Survey Format

If the project has been properly sold, there could be up to a 60% reduction in the amount of printed output. The survey should be conducted with the same recommendations as the Report Pruning survey in Phase 8.

We now want users to identify the following:

• What reports would they like to view online?
• How long should each report be kept online?
• Which userids require access to this recipients reports?
• Which environment is desired for the users to access the reports?
• When should the report start being produced online (ASAP or by a specific date)?

You should try to keep a report online for the minimum amount of time possible. While reports are held online, the CDAM dataset stays on the DASD. Reports should be deleted from DASD as soon as possible, for they can always be restored if required. This point should be emphasized to the users when asking them to specify online durations. If a report is purely for reference purposes, there is no reason that it cannot be deleted from DASD as soon as it is archived. The report can always be restored if required.

Note: You should by now have conducted a survey of users for online viewing.