Spooled File Housekeeping Details

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Navigation: Cobwebb Tools Menu > Work with Spooled Files Housekeeping

The Spooled File Housekeeping details screen displays the information entered on the first screen, in addition you can specify an Action Type and Action after days. This screen also allows the Active Status to be changed, use the F7 function key to toggle between Online and Offline status.

Entries

Output Queue

The Output Queue from which the spooled files will be selected.

Library

The Library Name where the above Output Queue resides.

Spooled file name

The Spool File Name used to select the spool files. Use *ALL to select spooled files regardless of their file name.

User data

The User specified data used to select the spool files. If you leave the default of *ALL then the User Data of the selected spool files will not be checked, otherwise you may enter the User Data that you wish to be used for selecting the spool files. Note: This must be an exact match including case.

User name

The User Id used to select the spool files. *ALL if you wish to select all spooled files regardless of their owner.

Spool Status

The spool file status used to select the spool files. If you leave the default of *ALL then the status of the selected spool files will not be checked, otherwise you may enter one of the other valid options *READY, *HELD or *SAVED.

Action Type

This is where you decide what you want to do with your selected Spooled Files. Your choices are:

*HLD	To change the status of the selected spooled files to *HELD.
*MOV	To Move the selected spooled files. You will be prompted to enter the Output queue name and Library for the Output Queue to which you wish to move your selected spooled files.
*RLS	To change the status of the selected spooled files to *READY.
*MRG	To Merge the selected spooled files. You will be prompted to enter the destination Output queue name and Library for the generated spooled file.
*DLT	To Delete the selected spooled files.

Action after days

This option will allow you to specify how old a spool file needs to be before being included in the selection for processing. Say you want to move all invoices from the previous days output you would enter a 1 here and this would pick up any matching spool file of one day or older. Entering a 0 will not check the age of the spool file. If you leave the default of 999 then nothing will happen unless you have spool files more than 999 days old.

Active Status

This displays whether the entry is Online or Offline. If the entry is Online then it will be picked up and processed by the SPOOLTIDY job running in the Cobwebb Job Scheduler the next time it runs.

Function keys

F3=Exit	Exits the Work with Spooled File Housekeeping details screen and returns to the Work with Spooled File Housekeeping list, without updating.
F5=Refresh	Refresh current entries with their original values.
F7=Online/Offline	Switches the status of the entry between Online and Offline.
F12=Previous	Cancels the Work with Spooled File Housekeeping details screen and returns to the Work with Spooled File Housekeeping list, without updating.