Electronic Report Distribution | IBM 47AE - 410168 manual

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.)

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IBM 47AE - 410168 manual Electronic Report Distribution solution

Contents

Infoprint Server for iSeries ISeries Output Architecture Enabling e-output ISeries Print Version Using Infoprint Server Focus of Infoprint Server Publish to the Web solution Publish to the Web IFS Using iSeries Navigator to create a PSF Config. Object Crtpsfcfg or Chgpsfcfg commands Target Directory and File Name More on Target Stream Files Use 5722-XH2 Electronic Report Distribution solution Electronic Report Distribution Mail address Architecture E-mail Mail with exit program Use exit program Sample e-mail received V5R1 V5R2 enhancements New Operations Navigator options Mail File size considerations Improve quality with Outline Fonts Print enterprise output on Ipds printers solution Print enterprise output on Ipds printers Architecture Print Serving Integrate web and network images into iSeries applications Image Transforms Architecture Web image Indexed data for fast navigation Indexed data for fast navigation solution Architecture Portable AFP Crtafpdta and Cvtlindta similarities Crtafpdta vs. Cvtlindta Differences What else would you use if for? Overview of Crtafpdta Scenarios and Server Components ISeries Transforms Infoprint Server Summary Infoprint Server Architecture Other Print and E-output Sessions Additional Information Glossary Glossary