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Field Descriptions

The following table describes the data provided in the CA Spool Device Attribute panel:

Data Given

Column Name

Description

Device name

Device Synonym

Specifies your selected device synonym.

Real device name

Real Device

Specifies the actual CA View system device address.

User exit

User Exit

Specifies an optional user exit for the device synonym mentioned previously.

Subsystem identifier

Subsystem ID

Specifies an optional CA Spool subsystem interface name.

This name, if specified here, overrides the CMASPOOL SARINIT parameter.

Auto-delete indicator

Auto-Delete

Specifies whether the product is to automatically purge the file if it is empty when the file is closed.

This one-character field can be either of the following options:

 

 

Y

Automatically purges the file

 

 

N

Does not automatically purge the file

Maximum number of lines

Max Lines

Specifies the maximum number of lines that can be printed online. Valid values for this optional field are 1 to 16,777,215.

Note: If this value is not coded, the value of CMAMAX is used, if CMAMAX is coded as zero, the online value of OUTLIM is used, if the online value of OUTLIM is coded as zero, there is no limit to the number of lines that can be printed online.

Retain time

Retain Time

Specifies the maximum number of hours CA Spool retains the file after it is printed.

Valid values for this optional field are 1 to 4095.

Use the CA View SYSOUT ID as the owner name

Use CA View Sysout ID as Owner

Specifies whether the CA View system uses the CA View SYSOUT ID of the output being printed as the CA Spool owner name.

This one-character field can be either of the following options:

 

 

Y

Uses the SYSOUT ID

 

 

N

Does not use the SYSOUT ID

Use CA View Print Attribute panel values

Use CA View Value

Specifies whether the field values in the box should be taken from the CA View Print Attribute Panel for the SYSOUT ID, instead of the CA Spool default values.

These one-character fields can be specified as either of the following options:

 

 

Y

Takes the value for the field from the CA View Print Attribute panel

 

 

N

Specifies that the value for the field is not taken from the CA View Print Attribute panel

 

 

These fields are mutually exclusive with the fields of the same name in the adjacent Use Value Below column. (Do not specify the same field twice in these columns).

Use values specified in this box

Use Value Below

Specifies that the field values in the box be used instead of the CA Spool default values as follows:

 

 

CLASS

For the output print class

 

 

COPY

For the FCB image name

 

 

FCB

For the FCB image name

 

 

FORM

For the form number

 

 

HOLD

Takes the value for the field from the CA View Print Attribute panel

 

 

These fields are mutually exclusive with the fields of the same name in the adjacent Use CA View Value column. (Do not specify the same field twice in these columns.)