Chapter 75: Working with Report Controls (WRPT)
Purpose: Use Work with Report Controls to create or change settings for reports and other printed output, such as pick slips, confirmations, checks and acknowledgments.
The system requires certain control information to process a report, such as which output queue to use, the number of copies to print and whether to save the report after you print it. The first time you generate a particular report, the system checks the Report Control file to see if you have already defined report controls. If there is no record in the file, the system creates one using the system control values:
Note: When you print pick slips, the system uses the printer defined as the warehouse Device rather than the system control value.
If you want to create a new report control or change any of the settings of an existing one, you must use the Work with Report Controls function.
Note: For documentation purposes, all sample reports indicate the current product name of CWDirect, regardless of the date when the report sample was prepared.
In this chapter:
• Work with Report Controls Screen
• Create Report Control Screen
• Change Report Control Screen
• Display Report Control Screen
Work with Report Controls Screen
How to display this screen: Enter WRPT in the Fast path field at the top of any menu or select Work with Report Controls from a menu.
MSR0216 DISPLAY Work With Report Control 11/12/97 16:43:45 The KL Mail Order Company Opt Program Output Queue Copies Hold Save Form Type
Type options, press Enter. 2=Change 4=Delete
AAR0008 QPRINT 1 Y N Pick/Authorization ListPF Print file AAR0063 QPRINT 1 Y N CC Auth Listing PF Print file AAR0072 QPRINT 1 Y N Address Verification PF Print file ACR0047 QPRINT 1 Y N Prt Bill To Open Items PF Print file ACR0111 QPRINT 1 Y N A/P Ledger PF Print file ACR0138 QPRINT 1 Y N A/P Due List PF Print file +
F3=Exit F6=Create F12=Cancel F21=Print list F22=User defined option F24=Select company |
Information is provided on each field that takes a default value from the System Control file. Additional information on each field is provided at the Create Report Control Screen.
Field |
Description |
Program |
The name of the program that prints the report. Alphanumeric, 10 positions; optional. |
Output queue |
The name of the printer or other output queue where the report should be sent. The system uses the Default OUTQ (A38) defined in the System Control file for report control records it creates. If no default is defined in the System Control file, the system searches the following list for a defined output queue, using the first output queue it finds: • The output queue defined at the Work with Report Controls Screen. • The output queue defined in the Output queue field for the user in Working with User Records (WUSR). • The output queue defined for the user class in Setting Up User Classes (WUCL) or in the Output queue field on the Work with Users Screen. • The default output queue defined for the iSeries. Alphanumeric, 10 positions; display-only. |
Copies |
The number of copies of the report to produce. The system uses the Default # Copies (A39) defined in the System Control file for report control records it creates. Numeric, 3 positions; display-only. |
Hold |
Indicates whether the report generates in a held status or is released for printing. Valid values are: Y = the report is held. N = the report is not held. The system uses the Hold Listing Default (A40) defined in the System Control file for report control records it creates. Alphanumeric, 1 position; display-only. |
Save |
Indicates whether the report will be saved or deleted after you print it. Valid values are: Y = the report will be saved. N = the report will be deleted. The system uses the Save Listing Default (A41) defined in the System Control file for report control records it creates. Alphanumeric, 1 position; display-only. |
Form type |
The name of the form type for the report, if any. If a form type is hard-coded for the report, the systems fills in this name when it creates a report control record. Alphanumeric, 10 positions; display-only. |
Description (Unlabeled field below the other report control fields) |
The description associated with the report control. The system fills in the description hard-coded for the report, if any, when it creates a report control record. |
Screen Option |
Procedure |
Change a report control |
Enter 2 next to a report control to advance to the Change Report Control Screen. |
Delete a report control |
Enter 4 next to a report control to delete it. |
Create a report control |
Press F6 to advance to the Create Report Control Screen. |
Purpose: Use this screen to create a report control. You might want to create a report control before the system creates one using the defaults in the System Control file, or to replace the system-created control after you have deleted it.
How to display this screen: Press F6 on the Work with Report Controls Screen.
MSR0218 ENTER Create Report Control 11/12/97 17:00:22 The KL Mail Order Company
Program . . . . .
Output Queue . . .
Copies . . . . . .
Hold . . . . . . . (Y,N) Save . . . . . . . (Y,N)
Description . . .
Forms Type . . . .
F3=Exit F12=Cancel |
Field |
Description |
Program |
The name of the program that prints the report. The system verifies that the program name you enter is in a valid format. Alphanumeric, 10 positions. Create screen: required. Change screen: display-only. |
Output queue |
The name of the printer or other valid output queue where the report should be sent. If no Default OUTQ (A38) is defined in the System Control file, the system searches the following list for a defined output queue, using the first output queue it finds: • The output queue defined at the Work with Report Controls Screen. • The output queue defined in the Output queue field for the user in Working with User Records (WUSR). • The output queue defined for the user class in Setting Up User Classes (WUCL) or in the Output queue field on the Work with Users Screen. • The default output queue defined for the iSeries. However, the system does not write this value into the Output queue field for report control records you create. Note: The system ignores the value in this field for pick slips, and uses the printer defined for the warehouse. See Warehousing Chapter 43: Creating and Maintaining Locations (WLOC) for more information on defining printers and other devices for a warehouse. Alphanumeric, 10 positions; required. |
Copies |
The number of copies of the report to produce. Numeric, 3 positions; required. |
Hold |
Indicates whether to generate the report in a held status or released for printing. Valid values are: Y = the report is held. N = the report is not held. The system uses the Hold Listing Default (A40) defined in the System Control file for each report control record it creates. Alphanumeric, 1 position; required. |
Save |
Indicates whether to save or delete the report after you print it. Valid values are: Y = the report will be saved. N = the report will be deleted. The system uses the Save Listing Default (A41) defined in the System Control file for report control records it creates. Alphanumeric, 1 position; required. |
Description |
The description associated with the report control. Descriptions you create, unlike those the system creates, are in all uppercase. Alphanumeric, 50 positions; required. |
Form type |
The name of a valid form type for the report. Alphanumeric, 10 positions; optional. |
To change: Enter 2 next to a report control at the Work with Report Controls Screen to advance to the Change Report Control screen. You can change any of the information on this screen except the program name. See Create Report Control Screen for field descriptions.
To display: Enter 5 next to a report control at the Work with Report Controls Screen to advance to the Display Report Control screen. You cannot change any of the information on this screen. See Create Report Control Screen for field descriptions.
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