Active Bundles

This section covers the following topics:

• What is an Active Bundle?

• Invoking the Active Bundles Screen

• Modifying an Active Bundle

• Closing an Active Bundle

• Printing an Active Bundle

• Archiving an Active Bundle

• Reviving an Active Bundle

• Deleting an Active Bundle

• Displaying Information on an Active Bundle

• Displaying Log Information for an Active Bundle

See also Active Reports in an Active Bundle.

What is an Active Bundle?

An active bundle is a group of active reports collected from different jobs or SYSOUT data sets and generated by the bundle definition. An active bundle is printed and distributed as one unit.

Object relationship diagram

Invoking the Active Bundles Screen

To select active bundles:

1. Enter 6 in the command line of the Main Menu.

   TheActive Bundles screen is displayed:

   13:54:38 **** ENTIRE OUTPUT MANAGEMENT **** 2015-05-16 User ID XYZ - Active Bundles - Cmd Bundle S Status Reps Coord-ID ___ _________________________ _ __________ ____ ________ __ UKSJUPCX O opened 6 UKSJU __ UKSJUBUN O opened 9 UKSJU __ UKSJUPCX C closed 2 UKSJU __ UKSJUBUN C closed 3 UKSJU __ VKA C closed 2 VKA __ VKA C closed 1 VKA __ UKSJU-BUNDLE-LONG-NAME O opened 10 UKSJU __ XSETGGR-BU1 C closed 1 XSETGGR __ UKSJU-TYPE-AL C closed 1 UKSJU __ XSETGGR-BU1 C closed 1 XSETGGR __ UKSJU-BUNDLE-LONG-NAME C closed 21 UKSJU __ UKSJU-TYPE-AL C closed UKSJU __ UKSJU-TYPE-AL C closed 1 UKSJU __ UKSJU-TYPE-AL C closed 1 UKSJU __ UKSJU-TYPE-AL C closed 1 UKSJU Top Of Data Command => ___________________________________________________________________ Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Exit Flip < > - + Mastr Rfrsh SwLay Menu

   The screen lists all bundles processed by Entire Output Management. They are listed in descending order of their creation dates.

2. From this screen, you can perform various functions on bundles.

Depending on the setting of the user profile field Restrict Abun, you will either see all bundles, with those to which you have access highlighted, or only those bundles to which you have access. You can only enter commands for bundles to which you have access. Administrators have access to all bundles, regardless of the Restrict Abun setting.

Special PF Keys

Switching between Administrator and General User Layout

The Active Bundles screen can be displayed in two layouts:

• The Administrator Layout (see above) displays reports, coordinator ID, and Open and Close Date/Time information.

• The General User Layout (see below) displays a Description of the active bundles:

  16:25:10             **** ENTIRE OUTPUT MANAGEMENT ****            2015-08-16
 User ID XYZ                  - Active Bundles -                               
                                                                               
 Cmd Bundle                    S Status Reps Description            Message    
 ___ _________________________ _ ______ ____ ______________________ ___________
  __ UKSJUPCX                  O opened    6 STEVE'S BUNDLE - WITH             
  __ UKSJUBUN                  O opened    9 STEVE'S BUNDLE                    
  __ UKSJUPCX                  C closed    2 STEVE'S BUNDLE - WITH             
  __ UKSJUBUN                  C closed    3 STEVE'S BUNDLE                    
  

With PF11 (SwLay) you can switch between the two layouts.

Line Commands

Fields

Modifying an Active Bundle

You can define:

• General Attributes

• Printing Attributes

To modify an active bundle:

1. On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command MO next to the active bundle you want to modify.

   The Active Bundle > General Attributes screen is displayed for the bundle you have selected:

   12:12:13 **** ENTIRE OUTPUT MANAGEMENT **** 2015-08-11 User ID XYZ - Active Bundle>General Attributes - Bundle Name .............. UKSJUPCX Run number ........ 32597 Created .............. 2008-10-10 14:31 Coordinator ID ....... XYZ_____ Print events Time schedule...... _________________ Lines exceeded .... 10000____ Report arrival .... _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ Command => ___________________________________________________________________ Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12--- Help Exit Flip Do Undo Print Menu

2. You can modify the data displayed by entering new data in the input fields. The fields are described below.

3. Modify the attributes as desired. Then press PF5 (Do) or ENTER to save your modifications.

4. Depending on the COMMIT option (see SET command), you may be prompted to confirm the modifications.

General Attributes

Printing Attributes

To modify printing attributes of an active bundle:

1. Press PF9 on the Active Bundle > General Attributes screen.

   The Active Bundle > Printing Attributes screen is displayed.

2. The printing attributes you can modify correspond to the fields of the same names in the bundle definition. See Printing Attributes in the section Bundles.

Closing an Active Bundle

This function closes an active bundle so that it can accept no additional reports. If additional reports arrive for the bundle, a new version of the bundle is opened to accept them.

To close an active bundle:

• On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command CL next to the bundle to be closed.

  The message "Closed" is displayed in the Status column.

Printing an Active Bundle

To print an active bundle:

1. On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command PR next to the active bundle you want to print.

   A printer selection list will be displayed.

2. Select a printer by entering any character in the input field before the appropriate printer.

   A message confirms that the bundle has been queued for printing.

Archiving an Active Bundle

This function marks an active bundle for archiving. The bundle is archived the next time the archiving task is active.

To mark an active bundle for archiving:

• On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command AR next to the bundle to be marked for archiving.

Reviving an Active Bundle

This function marks all archived reports in an active bundle to be revived. The reports will be revived the next time the revive job runs.

To revive an active bundle:

• On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command RV next to the bundle to be marked for reviving.

Deleting an Active Bundle

To delete an active bundle:

1. On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command DE next to the bundle to be deleted.

2. Depending on the CONFIRM option (see SET command), you may be prompted to confirm the deletion.

Displaying Information on an Active Bundle

To display additional information on an active bundle:

• On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command IN next to the bundle for which you want to display information.

  The following information is displayed:

Fields

Displaying Log Information for an Active Bundle

To display log information for an active bundle:

• On the Active Bundles screen, enter the line command LO next to the bundle for which log information is to be displayed.

  The Log Display screen is displayed for the bundle selected.

  For further details, see LO - Display Log Information for an Object.