Understanding Adding Batch Versions
You must create at least one batch version for each report template before you can process the report. You can create batch versions automatically in JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Report Design Aid (RDA) using the Report Director. You can create additional batch versions from the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Batch Versions application by:
Adding a new batch version.
When you add new batch versions, the new versions read the specifications from the associated report template, or master specifications.
Copying an existing batch version.
Copying batch versions provides a slightly different result than adding batch versions as explained in the next section.
If the associated report template has a processing option attached to it, the Prompting Options field is active when you create a new batch version. You can define how you want the system to handle processing options at runtime. This table describes the prompting options available:
Prompting Options |
Description |
|---|---|
No Processing Options |
This option indicates that the report should run as if all processing option values are NULL or 0. |
Blind Execution |
The system does not present the processing option template to the user. You define the default values that the system uses at runtime and the user cannot modify these default values. |
Prompt for Values |
The system presents the processing option template to the user. The user can then enter values in fields included on the processing option template to affect the results of the report. |
You should set up security on all new batch versions. Version security enables you to set security differently for each JD Edwards EnterpriseOne version. Batch version security is separate from JD Edwards EnterpriseOne security that is defined in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Security Workbench (P00950) application. This table describes the batch version security options:
Security Options |
Description |
|---|---|
No Security |
Anyone can design, change processing option values, change detail values, check in, check out, install, transfer, copy, delete, or run the version. |
Medium Security |
Only the user that last modified the batch version can design, change processing option values, change detail values, check in, check out, or delete the version. Anyone can install, transfer, copy, or run the version. |
Medium to Full Security |
Only the user that last modified the batch version can design, change processing option values, change detail values, check in, check out, transfer, delete, or run the version. Anyone can install or copy the version. |
Full Security |
Only the user that last modified the batch version can design, change processing option values, change detail values, check in, check out, install, transfer, copy, delete, or run the version. |
At the time that you create a new batch version, you can define the batch version to print immediately every time that it is submitted for processing. This enables you to define specific batch versions to output directly to the printer rather than sitting in the print queue until someone releases it to the printer. The Print Immediate option can be overridden at runtime.
There is also a setting in the jde.ini for the print immediate feature. This setting, however, affects all batch versions. The print immediate option on the Version Detail form enables you to define the feature for individual batch versions.