Using the Mapping operations robot

The Robot is a sub-system called MAPSROBOT which listens to a specified DTAQ. The sub-system is launched by the Mapping user created during installation.

The spooled files generated by the robot are generated by the owner of the original spooled file except if he does not have the right to submit a job (that is the case with QSECOFR rights)

If this is the case then Mapping is the owner of the new spooled file created by the robot.

The robot does not constantly analyse Outqs, it only does so when a spooled file needs to be processed.

Defining input Outqs managed by the robot

All spooled files placed in Outqs will be processed by the robot. Input Outqs are linked to destination Outqs (where the remapped spooled files will be printed) and to a DTAQ. These relations are defined in Option 5 of the Operations Menu.

When a spooled file is placed in an original robot Outq in RDY status, a message is sent to the DTAQ, launching a job in the sub-system of the robot.

Caution:

The spooled file needs to be placed in RDY state or the status needs to be changed if it is in HLD status. Otherwise no message will be sent to the DTAQ and the robot will not process the spooled file.

In the PRTF, SCHEDULE parameter: the spooled file output (availability of the file set as a spooled file attribute) needs to be set to *FILEEND: The output spooled file is

available for editing as soon as the file is closed (and is not in *IMMED).

The robot processes the spooled file as soon as it is available. If it is in OPN status, the robot will work with the unfinished spooled file.