Printing Reports

Option P opens the Print Option window that enables you to request Immediate Printing or special cases of Deferred Printing. It is used to print reports that are not scheduled for printing or to request additional printouts of reports which are scheduled for printing or which have already printed.

Figure 109 Print Option Window

ACTIVE LIST <D> JOB REP USR ACTG CHILD (U)

COMMAND ===> +----------------------------------------------------------+

O USER REPOR | |

JOHN TEST1 | PRINT OPTION ===> |

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MATHEW REPOR | 1 Immediate Printing |

| 2 Deferred Printing (by Print Mission) |

PETER REPOR | X Exit (no action) |

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P ROBERTS REP43 | COPIES 001 FORM STD CLASS S |

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SMITHA TEST1 | DEST WTR |

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THOMAS TEST3 | FROM PAGE 000001 TO PAGE 000042 RULER DEFAULT |

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| PRINT MISSIONS STDPRNT |

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| PAGEDEF FORMDEF |

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| REPORT REP43 |

| USER ROBERTS JOB M83REPM |

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V VIEW E EDIT P PRINT U UPDT I INS D DEL N NOTE A ADD INFO G GIVETO 13.16.13

If a single index and an exact index value were specified, report sections for that index value are printed. Otherwise, the entire report is printed.

If the Print Option window is opened from the Quick Access panel or the Values of Index panel, the screen includes the TYPE field (see Table 100) next to the PRINT MISSIONS field. In this Print Option window, only one print mission can be specified.

You can choose one of three options on the Print Option window:

Table 100 Print Option Window Fields

Field	Description
1	Immediate Printing. The report is sent to the printer specified in the DEST field immediately.
2	Deferred Printing. The report is printed later with other reports that are received in your bundle. The status of the report entry changes to WAIT PRINT.
X	Take no action. Exit the Print Option window.

Note: Option 1 is usually used to print on a remote printer which is located near the user. Option 2 is usually used when the user does not have a remote printer and wants to add a copy of a report to the next regular bundle.

The following parameters can be modified in the Print Option window:

Table 101 Print Option Window Parameters

Parameter	Description
COPIES	Number of copies to print. This number cannot be greater than the maximum defined for this report in the decollating parameters.
FORM	Form to use when printing the report.
CLASS	Output class in which the report should be printed.
DEST	Remote destination (node and user ID) where the report should be printed (or blank for the default printer). If the Optional Wish WD1458 is set to APPLY=YES, the node value can be set to LOCAL to print the report on the printer whose designation is LOCAL. If the node value is set to FILE, the report is printed to the file referenced by DD statement CTDOUT1. If Control-D/Delivery Server is installed, reports can be distributed to a Unix or Windows environment by setting the node value to CTDS. For details see Control-D/Delivery Server.
WTR	Use this field to specify the name of an external writer on which the report should be printed. (If your data center is using TS-PRINT, this field usually designates the VTAM name of the printer.)
FROM PAGE TO PAGE	Enables you to print a range of pages from a retrieved report. If the entire report has been retrieved, the value displayed in TO PAGE is the number of pages in the entire report. If only a section of a report has been retrieved, these parameters are blank. If the entire report has been retrieved, specify the desired page range using actual report page numbers. If only a section of a report has been retrieved via an index, specify the desired page range using page numbers relative to the beginning of the retrieved section. For example, if the report section retrieved is pages 46 through 55 from a 100-page report and you want to print the pages numbered 49-52 in the report, enter FROM PAGE 000004 TO PAGE 000007.
RULER	For Immediate Printing, you can use any ruler name or print without a ruler (as is). For Deferred Printing, the default print ruler is used if it exists; otherwise, no ruler is used.
PRINT MISSIONS	List of printing missions by which this report can be printed is displayed (0 to 4 names). Even if more than one printing mission name is specified, a report is printed only once by the specified printing mission which is activated first. Printing mission names should be significant to the user. For example, the name may represent the paper type (STD) or the time of printing (NIGHT). When you use Print Option 2 (Deferred Printing), at least one printing mission name must be supplied. Be sure to use a name which is valid at your site. If you use Print Option 1 (Immediate Printing), the content of this field is not relevant and can remain unchanged.
TYPE	(Indexes only) Specifies the scope of the print mission by index (that is, printing the sections of reports corresponding to the index values). The valid values are: I - Individual - The report section for one specific index value will be printed by the print mission, independent of the subscription status. Default. E - Explicitly - Report sections will be printed for predefined index values. The predefined index values, subscribed in advanced for printing using the CTVUPINV utility, include specific printing parameters. A - All - Report sections for all available index values will be processed. Report sections for index values subscribed for printing with corresponding printing parameters will be printed according to their settings. All other index values will be printed according to default parameters of the original report. S - Subscription - Report sections will be printed for index values with defined subscribe records. The index values can be subscribed either by the end-user with Control-D/WebAccess or by the administrator with the CTVUPINV utility.

Parent Topic

User Reports (Online Viewing)