Operand Definitions

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Operand Definitions

Operand	Description
COPIES	Establishes the default number of copies to print on a system or network printer if you omit the COPIES=parameter in a DESTINATION clause. This command is ignored in batch. Specify: value A value from 1 through 99.
DESTINATION	Establishes the default printout destination as either a [assign the value for emailp in your book] ID, network printer, a system printer, or as the output library, if you omit the DESTINATION clause on a command. Specify: NETWORK name Network printer name SYSTEM name System printer name LIBRARY Output library MAIL 'email‑id' [assign the value for emailp in your book] destination Systems that share ADROUT with CICS need two DESTINATION definitions for each NETWORK printer‑one with the CICS printer ID and one with the VTAM network node name.
DISPOSITION	Establishes the default output disposition. You can override this default on a COMPILE, RUN, PRODUCE, or PRINT command. Specify: value A value of HOLD, RELEASE, or KEEP.

Operand

Description

COPIES

Establishes the default number of copies to print on a system or network printer if you omit the COPIES=parameter in a DESTINATION clause. This command is ignored in batch. Specify:

value A value from 1 through 99.

DESTINATION

Establishes the default printout destination as either a [assign the value for emailp in your book] ID, network printer, a system printer, or as the output library, if you omit the DESTINATION clause on a command. Specify:

NETWORK name Network printer name

SYSTEM name System printer name

LIBRARY Output library

MAIL 'email‑id' [assign the value for emailp in your book] destination

Systems that share ADROUT with CICS need two DESTINATION definitions for each NETWORK printer‑one with the CICS printer ID and one with the VTAM network node name.

DISPOSITION

Establishes the default output disposition. You can override this default on a COMPILE, RUN, PRODUCE, or PRINT command. Specify:

value A value of HOLD, RELEASE, or KEEP.

The following table shows the effects of specifying each of the disposition options on print requests issued either online or in batch.


Print Request Issued ‑ Online			Print Request Issued ‑ Batch
Destination			Destination
Output Disposition	Output Library	Sys/Net Printer or MAIL		Output Library	System Printer
Release	Output is placed in output library for browsing at the terminal.	Output is placed in output library and batch job is printed on a system or network printer. No copy is retained in output library.		Output is placed in output library for browsing at the terminal.	Output is printed on the system printer in batch. No copy is placed in the output library.
HOLD		Output is placed in output library and held until released (using ALTER OUT and PRINT OUT).			Not applicable.
KEEP		Output is placed in output library and batch job is printed on a system or network printer. Copy is retained in output library.			Not applicable.

Operand	Description
MAX	Sets the maximum number of lines for any output. Specify: nnnn A value from 1 through 64,000.
OPTIONS	Displays a fill‑in where you can set all output options for this session (SESSION) or for the site (SITE). You must specify either SESSION or SITE.
POSTMSG	Specifies whether the CA Ideal message indicating successful completion of a command is suppressed. Specify: YES Displays the message. NO Suppresses the message. This is advantageous in a production environment.
PROCEDURE	Specifies the name of the cataloged procedure executed to print an output at a SYSTEM printer. Specify any valid cataloged procedure name. If you change this parameter, be sure to rename or COPY the installed cataloged procedure PSSUTIL to the same name.
RETENTION	Sets the default number of days an output can reside in the output library before being deleted. Specify: nn A value from 1 through 99, but not greater than the site maximum.
WIDTH	Sets the default width for all outputs generated. For reports defined in RDF, CA Ideal overrides the default width with the defined report width. Specify: nnn A number from 1 to 240.