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Defining Basic Reports

Important! Use a test database to follow this procedure so that you do not inadvertently change or lose data in your production database.

This list is an overview of the steps required to define a basic report. Subsequent sections of this chapter provide detailed instructions for these steps.

From the Primary Selection Menu panel:,

• Step 1: Define a Distribution Identifier
• Step 2: Define a Job so that CA Deliver can select reports by Ddname, Form, Writer, Class, or Dest.

  CA Deliver can select reports by DDname, Form, Writer, Class, or Dest.

  The DDname Specifies the 1-to 8-character name of the DD statement where the report is to be written. DDname can also be used to specify the JCL forms, Writer, Class, or Dest name for the DD statement.

  The forms, writer, class, or dest name is specified as F=xxxxxxxx, W=xxxxxxxx, C=xxxxxxxx, or D=xxxxxxxx in DDname.

Note: When you select by CLASS, up to 8 selection classes can be specified.

Class selection is only available for SYSOUT classes allowed by the Deliver SYSCLSL parameter

• Step 3: Identify the Reports for the Job
• Step 4: Specify Report Definition Attributes

  These attributes identify the report recipient and specify instructions that are listed on the report's banner pages.

• Step 5: Submit the Job

  When you submit the job, the system retrieves the report from the application program you specified in the JCL for the job (ACCEDIT in the scenario presented in the next two sections), adds a banner page in the front and at the end of each report, and then prints the report for distribution.