How to get a list of the reports defined in Dispatch that do not have Recipients ?

Products

• Dispatch Output Mgmt
• Output Management Document Viewer
• Deliver
• View
• Output Management Web Viewer

Issue/Introduction

Reports defined in Dispatch most often have one or more Recipients, each of them being defined to get all or a selection of the pages contained in the report.
The question that sometimes comes up is how can we get a list of the reports that do not have a recipient associated with them ?

Environment

Release: DISPAX00200-11.7-Dispatch
Component:

Resolution

CADSOPTN members DSCULP01 and DSCULP13 can be used with sample JCL DSEXCULP to get a Report Distribution File Listing and Page Selection By Recipients Listing.

The following sample CULPRIT can be used to get a listing of the reports that do not have a recipient.

                                                                          
----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+----5----+----6----+--
 INPUT 6000 DB(D) SS=SSRD01,CAISCHEM,1                             
 PARAM=NOLIST                                                      
 PATH01 RD-BASE(IX-RD-REPORT) RD-RCPRPT(02)                        
 31OUT D                                                           
 31SORT RD-BASE-REPORT-NAME   RD-BASE-JOBNAME   RD-BASE-REPORT-DESC
 313 LIST REPORTS WITHOUT RECIPIENTS DEFINED                       
 3141*  1 '   '                                                    
 3143*  1 '   '                                                    
 3142*  1 'REPORT'                                                 
 3142*  2 'JOB'                                                    
 3142*  3 'REPORT DESCRIPTION'                                     
 3152*  1 RD-BASE-REPORT-NAME                                      
 3152*  2 RD-BASE-JOBNAME                                          
 3152*  3 RD-BASE-REPORT-DESC                                      
 317    IF PATH-ID EQ '02'  100                                    
 317    DROP                                                       
 317100 TAKE
       

Note the particular syntax and usage of the PATH statement:

PATH01 RD-BASE(IX-RD-REPORT) RD-RCPRPT(02)

This is known with CULPRIT as an "Alternate Path".

Additional Information

Refer to CA Culprit for CA IDMS™ Reference Guide. Accessing Database Records, item Specifying Path Identifiers for the detailed description and use of Alternate Path with CA Culprit.

Refer to CA Dispatch Reference Guide Appendix C: Printing Database Information Using CA Culprit or CA Easytrieve for a list of available reports with CA Dispatch.