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Robot/REPORTS Optimering af i. Series Output GS Gruppen, 29. november 2001 SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Report Management • Your goal is to organize and automate the processing of reports • Users are more productive with customized versions of the standard reports • Report viewing and electronic distribution can get rid of need for paper reports • Reports are not saved on the i. Series unless you use an archive tool • Printing paper is one of the bottlenecks to SOSY A/S lights-out operations
Most report pages are never read. . . So why are they printed? SOSY A/S
Why do reports get printed? We’ve always gotten a copy! Totals! Action Items: Let’s find them! SOSY A/S
Each printed page costs approx. 10 cents • Labor for handling – Filing – Retrieving & copying – Re-filing – Lost documents • Material to create report • Report storage SOSY A/S
On-line Data Is More Available • Multiple user access • Customization of data makes data more available and users more productive • Data can still be printed SOSY A/S
The objectives with Robot/REPORTS are to: ü Reduce the cost of printed output and equipment by making report viewing so attractive that users will prefer this to printed reports in most cases ü Increase users’ productivity: ü Let Robot/REPORT analyze reports and highlight important items ü Make sure Robot/REPORT only prints what is necessary ü Reduce operation costs for distributing, bursting, and manually archiving reports ü Reduce programming costs because users can change their own views ü Provide automatic balancing SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Operations Overview On-line Storage Spool File Converted to User Space Shortterm Archive Longterm Archive Report Viewing & Downloading Print on Demand OPAL Segments Reports Email Report Security SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Pre-Installation Check Points • • Identify reports to be automated Select users to be pioneers within area Internal courses are needed Gradual move towards on-line processing: – Keep on printing reports in test if desired period SOSY A/S
Use Robot/GUIDE for Automatic Set Up SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Features • • Report Distribution Bursting, Segmenting Bundling Viewing – Graphical User Interface • Archiving & Retrieval • Report Security SOSY A/S
Types of Distribution Viewing Email PDF file HTML format Microfiche Print on Demand Fax PC Download (. txt format) Printing Overrides Bundling SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Features • • Report Distribution Bursting, Segmenting Bundling Viewing – Graphical User Interface • Archiving & Retrieval • Report Security SOSY A/S
Bursting, Segmenting Southern Regional Sales Western Northern • Separates a large report into smaller, usable segments • Gives each user only what is needed SOSY A/S
Bursting, Segmenting • There are two ways to create a report segment: – Segment OPAL – Bursting Table SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Features • • Report Distribution Bursting, Segmenting Bundling Viewing – Graphical User Interface • Archiving & Retrieval • Report Security SOSY A/S
Bundling • Creates a packet of reports processed for a recipient • Command REPBUNDLE can be scheduled on Robot/SCHEDULE SOSY A/S
Print Immediately Sales Report Cost Report Banner Page Jim’s Financials Profit Report Banner Page Karen’s Financials Bundle by Recipient SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Features • • Report Distribution Bursting, Segmenting Bundling Viewing – Graphical User Interface • Archiving & Retrieval • Report Security SOSY A/S
Report Viewing • Customization of the columnar layout of a report – Highlight action items – Exclude columns – Move columns – Report notes – Scanning /Searching – On demand viewing features • GUI Interface SOSY A/S
Report Notes • Add notes to a Report View • 3 ways to add a note: – Private notes (bookmark) – Public notes – List of authorized recipients
Report Highlighting • We analyze the reports for you • Customize review rules by recipient • Improves readability and usefulness of reports • Encourages viewing rather than printing
Robot/REPORTS Features • • Report Distribution Bursting, Segmenting Bundling Viewing – Graphical User Interface • Archiving & Retrieval • Report Security SOSY A/S
Archiving & Retrieval On-line 5 days Short-Term Long-Term 3 months 7 years Each Report Set identifies how many days the report should stay in each stage SOSY A/S
Online Storage Location • Reports are stored in Robot/REPORTS format on your i. Series • Reports are available for immediate viewing or printing, downloading, etc. SOSY A/S
Shortterm Storage Location • Report is saved to a save file and removed from online storage • Save file is compressed • Users can request the report to be restored so it can be viewed or printed SOSY A/S
Longterm Storage Location • Report save file is saved to the longterm location and removed from shortterm location • Longterm location may be tape or optical • Users can request the report to be restored so it may be viewed or printed SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Features • • Report Distribution Bursting, Segmenting Bundling Viewing – Graphical User Interface • Archiving & Retrieval • Report Security SOSY A/S
Secure Report Data Viewing from a workstation is User Profile specific. Each recipient sees only what they are eligible to see. This can include specific lines and/or columns of a report. SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Operations • Three Methods of Processing • System setup – System defaults – Recipients – Report sets • Report History SOSY A/S
Three Methods of Processing • SEARCH – Spool file gets created by your programs – Output queue is monitored for specific spool files – Job is submitted to process your report SOSY A/S
Three Methods of Processing • Robot/SCHEDULE - Link your job to Robot/REPORTS which runs the program job that creates your reports • This method reduces maintenance because your programs are already defined in Robot/SCHEDULE SOSY A/S
Three Methods of Processing • EXECUTE - Use our command REPRUNSET to run your programs that create reports, then process the reports into the Robot/REPORTS archive SOSY A/S
Operations • Three Methods of Processing • System setup – System defaults – Recipients – Report sets • Report History SOSY A/S
Operations • Three Methods of Processing • System setup – System defaults – Recipients – Report sets • Report History SOSY A/S
Report History • Provides a tool to evaluate reporting and archiving needs – Access History – Processing History Report History SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Everyday Administration • • • Run REPARCHIVE at least weekly Back up your archive tape (DUPTAP) If you bundle, run REPBUNDLE Purge history Run the Good Morning Report SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Advanced Features • • • Build indexes Exception processing Auto-increment PDF files Laser commands OPAL features … Let some users do their own customization SOSY A/S
Build Indexes • Types of documents to index – Invoices – Purchase orders – Customer statements • Allows you to retrieve individual documents from your spool files faster • Access point to the entire REPORTS archive SOSY A/S
Advanced Features • • • Build indexes Exception processing Auto-increment PDF files Laser commands OPAL features … Let some users do their own customization SOSY A/S
Exception Processing • Instructions to limit hard-copy distribution to recipients • Use an Exception Distribution object globally • Use ROBOT date objects to define the exceptions SOSY A/S
Laser commands • Send commands to your laser printer • Do print overrides at the report, segment or recipient level SOSY A/S
OPAL Features • OPAL tables • Compare totals of 2 different reports SOSY A/S
Excel in Report Management • • Why Robot/REPORTS? How Does It Work? Basic Setup Features Operations Advanced Features Robot/REPORTS Interfaces SOSY A/S
Robot/REPORTS Interfaces • Robot/SCHEDULE – Links to ROBOT jobs • Robot/ALERT – Pages if report totals are out of balance – Email report segments • Robot/SAVE – Manages your archive tapes • Robot/CLIENT – Sends PDF file via email • Robot/NETWORK – Sends setup info to remote systems SOSY A/S
Interface to Robot/ALERT · Paging interface · Notification when problems arise · Email interface · Attach report segments to emails in PDF, HTML or. txt format · Recipient id and information will automatically be checked (and updated) in Robot/ALERT’s recipient list SOSY A/S
In Summary • Robot/REPORTS provides electronic: – processing – viewing – archiving – distribution – history • Robot/REPORTS is a complete report management solution for the i. Series SOSY A/S
More Info on SOSY • What are our main areas of business? • Which countries do we support? • Who is our typical user? SOSY A/S
ROBOT products from HELP/Systems, Inc. > Official distributor in: · Nordic countries: · Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland · Poland · Holland · Belgium > References · More than 1200 licenses · Users in 26 different countries SOSY A/S
What is the Robot Automated Operations Solution? • • • Batch Management Disaster Recovery Management Media Management Message Management Network Management Report Management Domino Server Management Performance Management Resource Management Notification Management Client Management SNMP Management SOSY A/S
Products In Automated Operations Solution Are Integrated Robot/NETWORK Robot/SCHEDULE Robot/DOMINO Robot/CONSOLE Robot/ALERT Robot/REPLAY Common Product Interface Robot/CLIENT Robot/SAVE Robot/CPA Robot/SPACE Robot/REPORTS Robot/CORRAL Robot/AUTOTUNE Robot/UPS SOSY A/S
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