Classifying Outputs

Classifying outputs is different from classifying other objects because you must classify them before they are created. You can reclassify them after they are created if you have the necessary privileges.

Report Sets have a single set of classifications for the Report Set as a whole. If Programs contained in a Report Set have classifications, they have no effect.

Workflows do not have a Planned Output for the Workflow as a whole. Outputs generated by Programs and other executables in a Workflow are classified according to the Planned Output definition in the Program or other executable.

Planned Outputs: An output is generated by running an executable object instance —Program, Report Set, Load Set, or Data Mart—that has a Planned Output defined as as a placeholder for the actual output. You classify the output by classifying the Planned Output. The process for classifying a Planned Output is the same as classifying any other object, except that you have an additional option: the Program itself can create the classification at runtime (Classification by Parameter Value).

If you assign more than one classification value to a particular Planned Output, the actual output appears in multiple places in the Reports screen.

Execution Setups: If you set the Planned Outputs's assignment type for a particular classification level to Inherited, the actual output inherits the value for that level from the Execution Setup.

Since the Execution Setup belongs to the Program, Load Set, Data Mart, or Report Set instance (unlike a Planned Output, which belongs to the definition), this approach allows you to classify the outputs of different instances of the same definition in different ways.

Classification by Parameter Value: You can arrange for an output to be classified at runtime by specifying a classification type of Parameter and specifying the Parameter whose value is used as the classification assignment.

The Parameter can be an Input/Output Parameter visible, settable, and required in the Execution Setup, so that the person submitting the Program or Report Set must enter a value.

Alternatively, in the case of a Program, it can be an Output type Parameter and the Program logic must populate its value with a valid classification term.

You can define a list of values for Parameters based on classification levels; see Defining Allowed Values for further information.

• Classifying Outputs Before They Are Generated
  The process is the same as for classifying object definitions and instances, except that an additional option is available for outputs.
• Classifying Outputs After They Are Generated
  After you have run a Program, Report Set, Load Set, or Data Mart and created an output, you can change its classifications if you have the necessary privileges.