, it means that they

• have faster information access (as soon as the job has executed and has been decollated)
• can find and manipulate data much faster
• can share common data without duplicating it
• can selectively print all or parts of a report to the mainframe or remote printers
• are in control of restoring their own archived reports
• have a more reliable system (for example, no lost or spoiled reports)
• have improved ability to control and/or handle the information required for their daily jobs
• have improved data security (for example, confidential reports will not go to wrong recipient)
• require less physical storage space for storing reports
• get a better service

For the computer department, it should mean that

• There is no need to perform or respond to report rerun requests.
• There is less printing to do.
• Printing costs are lower (less paper, toner, ribbons, printers, and so on).
• There is less report distribution to do.
• Print workloads do not have to be scheduled.
• Physical report output does not have to be delivered.
• A better service is provided to their users.
• A more reliable service is provided, for example, no lost, spoiled or incorrectly handled reports.