IBM 47AE - 410168 manual Electronic Report Distribution solution

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2. Electronic Report Distribution

Scenario - monthly sales reports are printed, manually separated and mailed to regional office managers

Customer would like to automatically distribute and send the relevant reports to specific managers

Electronic Report Distribution - solution

1. Use DDS keywords to insert Group tags in *AFPDS spooled file.

2. Original spooled file converted to multiple PDF files

3. User exit program converts department name to e-mail address.

4. Each PDF file sent to appropriate regional office as e-mail attachment

V5R1 uses SNDDST

V5R2 you can use SNDDST or any SMTP server.

(Other methods of segmenting and addressing the file will be discussed later.)

COMMON 410168 47AE Infoprint Server Denver.PRZ

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Contents Infoprint Server for iSeries ISeries Output ArchitectureEnabling e-output ISeries Print VersionUsing Infoprint Server Focus of Infoprint ServerPublish to the Web solution Publish to the WebIFS Using iSeries Navigator to create a PSF Config. Object Crtpsfcfg or Chgpsfcfg commandsTarget Directory and File Name More on Target Stream Files Use 5722-XH2 Electronic Report Distribution solution Electronic Report DistributionMail address Architecture E-mailMail with exit program Use exit programSample e-mail received V5R1 V5R2 enhancementsNew Operations Navigator options Mail File size considerations Improve quality with Outline FontsPrint enterprise output on Ipds printers solution Print enterprise output on Ipds printersArchitecture Print Serving Integrate web and network images into iSeries applications Image Transforms Architecture Web image Indexed data for fast navigationIndexed data for fast navigation solution Architecture Portable AFPCrtafpdta and Cvtlindta similarities Crtafpdta vs. Cvtlindta DifferencesWhat else would you use if for? Overview of CrtafpdtaScenarios and Server Components ISeries TransformsInfoprint Server Summary Infoprint Server ArchitectureOther Print and E-output Sessions Additional InformationGlossary Glossary