Step 1: Specify Bundle Definition Attributes for APBUNDL1

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Step 1: Specify Bundle Definition Attributes for APBUNDL1

Now George Jones needs to create bundles of reports. In this section, you (as George) will create the first of two bundles, APBUNDL1.

You must define the jobs that generate the reports and the reports that will compose APBUNDL1 before creating the bundle in this section. As George Jones, you defined these reports in the chapter "Defining Stacked Reports That Contain Exclusive Segments."

On the command line of the Primary Selection Menu panel, enter B, a space, and the bundle identifier APBUNDL1.

CA Deliver - Primary Selection for DELIVER.SYSTEM1 ---------------------------- Command ===> B APBUNDL1 A Active Display - Display selection list of active reports or bundles. B Bundle Data - Display bundle data. D Distribution Data - Display distribution data. J Job Data - Display job data. R Report Data - Display report data. Operands for A: B - Display selection list of active bundles. R - Display selection list of active reports (default). X - Limit selection list to exceptions. PREV - Display selection list for previous cycle. Operand for B,D,J,R: Omit operand for complete selection list. Specify identifier to display data. Specify generic identifier for limited selection list. L - For D only, display list of distribution lists. Enter END command to terminate this CA Deliver session.

Press Enter to display the Bundle Definition Attributes panel.
```
CA De=liver ------------- Bundle Definition Attributes -------------------------
Command ===>

  ID     ---> APBUNDL1
  Desc   ===>

Attributes:
  Banner   ===> (          ,          ,          )
  BDist    ===>
  Late     ===>                    Bundle Confirm?   ===>
  Interval ===>                    Wait (Int, Late)  ===> (   , N )

Job Statement Information:
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>

The following attributes may be selected by entering the 1-character selection
code on the command line:
     D - Distribution specifications.
     I - Special instructions.
     R - Report specifications.
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The following table describes the fields on the Bundle Definition Attributes panel.
Desc

Identifies a 1–40 character description of the bundle, which is displayed on the Bundle Selection List panel in the Description field (optional)

Banner

Specifies the name of the model bundle, distribution, and/or report banner page (in this order):

Blank - The default banner page

* Suppress printing the banner page

BDist

Identifies the distribution identifier of the recipient of the bundle

The address line information will be printed on the bundle banner page. If omitted, the distribution identifier for the first distribution point in the bundle is used.

Bundle Confirm?
Indicates bundle printing confirmation as follows:
- The bundle is not to be printed until you enter the P tabular command on the Active Bundle List panel
- The P tabular command need not be entered to print the bundle
Blank - Use the BNDLCONF initialization parameter setting
Lat

Specifies the time of day (24-hour hh:mm format) when the bundle is to be created for printing even though all reports in the bundle are not created

Interval

Specifies the time interval in an hh:mm format when continuation bundles are to be created:

00:00 - Suppress the creation of continuation bundles

Blank - Use the default bundling interval specified by the BNDLINT initialization parameter.

Wait (Int)

Specifies the following:

The bundle will not print until its bundling interval has expired
The bundle need not wait for its bundling interval to expire if all the reports it needs are available for bundling

Blank - Use the default wait indicator

Wait (Late)

Specifies the following:

The bundle will not print until its late time has expired
The bundle need not wait for its late time to expire if all the reports it needs are available for bundling

Job Statement Information

Identifies the JOB statement (comprised of 1 to 4 card images) to be used to submit a batch job to create the bundle:

Blank - The bundle will be created directly by the bundle output task

Enter ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORTS in the Desc field.

CA Deliver ------------- Bundle Definition Attributes -------------------------
Command ===>

  ID     ---> APBUNDL1
  Desc   ===> ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORTS

Attributes:
  Banner   ===> (          ,          ,          )
  BDist    ===>
  Late     ===>                    Bundle Confirm?   ===>
  Interval ===>                    Wait (Int, Late)  ===> (   , N )

Job Statement Information:
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>

The following attributes may be selected by entering the 1-character selection
code on the command line:
     D - Distribution specifications.
     I - Special instructions.
     R - Report specifications.

Enter an asterisk in the second Banner field (between the first and second commas) to specify that you want to suppress the printing of the distribution banner pages, since there is only one distribution identifier in the bundle (Accounts Payable, D29AP).

Leave the first and third Banner fields blank to use the default bundle and report banner pages.

CA Deliver ------------- Bundle Definition Attributes -------------------------
Command ===>

  ID     ---> APBUNDL1
  Desc   ===> ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORTS

Attributes:
  Banner   ===> (          , *        ,          )
  BDist    ===>
  Late     ===>                    Bundle Confirm?   ===>
  Interval ===>                    Wait (Int, Late)  ===> (   , N )

Job Statement Information:
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>

The following attributes may be selected by entering the 1-character selection
code on the command line:
     D - Distribution specifications.
     I - Special instructions.
     R - Report specifications.

Enter the bundle distribution identifier D29AP in the BDist field.
In this case, entering the distribution identifier D29AP in the BDist field is optional. If you leave the BDist field blank, the system, by default, uses the report distribution identifier for the first distribution point in the bundle as the BDist.

Enter 11:59 in the Late field.

CA Deliver ------------- Bundle Definition Attributes -------------------------
Command ===>

  ID     ---> APBUNDL1
  Desc   ===> ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORTS

Attributes:
  Banner   ===> (          , *        ,          )
  BDist    ===> D29AP
  Late     ===> 11:59              Bundle Confirm?   ===>
  Interval ===>                    Wait (Int, Late)  ===> (   , N )

Job Statement Information:
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>

The following attributes may be selected by entering the 1-character selection
code on the command line:
     D - Distribution specifications.
     I - Special instructions.
     R - Report specifications.

Enter 00:30 in the Interval field.

CA Deliver ------------- Bundle Definition Attributes -------------------------
Command ===>

  ID     ---> APBUNDL1
  Desc   ===> ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORTS

Attributes:
  Banner   ===> (          , *        ,          )
  BDist    ===> D29AP
  Late     ===> 11:59              Bundle Confirm?   ===>
  Interval ===> 00:30              Wait (Int, Late)  ===> (   , N )

Job Statement Information:
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>

The following attributes may be selected by entering the 1-character selection
code on the command line:
     D - Distribution specifications.
     I - Special instructions.
     R - Report specifications.

If you enter 00:30 here and set Wait to N (in the next step), the system prints a continuation bundle every 30 minutes, starting from the time when the first report was created.

Enter N in the Bundle Confirm? field.
Enter N in the Wait field.
A table that summarizes the conditions under which initial and continuation bundles are produced, based on the information you provide in the Late, Interval, and Wait fields, is presented later in this chapter.

Enter the job control statement shown in the following illustration on the first row of the Job Statement Information field, and press Enter to refresh the Bundle Definition Attributes panel.

CA Deliver ------------- Bundle Definition Attributes -------------------------
Command ===>

  ID     ---> APBUNDL1
  Desc   ===> ACCOUNTS PAYABLE REPORTS

Attributes:
  Banner   ===> (          , *        ,          )
  BDist    ===> D29AP
  Late     ===> 11:59              Bundle Confirm?   ===> N
  Interval ===> 00:30              Wait (Int, Late)  ===> ( N , N )

Job Statement Information:
  ===> //APBUN1 JOB 'D01-561-01','PROD BUNDLE',CLASS=P
  ===>
  ===>
  ===>

The following attributes may be selected by entering the 1-character selection
code on the command line:
     D - Distribution specifications.
     I - Special instructions.
     R - Report specifications.

Any lowercase characters are automatically converted to uppercase.

Note: You might want to create a skeleton JOB statement for your site that you can use for bundles so that you do not need to constantly re-enter job control statements every time you create a bundle. Be sure to follow the standards for your site when you create job control statements.