University ITS

Data Administration

 

CONTROL-D ONLINE REPORTING

CONTROL-D offers us new ways to distribute reports: electronically and, if still needed, on paper. Reports are available online immediately after the job is completed, virtually eliminating waiting for report distribution. Staff has the ability to view their reports; current and prior, from any PC or terminal connected to the mainframe.

The CONTROL-D Online Viewing facility enables you to look at reports on your screen and allows two or more people to view/work with the same report at different locations. CONTROL-D also offers the option to print the complete report or specified pages of the report.

ACCESSING CONTROL-D.. 1

VIEWING CONTROL-D REPORTS.. 4

PRINTING CONTROL-D REPORTS.. 7

EXITING CONTROL-D ONLINE VIEWING.. 9

WIDESCREEN VIEWING OF CONTROL-D REPORTS.. 10

 

 

ACCESSING CONTROL-D

CONTROL-D permissions and restrictions are given based on your logon id. Permissions are granted by the System Administrators. Currently reports are available for online viewing for the Financial Records System (FRS), Human Resources and Payroll (GENESYS).

To access CONTROL-D open a mainframe session from your desktop. Once the VTAM screen appears, at the bottom of the screen type DOLV in the area Enter your Selection č and press the ENTER key.

You are now in CONTROL-D, the USER REPORTS ENTRY PANEL is displayed. This panel is the main interface to CONTROL-D Reports.

 

USER REPORT ENTRY PANEL

The USER REPORTS ENTRY PANEL is the main user interface to CONTROL-D Reports. This panel allows you to fill in the selection criteria of the report(s) that you need to view. You may be as specific as necessary.

OPTIONS: This field allows you to specify the kind of Report list you want to see. Valid values are 1, 2, or 3. The default value is 2.

·        1 = PERMANENT REPORT LIST. A master list of all reports which the user may receive at any time.

·        2 = ACTIVE REPORT LIST. A list of recent reports. (Default if the OPTION field is left blank).

·        3 = HISTORY REPORT LIST. A list of all reports which are currently archived on cartridge that can be restored to the ACTIVE LIST for viewing.

REPORT NAME: This field allows you to specify the report name i.e. HJ PAY PRELIST ALPHA. Asterisks may be used in place of words or letters in the report name, i.e. *PRELIST* will display a list of report names with the word PRELIST in them. If the Report Name is left blank then a list of all the reports available to the user is displayed. Only reports that the user is authorized to view are displayed.

USER: User or recipient name. Each area is assigned a specific name that is used to access reports. The USER field may be left blank.

DATE FROM/TO: The date range for reports to be included in the Report list. Specifying a FROM date without a TO date implies that the FROM and TO dates are the same. Date format: mmddyy.

JOBNAME: The name of the job which created the report i.e. J1916R01. This field should be left blank unless you are positive of the job name.

DISPLAY TYPE: The desired report list display format.

·        U = User – for end users

·        D = Default – for technical personnel

BYPASS PANEL: A value of ‘Y’ will bypass this panel (USER REPORTS ENTRY PANEL). A value of ‘N’ will display this panel upon entry to CONTROL-D.

 

VIEWING CONTROL-D REPORTS

Once you press the ENTER key from the USER REPORTS ENTRY PANEL the ACTIVE REPORT LIST is displayed with the report names that you are authorized to view.

From the ACTIVE LIST screen move the cursor to the OPTION (O) area to the left of the Report Name. Type the letter V (View) and press ENTER. The selected report is displayed. The areas of the ACTIVE LIST are described below.

REPORT VIEWING SCREEN COMMANDS

GENERAL COMMANDS: Use the PF Keys to navigate through the report or the screen commands.

·        F3       Return to the  Previous Screen      

·        F5       Repeat a Find          

·        F7       Scroll Backward       

·        F8       Scroll Forward

·        F10     Scroll Left

·        F11     Scroll Right

·        *F1 – Pressing the F1 key on any screen will give HELP for that particular screen

SCREEN COMMANDS: Screen commands are entered on the command line in the upper left hand corner.

·        NEXTPAGE n (abbreviated N n) Nextpage scrolls forward by print page. Nextpage n scrolls forward n pages. If n is not specified, the report scrolls forward one print page. Example N 3 scrolls forward 3 pages.

·        PREVPAGE n (abbreviated P n) Prevpage scrolls back n by print page. If n is not specified, the report scrolls back one print page. . Example P 3 scrolls back 3 pages.

·        FIND string (abbreviated F string) Locates the first value after the cursor.

·        FIND string PREV) (abbreviated F string PREV) Locates the last value before the cursor.

·        Repeat FIND press PF5 to continue to search for the string.

·        M F7 will bring you to the top of the first page of the report.

·        M F8 will bring you to the bottom of the report.

OPTIONS OF THE ACTIVE USER REPORT LIST

The following options may be applied to individual reports:

V (VIEW)                    (Active Report list)    View entire report.

P (PRINT)                  (Active Report list)    Print entire report or selected pages.

N (NOTE)                  (Active Report list)    Open a Note window for the report.

R (RESTORE)          (History Report list)   Restore a report from the archives.

C (NO-RESTORE)   (History Report list)   Cancel a restore request.

NOTEWORTHY!!!!

The amount to scroll is defined in the SCROLL field. This field is found in the upper right hand corner. It looks like this: SCROLL==> and is followed by a value such as CRSR. The values that SCROLL may take on are defined as follows:

 

CRSR            scrolls from the cursor location on the report.

PAGE             scrolls a full page.

HALF             scrolls half a page.

 

PRINTING CONTROL-D REPORTS

To print CONTROL-D reports you need a printer available that is capable of printing mainframe applications.

·        The printer must have a jet direct card and be configured for it.

·        Once a printer has been configured with the jet direct card it will need a static IP address assigned to it.

·        Once a static IP address is assigned the printer will need printer tags defined for portrait and landscape printing orientations.

·        Call the University Information Technology Services HELP desk at 486-4357 for assistance with the above steps. 

Once the printer is set up to accommodate mainframe printing, CONTROL-D reports can be directed to it.

From the ACTIVE LIST screen move the cursor to the OPTION (O) area to the left of the Report Name. Type the letter P (Print) and press ENTER. The PRINT OPTION sub-menu is displayed.

PRINT OPTIONS

1          Immediate Printing. The report is sent to the printer specified in the DEST field immediately. Use this option to print the report or the requested pages of a report to a remote printer located nearby.

2          Deferred Printing. The report will be printed on the printers located in UITS Network Operations. You will receive the report later in the day.

X         Take no action. Exit the Print Option window.

The following parameters can be modified in the PRINT OPTION window:

COPIES            Number of copies to print.

FORM               FORM to use when printing the report. For Immediate Print always type in STAN.

CLASS             Output class to print the report. . For Immediate Print always type in G.

DEST                Remote printer ID where the report will be printed.

FROM PAGE nnnnnn TO PAGE nnnnnn Allows you to print a range of pages from the report. The default value in FROM PAGE is 000001 and TO PAGE is the total number of pages in the report.

NOTE: When entering a page range for report printing use the page numbers displayed on the top line of the REPORT VIEWING SCREEN in the FROM PAGE/TO PAGE areas. DO NOT use the page number in the report page.

 

EXITING CONTROL-D ONLINE VIEWING

To exit CONTROL-D completely type =X at the command arrow from any screen and press ENTER.

To back up to a previous screen press F3. You can continually press F3 until you reach the screen you want or exit from CONTROL-D.

Press F3 or Pause to return to the UConn Main Menu screen.

 

WIDESCREEN VIEWING OF CONTROL-D REPORTS

A default screen setup for 3270 Emulators displays 80 characters wide, to view reports with data up to 132 characters wide you must modify your screen display option.

For more information on 3270 Emulators and UConn Site Licenses go to http://software.uconn.edu/emulators.html

WIDESCREEN SETUP

1.      To create a customized mainframe session using Windows Explorer, open the application by clicking on the  button in the lower left-hand corner of your Windows desktop. This should bring up a menu similar to the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2.      Drag the mouse over the menu item labeled Programs. This should pop up a secondary menu similar to the following:

The item you want is the one labeled HostExplorer. Move the mouse cursor over this item; an additional menu will pop up. Click on the label TN3270.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.      The Open Session window will come up.

Locate the folder entitled 3270 and single-click the plus (+) sign, to the left of the folder. After doing this you should see a sub-menu item entitled Default.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


4.      Click on the New Profile button. A HostExplorer Session Info window will pop up similar to the following:

 

 

 

 

 

5.      Fill in the following information:

Profile Name – type in a meaningful name, this is what you will click on to connect to CONTROL-D

Choose a profile type – place the cursor on the down arrow, click once, from the drop-down menu highlight 3270 and click once to select it.

Host Name – must be uconnmvs.uconn.edu

Your window should look similar to the following:

 

 

 

 

Click on the OK button.

6.      The Open Session window will return with the Profile Name you created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


7.      Click once on the Edit Profile button. The following screen will come up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.      On the left side of the Session Profile screen, click on the plus (+) sign in front of the item labeled Terminal You will see a list of items contained in this folder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.      Click once on 3270. On the right side of the screen check the box for Model5 (27x132) by clicking once with the mouse. Click the OK button. The Open Session window returns.

CONNECT TO THE NEW SESSION AND CREATE A SHORTCUT ON THE DESKTOP

1.      To connect to the New Session you just created click on the Connect button on the right side of the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The new Mainframe Session screen will come up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREATING A SHORTCUT

2.      From the mainframe session menu bar click once on the File tab. From the drop down menu select Save Session Profile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.      Highlight your session name and click in the Create Shortcut box. Click on the Save box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.      A new window Browse for Folder will pop up. In the box under the label Choose the folder where you’d like to save the shortcut, locate the item labeled Desktop. If you do not see this label you may have to use the scroll bar arrows on the right of the window to move up to the top of the list.

 

5.      Click once on Desktop to select it then click on the OK button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.      You will be returned to the mainframe session screen. Access CONTROL-D as described in the previous section. When you close the session you should new see the CONTROL-D shortcut icon                         on your desktop. Double-click the icon any time you wish to establish a mainframe session.