JPH0444782B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] (A) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention provides a job output selection processing method, in particular, a job output selection process that allows selection conditions combining various attributes of an output data set to be arbitrarily provided. The present invention relates to a job output selection processing method that allows selection to be made freely and improves the operability of an output writer.

(B) Prior art and problems There is a so-called job as a unit in which a user makes a computer execute a desired process.
Defined by job control statements (JCL). When execution of a job is completed, the job is registered in the output control queue, and the job execution results are grouped by output class specified in the dataset definition statement of the output dataset. The output of the output data set of this output queue is performed by an output writer whose output class characteristics are defined in advance.
The output class grouping can be arbitrarily set at the installation location depending on the business content of the installation location, the type of output device, the format of printing paper, etc. Therefore, although it is possible to select outputs to some extent depending on the output class, it is difficult to freely select job outputs without changing job control statements related to existing business processing, etc. It is.

For example, suppose there is a job related to payroll calculations and another job related to sales results, and each job is output for the Tokyo area, followed by the Osaka area. Conventionally, the output order to the printer is, for example, salary (Tokyo), salary (Osaka), sales results (Tokyo), and sales results (Osaka). in this case,
For example, if an attempt is made to deliver only the output list related to the Osaka area at once, it is necessary to manually refer to the header information of the output list and separate the list at least three times. If it is possible to separate the output for the Tokyo area and the output for the Osaka area depending on the output content, regardless of the execution unit of the job, even if there is only one printer, The process of separating the output list only needs to be done once, and it is easy to combine the output lists.

In addition to the above example, it is desired that the job output selection function by the output writer be diversified and made more flexible.

(C) Object and structure of the invention The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned points, and in particular, the dataset attributes of job output have
For example, we focused on the existence of job names, job numbers, output classes, paper control image identifiers (FCB), character arrangement table identifiers (UCB, CHARS), and many others, and as output writer functions, by specifying output classes, It is an object of the present invention to provide a method that not only selects and extracts job outputs, but also allows any combination of the above attributes to be used as a selection condition. Therefore, in the job output selection processing method of the present invention, an output data set in which output data from job execution is stored is queued to the job output queue after the job execution is completed, and one or more output writers select the job output data set. In a processing method for outputting an output dataset in a queue to a predetermined output destination, when the output writer retrieves an output dataset to be output from the job output queue, one or more predefined output datasets are selected for the output dataset. a selection condition instruction section that assigns a selection condition regarding the attribute and instructs to select and output an output data set that matches the above-mentioned attribute; and a selection condition instruction section that assigns a selection condition regarding the attribute of The output writer is characterized in that it includes a selection condition storage section for storing data in the selection condition storage section, and an output selection section that selects an output data set to be output according to the contents of the selection condition storage section. Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(D) Embodiment of the Invention FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows an example of attribute definition of an output data set, and FIG. 3 shows an example of an output selection mode using the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is an operator console, 2 is a writer starting section, 3 is a selection condition instruction section, 4A, 4B are output writers, 5A, 5B are output selection sections, 6A, 6B
is the condition queue, 7A, 7B are the output processing units, 8A,
8B is a line printer, 9 is a selection condition storage unit, 1
0A and 10B are selection condition tables, 11 is an output queue, 12-A to 12-9 are output queue terminals, and 13-1 to 13-8 are output data sets.

The writer starting unit 2 is activated by a START command input from the operator console 1, for example.
This activates the specified output writers 4A, 4B, etc. The characteristics of the output writers 4A, 4B, such as the output class and output device to be output, are determined in advance by the initialization parameters of each output writer 4A, 4B. This point can be considered to be the same as before.

The selection condition instructing section 3 analyzes a command input from the operator console 1, for example, instructing conditions for job output selection of each output writer 4A or 4B, and stores the commands specified by the command parameters in the selection condition storage section 9. Selection condition tables 10A-1, 10A-2,..., 10B-2 regarding selection conditions
is created. The created selection condition table is queued to a condition queue 6A or 6B provided corresponding to each output writer 4A or 4B. As selection conditions, various attributes and combinations of attributes that can be specified by parameters of the dataset definition statement can be specified when defining the output datasets 13-1, 13-2, . . . .

Job output attributes include, for example, paper separation specification (BURST), output class (A to Z and 0 to 9), paper control image identification name (FCB),
Form overlay identification name (FLASH), format number (FORM), upper and lower limit values for the number of output records, output destination code (DEST), character arrangement table identification name (UCS, CHARS), output priority (PRTY), job name, job number, etc., and specify one or more of these attribute types and their contents as selection conditions. If multiple attributes are specified as one selection condition, each attribute should be set to an AND condition or an OR condition.
You can also specify whether to make it a condition.

In addition, in actual application, the above commands should not be entered only from the operator console 1, but the command string should be converted into a file and automatically sent, for example, along with the START command of the output writer, when the system is started. may be input.

The output data sets 13-1, 13-2, etc. to be output by the output writers 4A, 4B are output from the output queue terminals 12-A, 12-B,..., of the output queue 11 prepared for each output class. 12-
9. The output class is the same as before, and is defined by a single letter or number, and therefore there are 36 types.

In the case of the present invention, each output writer 4A, 4B has
Output selection units 5A and 5B are provided. The output selection unit 5A first refers to the first selection condition table 10A-1 connected to the condition queue 6A, and determines whether the attribute of the output data set to be outputted is the selection condition table 10A-1. It is determined whether or not the selected attribute matches the attribute stored in the selection condition. If they do not match, the selection conditions for the next output data set are checked without selectively outputting that output data set. Only when the attributes of the output data sets match and the selection conditions are satisfied, the output selection unit 5A notifies the output data set to the output processing unit 7A. Output processing section 7A
executes a process of outputting the output data set to the line printer 8A etc. assigned to the output writer 4A. After the output is finished, select the output selection section 5A again.
, and repeat the selection of the next output data set.

If there are no output datasets that meet the selection conditions in the selection condition table 10A-1, or if all have been output, the next selection condition table 10A-2 is referred to and the output datasets are selected and output in the same way. The output is repeated. The same applies to the selection condition table 10A-3. For example, when all checks using the selection condition table 10A-1 are completed, the selection condition table 10A-1
Processing may be performed such that A-1 is reconnected to the rear of the selection condition table 10A-3. After completing the processing using the selection condition table, the conventional function of processing the output class assigned to the output writer is performed.

The output selection section 5B processes the output data set of the output class assigned to the output writer 4B in the same manner as the output selection section 5A.

The attributes of the output data set are given, for example, at the time of job submission, by the data set definition statement of the job control statement as shown in FIG. In the example shown in Figure 2, data set DA1 and data set DA
2 has the same output class (SYSOUT) as "A", but the FCB parameter and DEST parameter are different. Therefore, output selection can be made different by specifying attributes of either or both of the FCB parameter and the DEST parameter.

For example, as shown in Figure 3A, if there are job JOB1 for payroll calculation, job JOB2 for inventory management, and job JOB3 for sales results, these output data sets will each have UCS parameters for district A. is "A", the UCS parameter for district B is "B", the UCS parameter for district C is "C", etc.
Assume that it is possible to distinguish attributes by chance by UCS parameters. In this case, using the attribute of the UCS parameter as the selection condition, for example, as shown in FIG.
By adding 0-3, it is possible to obtain an output list organized for each district across each job, and the output list can be delivered to districts A, B, and C without being separated by job. can do.

(E) Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, the selection of job output is not limited to the output class, but can be freely specified by other attributes, and the job output by the output writer is It becomes possible to diversify the selection functions. In particular, if the attributes of multiple output data sets of existing jobs are different in some way, output selection can be performed using the different points as selection conditions. It is possible to change the output destination of a specific output data set and improve operability by using the job control statement as is without changing the job control statement.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows an example of attribute definition of an output data set, and FIG. 3 shows an example of an output selection mode using the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an operator console, 2 is a writer starting section, 3 is a selection condition instruction section, 4A, 4B are output writers, 5A, 5B are output selection sections, 6A, 6B
is a condition queue, 7A, 7B are output processing units, 8A,
8B is a line printer, 9 is a selection condition storage unit, 1
0A and 10B are selection condition tables, 11 is an output queue, 12-A to 12-9 are output queue terminals, and 13-1 to 13-8 are output data sets.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An output data set containing output data from job execution is queued to the job output queue after the job execution is completed, and one or more output writers send the output data set in the job output queue to a predetermined output destination. In the processing method, when the output writer retrieves the output data set to be output from the job output queue, it assigns selection conditions regarding one or more predefined attributes to the output data set, and a selection condition instruction section that instructs to selectively output a matching output data set; and a selection condition storage section that stores the selection conditions instructed by the selection condition instruction section for each of the output writers. . A job output selection processing method, wherein the output writer includes an output selection section that selects an output data set to be output according to the contents of the selection condition storage section.