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Types of Data Maintained in the Database

Report and bundle definitions and historical and tracking data are maintained in the database. In most cases, you use the online facility to access and change data in the database.

The types of data maintained in the database are:

• Job data -- Maintained in the database as individual entries identified by job name.

  An entry describes the SYSOUT DD statements within the job that CA Deliver is to control.

• Report data -- Maintained as individual entries identified by a report identifier.

  An entry does the following:

  • Provides overrides to the JCL attributes for the report
  • Assigns distribution identifiers to the report to identify the recipients of the report
  • Defines the manner in which multiple reports written to the same DD statement are to be separated
• Historical data -- Describes when the report was created; it is maintained for each report.
• Name, address, and destination data used to distribute reports to a user is maintained as individual entries identified by a distribution identifier.
• Bundle data is maintained as individual entries identified by a bundle identifier.

  An entry identifies the distribution points and reports that are to be included in the bundle.

• Status information about the current and prior daily cycles is maintained for active reports.

  An active report is one that you activate (that is, schedule to be created during the current cycle) or that CA Deliver automatically activates when the report is being created.

• Status information about the current and prior cycles is maintained for active bundles.

  CA Deliver automatically activates a bundle whenever one of the reports defined for it is activated.