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How Tasks Work: Post-Spool

Network input is a post-spool operation of CA Deliver whereby reports can be written to the JES spool first by an application, then later retrieved by CA Deliver for processing.

Network input was originally intended to enable a report created at a node in a multi-node network (that did not run CA Deliver) to be distributed and tracked by CA Deliver when it was routed for printing to another node in the network that did run CA Deliver.

However, the operation now allows any report that can be written to the JES spool regardless of its node in the network (and then later retrieved by CA Deliver) to be processed through network input.

For a report to be input to CA Deliver through network input, the report must be:

• Defined in the database
• Created with the same SYSOUT attributes that were defined to the task for network input at initialization time.

One or more of the following attributes can be used to define network input to CA Deliver:

• The SYSOUT class (specified by the NETCLSL initialization parameter)
• The SYSOUT destination (specified by the NETDEST initialization parameter)
• The Forms name (specified by the NETFORM initialization parameter)

CA Deliver uses the IBM SYSOUT Application Programming Interface (SAPI).