Intermate i5 manual Specify input spooled file priority, Define sort fields, Specify job priority

The various definition lines does the following:

Specify input spooled file priority:

This definition line is only used for defining what spool file attributes to sort on, if no sorting fields are selected. Normally it is not necessary to fill this out.

Specify placement of input spool file attributes at output:

If you decide to sort on the spool file attributes in combination with text of each spool page (e.g. customer number), you can do this using this function. This places the attributes on each page.

Define sort fields:

Here you state where to find the sorting keys (e.g. customer number) on each page. You also refer to positions, where the attributes have been inserted. If all spool files have the sorting fields in the same positions, you only need one sequence line. If the placement of the sorting fields varies, it is necessary to have more sequence lines and to use the page selection criteria. For a description of the page selection criteria see page 212, 232.

Specify grouping and separator page:

Here you decide how many sorting fields, that should change in order for creating a new group. You can also specify to insert a separator page, when changing groups.

A group is dealt with as an undividable number of pages. If you choose to distribute the workload on several output queues a group will not be broken up.

Define resulting output queues:

Specifies on which output queue(s) to place the resulting SCS spool file including all the pages. You can decide, that OSC should balance the workload between several output queues. Using the workload factor. Note that groups defined above are kept together.

Specify automatic start scheduling:

Specifies weekdays and times, when the OSC job is to autostart and process all waiting spool files.

Specify automatic start options:

Specify whether or not to send a message when starting or/and when finished. It is also possible to decide to start or not to start the OSC job, if it could not be started at the scheduled time (e.g. because of an IPL).

Specify output queue for processed spooled files:

Specify an output queue for placing the incoming spool files or specify *DELETE for deleting them, when processed by OSC.

Specify job priority:

Specify the priority of the OSC job.

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