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OUTPUTFORMAT Statement—Specify Output Format for a Single Request or Request Set

The OUTPUTFORMAT statement specifies the output format for a single request or request set.

Supported Job Types

This statement is optional for the following job types:

Syntax

This statement has the following format:

OUTPUTFORMAT output_format
output_format

Specifies the output format for a single request or request set. In Oracle Applications, the output format is specified as a request definition option and is found in the Format column of the Upon Completion dialog.

Limits: Up to ten characters; case-sensitive

Note: Enclose values that contain delimiters (such as spaces) in double quotation marks.

Example: Specify the Output Format

Suppose that you want to define a Single Request job to run a single request program on the CYBOA agent. The single request belongs to the FND application in Oracle Applications and runs the program FNDSCURS. The job runs under the SYSADMIN user with System Administrator responsibility and includes layout template options.

AGENT CYBOA
PROGRAM FNDSCURS
APPLSHORTNAME FND
RESPNAME 'System Administrator'
OAUSER SYSADMIN
OUTPUTFORMAT PDF
TEMPLATELANG EN
TEMPLATETERR US