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1. In the ReportCaster Development Interface Distribution Lists tab, click New.

   The New Distribution List window opens, as shown in the following image.

   

2. In the Name field, type a descriptive name for the Distribution List.
3. From the Access drop-down list, select Public or Private. Only the owner and ReportCaster administrators can view a Private Distribution List, whereas, all ReportCaster users can view a Public Distribution List. The values in the Access drop-down list are dependent on your ReportCaster configuration.
4. From the Distribution Method drop-down list, select the distribution method of the list. Email is the default value.
   • If you select E-mail, you must provide a list of e-mail addresses and, optionally, burst values associated with an address. For details on entering burst values, see Bursting a Report.

     In the Address field, specify the e-mail addresses of the recipients (for example, chuck_hill@ibi.com). Be careful typing this information because there is no edit checking. The maximum number of e-mail addresses you can specify in a Distribution List is 9999. You can specify a maximum of 800 characters within a single Address line.

     You can specify multiple e-mail addresses within a single Address field. For more information, see Specifying Multiple E-mail Addresses.

   • If you select FTP, you must specify the names of the FTP files that will hold the report (including the extension) and, optionally, burst values associated with FTP file.

     The extension specified here should be appropriate for the format selected when creating the schedule. For example, if you selected Excel or EXL2K on a Windows platform, the file should be drive:\directory\filename.xls. The maximum number of FTP files you can specify in a Distribution List is 9999.

     When using FTP to transfer Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) files from any platform to z/OS UNIX and the z/OS UNIX httpd.conf file contains the default MIME type of 8-bit for CSS files, then the CSS files must be transferred in binary mode.

   • If you select Printer, you must specify the printers that will receive the distribution and, optionally, burst values associated with the printer. For details on entering burst values, see Bursting a Report. For more information on creating printer Distribution Lists, see Considerations When Creating a Printer Distribution List.

     In the Printer input field, specify the printer using the following format:

     queue@printserver

     where:

     queue

     Is the name of the printer queue.

     printserver

     Is the host name or IP address of the printer.

     Although ReportCaster supports specifying only the print server (host name or IP address), we recommend that you specify both the print queue and print server. (ReportCaster differentiates between the printer queue and the printer server by detecting the presence of the '@' separator.)

     Note: You need to double click burst value field to enter a burst value. Use the tab key to move to the next field. Use the Enter key to add a new line.

5. Click Save.
6. If you are finished creating a Distribution List, click Close.

Note: To create another list, you must close the New Distribution List window for the list you just created, then click New to open a refreshed New Distribution List window.

You can also create a new list by cloning an existing list and modifying it. To do this, in the Distribution Lists tab, select an existing Distribution List and click Clone. The Clone window opens, as shown in the following image.

Type a name for the cloned Distribution List and click OK. The cloned Distribution List appears in the Distribution List column in the Distribution Lists tab. You can then edit the Distribution List to contain the properties you want.

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When printing on Windows and UNIX, ReportCaster uses the line printer (lp) protocol, which runs on top of TCP/IP to communicate with printers. lp printing with the Novell Client is not supported. For printing on z/OS, ReportCaster uses the line printer remote (lpr) UNIX command, which has special options on the mainframe for sysout dest and class.

When creating a printer Distribution List on z/OS, the printer should be a SYSOUT class (such as A) that has been routed to a printer. For example, you can indicate that scheduled report output be distributed to a specific network printer by typing the following printer identification

A DEST printserver

where:

A

Is the SYSOUT class to be assigned to a network printer.

printserver

Is the printer host name (for example, IBVM.P24E2).