Updating the Report List

Certain fields in a Report list can be updated. Fields that cannot be updated are called protected fields.

1. From the OPTION field of the Inventory report, press the TAB key.

   The cursor jumps from the OPTION field to the Copies field (bypassing several other fields).

   Note the following about the Report List fields:

   • If the cursor can be positioned on a field by pressing the TAB key, then the field is updatable and you can type a value in the field from the terminal. The Copies field is updatable.
   • Fields bypassed by the cursor when you press the TAB key are protected; you cannot type values in them from the terminal. USER, REPORT, ODATE, and so on, are all protected fields.
   • The print parameter fields (discussed earlier) are updatable; however, Form and Class are normally not changed. Your \-INCONTROL administrator can tell you if they need changing.
   • To update fields in a Report list, type U (Update) in the OPTION field of the report, make the desired changes and then press Enter.
   • You can change the deferred printing parameters of a report that is scheduled to be printed without displaying the Print Option window. Use the Update option to make the changes directly in the Active User Report list.

   The following example illustrates a situation where you do not need the printout of a report, but you do not want the report deleted because you still want to view it.

   You can stop a report from printing by changing the number of copies to 0.

2. Type U in the OPTION field of the Inventory report to change the Copies parameter for the Inventory report.

   In the Copies field change 001 to 000.

   Figure 120 Changing the Copies Field

   ACTIVE LIST    <D> JOB          REP                      USR DEMO           (U)

   COMMAND ===>                                                    SCROLL===> CRSR

   O USER     REPORT               ODATE     PAGES    LINES V N STATUS

   U DEMO     INVENTORY REPORT     05/05/00      9      427 V   Decollated

       Run: 05/05/00 17:10 - 17:10     Decollated: 05/05/00 17:32

       Copies: 000  Form: STD          Class: D           Remark:

       Dest  :                         WTR:

       Category: DAILY                 Fromuser:          Job: JDEMO    Jid:  8009

       Additional Users:

      

     DEMO     EMPLOYEES-MANAGMENT  05/05/00      1       18     Decollated

   Normally, if you press Enter, the defined number of copies would be changed to 000 and the report would not be printed. However, updates are not permitted for user DEMO. Instead, continue as follows:

3. Press Enter to display Message CTDA8BE:

   OPERATION NOT AUTHORIZED WHEN IN DEMO MODE

4. Erase the U in the OPTION field and press Enter.

   The Inventory report fields appear as originally defined.