A built Report might be initiated from your terminal, providing the terminal is signed on to your application, and has an ODT level of 1 or higher. Enter the following Administration command from the Home position:
:RUN report [ device ]
The primary parameters for this command are listed in the following table. The :RUN Administration command can also be used to initiate your Report in recovery mode and to specify a parameter for passing to the Report. Refer to :RUN Commands for more information.
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| report | Name with which the Report was compiled |
| device | Device type to which the Report is to be directed (optional) |
If a device value is entered, the built-in attribute Glb.Device is initially set to this value in the Report. More information are given in the following table.
| If the Device Is … | Then the Report Is Directed To … |
|---|---|
| Not specified | Output device specified on the Report Options screen within Builder |
| LP | Line Printer |
| TP | Terminal Printer |
| RP | Remote printer, through Prints/Reprints software (Refer to Remote Printer (RP) Reports (non-ROC)) |
| EX | Flat file on disk (valid for ROC only) |
| VD | Video display at the initiating terminal |
For non-ROC Reports, if device is TP, and the name of the required terminal printer has not been entered into Glb.Stn, the Report will prompt for the terminal printer name, and wait for an Accept (>).