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Determining When a Bundle Is Produced

The values you specify in the LATE, INTERVAL, WAIT, and WAIT for LATE fields on the Bundle Definition Attributes panel (described later in this chapter) interact with each other. This interaction determines how and when a bundle is produced as shown in this table.

LATE

INTERVAL

WAIT Int.

WAIT for Late

Initial Bundle is Produced When

Continuation Bundle is Produced When

None

>00:00

N

N

All active reports are either produced or in NPROD status

INTERVAL expires (from the time the first report is created)

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

None

>00:00

N

Y

All active reports are either produced or in NPROD status

INTERVAL expires (from the time the first report is created))

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

None

>00:00

Y

N

INTERVAL expires (from the time the first report is created)

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

None

>00:00

Y

Y

INTERVAL expires (from the time the first report is created)

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

Specified

>00:00

N

N

All active reports are either produced or the LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

Specified

>00:00

N

Y

LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

Specified

>00:00

Y

N

INTERVAL either expires or the LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

Specified

>00:00

Y

Y

LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

INTERVAL expires (from the time the last bundle is created)

None

00:00

N

N

All active reports are either produced or in NPROD status

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

None

00:00

N

Y

All active reports are either produced or in NPROD status

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

None

00:00

Y

N

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

None

00:00

Y

Y

User issues PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

User issues PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

Specified

00:00

N

N

LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

User issues PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

Specified

00:00

N

Y

LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

Specified

00:00

Y

N

LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

Specified

00:00

Y

Y

LATE time is reached

Important! If the LATE time is later than BEGINDAY, and the current time is earlier than BEGINDAY, the bundle is produced when any reports are ready!

User issues a PRINT request

Note: A PRINT request overrides all other criteria.

It works this way: if you do not specify a late time, but you do specify 00:30 for the INTERVAL and Y for WAIT, the first bundle is queued for printing a half hour after the first report is created, even though all reports are not ready.

Thereafter, a continuation bundle is produced every half hour until all reports are created or placed in a "not produced" status.