Print Utility panel
You use the Print Utility panel to print the contents of a table or view.
Panel and field definitions
- Location
- The location of the Db2® object. Leave this field blank if the table or view that you want to work with is at your current location. This field is optional.
- database
- The name of the database to which you want to restrict your selection. This field is optional.
- Owner
- The authorization ID of the owner of the Db2® object. This field is optional.
- Table space
- The name of the table space to which you want to restrict your selection. This field is optional.
- Name
- The name of the Db2® object.
- Row count
- The number of rows of the Db2® object
you want to print.
Valid values:
- 0
- All rows printed
- 1–99999999
- Number of rows printed
- ALL
- All rows printed. This is the default.
- Data set name
- The name of the template data set. It can be a fully-qualified data set name or a pattern. The name may include a member name or name pattern in parenthesis. If the member is specified here, the associated Member field must be empty.
- Member
- If you specified the name of a partitioned data set (PDS) without including a member name or name pattern in parenthesis in the Data set name field, then you can use this field to specify the member name or a member name pattern.
- Processing Options
- You can use these options to specify, amongst other things, the format in which you want the
data printed, which template you want to use for the print process, and whether
you want to edit the template before the print process.
- Template usage
- The Print Utility panel provides four options for template processing:
- 1. Above
- Requires that you enter the name of a template data set (and optionally a member name) in the Template section of the panel. If you do not specify a member name, or if you specify a pattern, FM/Db2 displays a member selection list. After you have specified the member containing a template, processing continues using this template in place of the automatically-generated template for the table (for a detailed explanation, see Template Usage option 3).
- 2. Previous
- Uses the last (previously used) template for this table.
- 3. Generate from table
- Generates a template based on the information in the Db2® catalog for the specified table. This is the default setting. If you have specified a member name in the Template section of the panel, it is ignored. FM/Db2 generates the required template in memory.
- 4. Generate/Replace
- Generates a template based on the information in the Db2® catalog for the specified table, and saves this information in the member specified in the Template section of the panel. If the member already exists, it is replaced. Any prior customization is lost.
- Edit options
- Use to display the FM/Db2 print utility options, prior to printing the data for the Db2® object. The default is not selected.
- Edit template
- Use to edit the template before printing the data. The default is not selected.
- Create audit trail
- Controls whether access to Db2® by
FM/Db2 is written to
the FM/Db2 audit log.
This option only appears when SAF-rule controlled auditing is in
effect.
FM/Db2 may write audit records to either SMF, or a data set.
When SAF rules are used to control FM/Db2 auditing, the decision to write audit records is based on the Db2® object name being processed, and the current userid (TSO logonid). Therefore auditing may be required when processing one Db2® object, but not another. In addition, it is possible that the auditing requirement cannot be changed for a particular Db2® object; this might be different for another Db2® object, and the requirement may be different for other TSO userids.
If you do not have the authority to change the audit setting when processing a particular Db2® object, FM/Db2 prompts you if you enter the wrong setting. If you do have the authority to set the audit setting for a particular Db2® object, FM/Db2 honors whatever value is specified in this field.
Parent panels
Child panels
To display this panel… | Use/do this |
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Print Utility Options panel | Select Edit options |
Column Selection/Edit panel | Select Edit template |