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How to Print Your Report › Printing a Report

Printing a Report

To print a report, do the following:

Steps for Printing a Report:

Step

What To Do

How To Do It

1

Create a current report.
  • Build it from a table or records.
  • Execute a qfile.
  • Retrieve a saved report.

2

Move to the Print Processing screen.

Type PRINT in the command line.

3

Specify your print options.

See Table 13-2

4

Initiate print processing.

Press [Enter].

When you get to the Print Processing screen, the fields are filled out with default values. You can accept these default values or type over them. When you press [Enter], your job is routed to a printer.

     CA OLQ Release nn.n                          *** Print Processing ***
 ->                                                       Page     1 of     1
139000 Select print options and press the ENTER key


 Print current report: Y (Y-Yes/N-No)
     Line size. . . .:   80
     Line count . . .:   60
     Number of copies:    1
     From page:    1    for: ALL  pages
 Enter destination:                           or class:
 -or-
 Select destination
_ DEST01
_ DEST02
_ DEST03







 1=HELP                 3=QUIT                 4=MESSAGE                 6=MENU

Print Processing screen fields are explained in table in the section "Batch Processing".

Print Processing Screen Fields:

What to Specify

Which Field to Use

Restrictions

Defaults

Whether you want to print the report

Print current report:

Specify Yes or No

No

How many characters per print line

Line size:

1 through 9999

80

The number of lines per page

Line count:

1 through 9999

60

How many copies of the report you want to print

Number of copies:

1 to 256

1

The number of the first page you want to print

From page:

Any page number in the report

Page 1

How many report pages you want to print

for:

The number of pages in the report

All of the report

The printer used to print the report

Enter destination:

A printer destination defined by your DBA

Site specific. Ask your support staff which printer is set up as the default printer.

Note: The values of Line size and Line count do not have to match what you can see on your screen. They should match the specifications of the printer that is specified as the output destination.