Re: looking for recommendations on report merge product...

["Jim Essinger" <dilbernator@xxxxxxxxx>]

Override scope other than activation group (like JOB)?

On Jan 2, 2008 1:04 PM, <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I tried adding the SHARE(*YES) and they still show up as 3 spool files.
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> Rob Berendt
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> As Rob noted, this only works for the same job.  I believe you have to
> add SHARE(*YES) to the PRTF override.  And, all the PRTF's have to have
> the same attributes (width, etc).
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> This won't work for spool files generated by multiple jobs.  That was
> part of your original requirement.  Sounds like you want to do some
> consolidation after the fact.
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> > > > mrosinger@xxxxxxxxx 01/02/2008 11:42:35 AM >>>
> Rob,
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> Let me make sure I understand your comment below. If we override the
> *PRTF
> for all the reports produced in the job to specify SCHEDULE(*JOBEND)
> then
> that alone will cause all the spool files produced by that job to merge
> to a
> single spool file?
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> Michael Rosinger
> Systems Programmer / DBA
> Computer Credit, Inc.
> 640 West Fourth Street
> Winston-Salem, NC  27101
> 336-761-1524
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> <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Michael,
> >
> > If the reports are produced by the same job stream, and can be
> overridden
> > to the same spool file, there is a way on that override to change this
> >
> > OVRPRTF
> > Spooled output schedule  . . . . SCHEDULE
> >
> > to *JOBEND.  Now, in that same job add a first program and a last
> program
> > to add the header and footer, and it should all look like one spool
> file.
> > Rob Berendt
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> > Dept 01.073
> > PO Box 2000
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> > looking for recommendations on report merge product...
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> > List,
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> > I am looking for recommendations on a product that can do the
> following:
> > 1) Merge multiple spool files (not necessarily generated by the same
> job)
> > into a single spool file while preserving all the carriage control
> > properties for each individual report
> > 2) Optionally provide a way to specify the order the individual
> reports
> > appear in the resulting merged report
> > 3) Provide a header page with customizable text (would like this but
> not a
> > show-stopper)
> > 3) Provide a trailer page with customizable text (would like this but
> not
> > a
> > show-stopper)
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> > Please note that we have already looked at the AS/400 Report Splitter
> from
> > RJS. It is quite good. I just want to know if there are other similar
> > products available that we should consider before making a decision.
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> > Michael Rosinger
> > Systems Programmer / DBA
> > Computer Credit, Inc.
> > 640 West Fourth Street
> > Winston-Salem, NC  27101
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> > m rosinger at cciws dot com
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