28 Work with Submitted Reports

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28.1 Working with Submitted Reports

To learn the status of a report you submit, you can view your job in the system queues.

Complete the following:

When you submit your report version, the report passes through the following queues:

  • Job queue

  • Output queue

The job queue is the area where your report awaits processing by the system. When the system finishes processing your report, the job moves to the output queue. Your report prints from this queue.

Figure 28-1 System Queues

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Description of "Figure 28-1 System Queues"

28.2 Reviewing Submitted Jobs

All the jobs you have submitted for processing display on Work with Submitted Jobs. You can review a job after you send it to the output queue on Work with Job Spooled Files. If you do not know the name of the job, you can use a word or character string to locate a spooled file.

Complete the following tasks:

  • To review submitted jobs

  • To review a processed report

  • To search with the Find field

To review submitted jobs

  1. On the command line on any menu, enter 33.

    Work with Submitted Jobs displays.

    Figure 28-2 Work with Submitted Jobs screen

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  2. On Work with Submitted Jobs, locate your job and view the status information.

Field Explanation
Job The simple name of the job, or the JD Edwards World job number.
User Your user ID
Type The type of the job. Valid types are:

  • Batch

  • Batch1: Batch immediately

  • MRT: Multiple Requester Terminal
Status The status of the job (in two fields). Valid values for the first field are:

  • Active: The job has been started and is processing.

  • OUTQ: The job has completed running and has spooled files. You can view them on an output queue.

  • DSC: The job is disconnected.

  • JOBQ: The job is on a job queue, but not as a result of a Transfer Job (TRFJOB) or Transfer Batch Job (TRFRBCH) command.

  • TRFJOB: The job is on a job queue as the result of a Transfer Job command.

  • TTRFRBCH: The job is on a job queue as the result of a Transfer Batch command.

  • FIN: The job has finished.

  • END: The job is ending as the result of the End Job or the End Subsystem command, either with the immediate option or with the controlled option which causes the job to end when the delay time expires.

  • EOJ: The job is ending for any reason other than End Job or End Subsystem. For example, normal end of job or an exception that is not being handled.

  • MSGW: The job has a message waiting.

  • SCD: The job is scheduled for a particular date and time.

The second field indicates whether the job is being held or not held. The field is blank if the job is not being held.

If the system failed while the job was active, the status JOBLOG PENDING is show in the two fields until the job log is written.

To review a processed report

  1. On Work with Submitted Jobs, enter 8 in the Option (Opt) field in front of your completed job.

    Figure 28-3 Work with Submitted Jobs screen

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  2. On Work with Job Spooled Files, enter 5 in the Option (Opt) field in front of the spool file you want to display.

    You can have more than one spool file. For example, if you select a cover page for your report, the processed report and the cover page display on the Work with Job Spooled Files screen.

    Figure 28-4 Work with Job Spooled Files screen

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    The report displays.

    Figure 28-5 Display Spooled File screen

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    Description of "Figure 28-5 Display Spooled File screen"

  3. Perform one of the following to view more of the report.

    • Use the Page Up and Page Down keys

    • Click the up and down arrows

    • Click the left (F19) and right (F20) arrows to view the right and left portions of the report

Field Explanation
Control Used to access specific pages of the spooled file displayed or to window to a specific column. Enter a specific page number or use the + / - signs.

For example:

  • P4 to display page four

  • P+2 to advance two pages

Enter a specific column number to move to if known or use the + / - signs.

For example:

  • W35 to move the left margin to column 35 for viewing purposes

  • W+40 to move the left column forty spaces to the right

To search with the Find field

  1. On Display Spooled Files, type a search topic in the following field:

  2. Click Search (F16) to search for the topic.

    If the search locates the topic, the screen displays the highlighted word.

Field Description
Find Enter the word or character string you wish to find.

  • For example: Revenue

Blanks at the end of the character string are ignored. Use quotation marks if blanks are required at the end of a string.

  • For example: "Gross "

28.3 Reviewing the Job Queue

You can view all jobs waiting for processing in a user's assigned job queue. The following considerations apply to the job queue:

  • Jobs wait here until the system is able to process them

  • Jobs are submitted for processing in the order they appear

To display the job queue

  1. On the command line on any menu, enter 42.

    Work with Job Queue displays.

    Figure 28-7 Work with Job Queue screen

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    Description of "Figure 28-7 Work with Job Queue screen"

  2. On Work with Job Queue, review the information in the following fields:

    • Job

    • Number

    • Priority

    • Status

Field Explanation
Number The six digit number assigned by the system.
Priority The job priority that was used for this job. The priority ranges from 0 (highest) to 9 (lowest0.
Status The status of the job. Valid values are:

  • SCD: The job will run as scheduled.

  • HLD: The job is being held on the queue.

  • RLS: The job is ready to be selected.

The following status values with a * in front of them display when an action was performed on the job as a result of taking an option:

  • *CHG: The job was changed using option 2 (Change).

  • *HLD: The job was held using option 3 (Hold).

  • *END: The job was ended using option 4 (End).

  • *RLS : The job was released using option 6 (Release).

28.4 Printing from the Output Queue

You can review all the jobs in your assigned output queue. When a report is ready, you can release it to the printer.

To print from the output queue

  1. On any menu, enter 43 in the command line.

    Figure 28-8 Work with Output Queue screen

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  2. On Work with Output Queue, review the information in the following fields:

    • File

    • User

    • User Data

    • Status

    • Pages

    • Form Type

    • Priority

  3. If the report status is RDY (Ready) enter 6 in the Option (Opt) field to release the report.

Field Explanation
Status The status of the spooled file. Valid values are:

  • RDY: The file is available to be written or printed.

  • OPN: The file has not been completely processed and is not ready to be selected by a writer.

  • DFR: The file has been deferred from printing.

  • SND: The file is being or has been sent to a remote system.

  • CLO: The file has been completely processed by a program, but Schedule was specified and the job that produced the file has not yet finished.

  • HLD: The file has been held.

  • SAV: The file has been written and then saved. This file will remain saved until it is released.

  • WTR: This file is currently being written.

  • PND: This file is pending to be printed.

  • PRT: This file has been completely sent to the printer, but print complete status has not been sent back.

  • MSGW: This file has a message which needs a reply or an action to be taken.

The following status values with a * in front of them display when an action was performed on the job as a result of taking an option:

  • *CHG: The job was changed using option 2 (Change).

  • *HLD: The job was held using option 3 (Hold).

  • *RLS : The job was released using option 6 (Release).
Form Type The type of form which should be loaded on the printer. For diskette files, this field is blank.

28.5 Reviewing Your Messages

You can display the messages sent to your workstation to notify you of the following:

  • When your job has processed

  • Special media

  • When the printer is offline

To review your messages

  1. On any menu, enter 34 in the command line.

    Figure 28-9 Display Messages screen

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  2. On Display Messages, review the messages.

  3. To remove a specific message, select the message and press F11.

  4. To remove all messages, press F13