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iView 8 IBMi (back end) Usage

 IVIEW                    iView Version 8.44 02.20.18                           
                                                             System:   DEVV6CLT 
   iView Archive Applications                                                   
      1. Work with iView Applications                        WRKIVWAPP          
      2. Work with iView Processing Log                      CALL IVRELOG       
                                                                                
   iView Server                                                                 
     10. Work with iView Servers                             WRKIVWSRV          
                                                                                
   Administrative Options                                                       
     20. Work with Administrative Menu                       GO IVIEWADM        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F1=Help   F3=Exit   F12=Cancel                                                 

This display is used to add or change an archive definition.

  9/04/18                          iView                              IV1000C1  
 17:50:48                  iView Archive Application                  KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 Type options, press Enter.                                                     
  1=Select   3=Copy   4=Delete   7=Rename   8=Clone Archive Structure           
 15=Archive Spool File                                                          
                                                                                
 Position to              Name                                                  
                                           Target  iDocs       Last    Monitor  
 Opt Application Description               Format  Application Field   Event    
     ATPICKLIST  AllTrade Pick List        *PDF                INDEX04          
     AWINVOICE   Adel Wiggins In-bound Inv *PDF                INDEX07          
     AWTEST      Adel Wiggins Test         *PDF                INDEX03          
     BOYDCHECK   Boyd Gaming A/P Checks    *PDF    BOYD805     INDEX05          
     BOYDTABLE   Boyd Example Table        *PDF                INDEX04          
     BOYDTOFLOW  Boyd Gaming A/P Checks    *TIFF   BOYD805     INDEX05          
     BROCKAPIVW  BROCKAP Check             *PDF    BROCKAP     INDEX08          
     CARBSTMT    Seprod Statement          *PDF    CARB STMT   INDEX03          
     CJCINVOICE  Invoices incoming for A/P *PDF                INDEX09          
     DCYJOBLOG   Test Archive JobLog       *PDF                INDEX06          
     DCYTEST     DCY Testing               *PDF    *INDEX01    INDEX01          
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F6=Add                          
If the metadata file is being monitored, you will see an indicator at Archive list screen:

Select an iView Archive Application with option 1:

  9/04/18                          iView                              IV1000C3  
 18:00:57                  iView Archive Application                  KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  Application. . : ATPICKLIST   Description: AllTrade Pick List                 
  Library. . . . : IVIEW7       Directory. : /iview                             
  PDF Output Name: *NAME-*DATE-*TIME                                            
  Disposition Opt. *ORIGINAL    Table Import N Y/N      Allow Null Value N Y/N  
  Processing Opt.: *SYSTEM      iDocs App. :            Storage Format : *PDF   
  Product. . . . :              Printing Queue (Signature) *LIBL                
                                iWorkflow Data Queue . . : *LIBL                
       Index   Field             From     To    So Bu- Sig        No. Pgs Ty    
 Seq#  Field   Description      Row Col Row Col rt rst Tag Page#  Indexed pe Upd
 0010  INDEX01 Name               1   1   1  35  0  N   N  *FIRST          A  N 
 0020  INDEX02 Warehouse Number   1   1   1  15  0  N   N  *FIRST          A  N 
 0030  INDEX03 Date               1   1   1  10  0  N   N  *FIRST          A  N 
 0040  INDEX04 FORMID             1   1   1  25  0  N   N  *FIRST          A  N 
 0050                                            0  N      *FIRST          A  N 
 0060                                            0  N      *FIRST          A  N 
 0070                                            0  N      *FIRST          A  N 
 0080                                            0  N      *FIRST          A  N 
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit   F8=Metadata Monitor   F10=Save   F11=Alt View   F12=Cancel          
 F14=FTP Definition   F18=Signature Output Routing                              
                                                                                                       

Archive Options

*NAME The archive name
*DATE Processing date in format YYMMDD
*TIME Processing time in format HHMMSS
*INDEX01 to *INDEX20 Contents of meta data fields

  *RETAIN        Retain in Output queue        
  *ORIGINAL      Archive Original          
  *SYSTEM        Archive Post Processing               
  *NONE          Do Not Archive            

  *SYSTEM        Use iView System Profile
  *SPLFOWNER     Use Splf Owner Profile      

*PDF       *USERASCII PDF Conversion  
*PDFSIG    PDF Convert for Signature  
*TIFF      Tiff Image                 

Meta Data Fields

The meta data fields are defined by their position in a *SCS spool file.

Seq#: You can change the order of the columns of the meta data table by keying a different sequence number
and pressing <enter>.

Sorting is specified as it is in iDocs:

    1          Primary Sort Ascending   
    2          Primary Sort Descending          
    3          Secondary Sort Ascending         
    4          Secondary Sort Descending
    5          Third Sort Ascending     
    6          Third Sort Descending    
    7          Forth Sort Ascending     
    8          Forth Sort Descending    
    9          Fifth Sort Ascending 

Since this is text against which users will search in a browser, the normal practice is to define short, one line text fields as meta data. Fields such as customer name, customer number, etc. You can define text blocks as meta data but the searching dynamics should be considered.
Meta data is stored in the meta data file, having the same name as the archive application, in the iView library.

Bursting works as it does in iDocs and as one would intuitively expect.

Sigtag: Specify a Y to display this field on the Signature Capture search dialog. You should define at least one field as sigtag for a Signature Capture application ( see Storage Format above ).

Page#: Use keywords *FIRST, *LAST, *ALL, or a specific page number to specify from which page the meta data
value is scraped.

No. Pgs Indexed: Key the number of pages from which spool text is scraped and concatenated to form the
meta data for the meta data field. Left blank, 1 page is scraped unless *ALL pages is specified.

Type: Specify blank or A for an alpha string. Specify D for a date field. If a date field, use F11 to enter a date format. The format specified should match the format in the spool file – i.e. tell iView how to parse the spool file date.

Since this is text against which users will search in a browser, the normal practice is to define short, one line text fields as meta data. Fields such as customer name, customer number, etc. You can define text blocks as meta data but the searching dynamics should be considered.
Meta data is stored in the meta data file, having the same name as the archive application, in the iView library.

F8=Metadata Monitor (V8.45):

                    Monitor archive data changes (STRIVMONAR)                   
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 iView archive name . . . . . . . > ATPICKLIST    Name                          
 Event Type . . . . . . . . . . .                 *NONE, *ALL, *INSERT...       
                + for more values                                               
 Message text (*INDEXxx)  . . . .                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 To User Profile  . . . . . . . .                 Name                          
                + for more values                                               
 Message type . . . . . . . . . .   *INFO         *INFO                         
 To Data Queue  . . . . . . . . .                 Name                          
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     *CURLIB     Name, *CURLIB, *LIBL          
 To Email Address (*INDEXxx)  . .                                               
                                                                                
                + for more values                                               
                                                                                
                                                                        More... 
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display    
 F24=More keys    
                    Monitor archive data changes (STRIVMONAR)                   
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 Mail Subject (*INDEXxx)  . . . .                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
 iMail Job Queue  . . . . . . . .   FMGJOBQ       Name                          
   Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     *LIBL       Character value, *LIBL        
 iMail Library Name . . . . . . . > IDOCS6        Character value               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display    
 F24=More keys                                                                     

F11=Alt View:

  9/04/18                          iView                              IV1000C3  
 18:07:58                  iView Archive Application                  KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  Application. . : ATPICKLIST   Description:                                    
  Library. . . . : IVIEW7       Directory. : /iview                             
  PDF Output Name: *NAME-*DATE-*TIME                                            
  Disposition Opt. *ORIGINAL    Table Import N Y/N      Allow Null Value N Y/N  
  Processing Opt.: *SYSTEM      iDocs App. :            Storage Format : *PDF   
  Product. . . . :              Printing Queue (Signature) *LIBL                
                                                                                
       Index   Field            - - - - - Data Source - - - - -                 
 Seq#  Field   Description      Library    File       Field      Date Format    
 0010  INDEX01 Name                                                             
 0020  INDEX02 Warehouse Number                                                 
 0030  INDEX03 Date                                                             
 0040  INDEX04 FORMID                                                           
 0050                                                                           
 0060                                                                           
 0070                                                                           
 0080                                                                           
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit   F8=Metadata Monitor   F10=Save   F11=Alt View   F12=Cancel          
 F14=FTP Definition   F18=Signature Output Routing                                 
This display is used to add or change an archive definition, although one can not
change the meta data fields after the archive is created.

F14=FTP Definition:

iView can be configured to ftp the document that it is about to archive, and optionally an exported text file of the index values of the document, to a remote host.

At the time of archiving, which is after sorting and bursting and after any specified iDocs merge, iView will initiate an FTP session with the specified host and transfer the archived document to the specified host and directory. Optionally it will export the index values for that document in a text file. The original document is then archived in iView.

  9/04/18                iView FTP Interface Definition               IV1100D7  
 18:11:54                   Add/Maintain FTP Target                   KKRAMER   
                                                                                
   Application: ATPICKLIST             Library. . :                             
                                                                                
   Server:                                                                      
                                                                                
   User:                                                                        
                                                                                
   Password:                                                                    
                                                                                
   Directory:                                                                   
                                                                                
   System Type:              *UNIX, *AS400, *WINDOWS                            
   AS/400 Namefmt Type:       0, 1                                              
   Log Lib/File:            /                                                   
   Log Level:                *SUMMARY, *DETAIL, *NONE                           
   Job Queue:                Export Index File:       *YES *NO Sep. Char        
   Include Field Name:   Y/N FLD Separator:   Y/N One Line per Field   Y/N      
   Include File Path:   Y/N                                                     
   Post FTP Cmd:                                                                
                                                                                
  F3=Exit               F10=Save   F12=Cancel   F24=Delete                        

FTP Log File

iView FTP logs into a file if logging is specified, by default FTPLOG. The file format is:


A          R FTPLOGR            
A            LPROCESSED     1A  
A            LTIMESTAMP      Z  
A            LHOST        128A  
A            LFILE        128A  
A            LLOGDATA     200A  

F18=Signature Output Routing:

  9/04/18                          iView                              IV9940C1  
 18:15:23                Signature Output Routing                     KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 iView Application: ATPICKLIST AllTrade Pick List                               
                                                                                
 Queue Name Library               Idx Fld OP Value                              
                       Condition:                                               
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                                                                        More... 
                                                                                
  F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F10=Save   F12=Cancel                                    

Work with iView Processing Log

  9/04/18                          iView                              IVELOGC1  
 18:58:36                 iView Engine Processing Log                 KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 Type options, press Enter.                                                     
  1=Detail  4=Delete  5=Work Job  6=Reprocess                                   
                                                                                
     ---Spool File----                                                          
 Opt Name       Number Engine     Date     Time     Sts Message                 
     TESTPCL       243 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 12:05:44 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       242 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 12:05:29 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       241 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 11:21:55 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       240 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:58:11 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       239 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:48:11 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       238 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:31:38 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       237 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:31:23 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       236 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:06:57 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     CONVERTPCL    235 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:02:26 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     CONVERTPCL    234 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 10:01:52 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       233 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 09:57:56 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     TESTPCL       232 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 09:44:11 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
     CONVERTPCL    231 IVIEWSEVER 09/13/17 09:37:30 ERR Spool file type *USERASC
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F7=Search   F8=Purge                                   

iView servers are defined from menu IVIEW, option 10.

iView engines are architected similarly to iDocs engines in that they are single threaded, and you can define and run an unlimited number of them in any subsystem.

  8/30/18                          iView                              IV2000C1  
 10:38:24                      Engine Maintenance                     KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 Type options, press Enter.                                                     
  1=Select   3=Copy   4=Delete   7=Rename   8=Start   9=End                     
                                                                                
 Position to              Name                                                  
                                                                                
 Opt Engine      Description                --- Archive Queue --- Status        
     BOYDIVWENG  Boyd Check iView Engine    ARCHIVIEW  OFERRER                  
     BROCKAPSVR  BROCKAP iView Engine       BROCK      *SAME                    
     CARBSTMTEN  Seprod Engine              SEPROD     QASPLFL                  
     CDATEST     CDA Test                   ARCHIVE    IDOCS6                   
     DCYIVWSRV   DCY iView Server           OUTQARC    DCYQC                    
     DEMOENGINE  Demo Engine                ARCHIVE    *SAME                    
     DENSOIVENG  Denso-Diam iView Engine    ARCHIVIEW  OFERRER                  
     GRABBERENG  Grabber Form               ANGUYEN    QGPL                     
     HOPINVENG   Hops Invoice Engine        ARCHIVE    OFERRER                  
     IVIEWSEVER  Testing iView Server                  *LIBL                    
     IVIEWSEVE2  Testing iView Server       IVWARCH    *SAME                    
     IVIEWSRV1   Testing iView Server       GRABBER    *SAME                    
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F6=Add                                                 
Select the appropriate engine with option 1:
  8/30/18                          iView                              IV2000C2  
 10:39:58                    Engine Maintenance                       KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 Edit Engine . . . . . . . . . : BOYDIVWENG Boyd Check iView Engine             
 Spool File Endpoint . . . . . : OFERRER    / ARCHIVIEW  Name                   
 Data Queue. . . . . . . . . . : QUSRSYS    / BOYDIVWDTQ                        
 Engine processing log : N Y/N                                                  
 Process SPLF in Separate Job: N Y/N                                            
   Job Queue / Library:            / *LIBL       Job Priority: *JOBD            
    AND   ----- Originating -----   Spool        Spool        Archive           
    OR    Library      Queue Name   Attribute    Value        Application       
          OFERRER      ARCHIVE2     *SPLFILE     AP290A#      BOYDCHECK         

                                                                                
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit   F10=Save   F12=Cancel                                               
                                                                                

*FORM Original Spool Form Type
*USRPRF User Profile of Spool
*JOBNAME Job Name of the Spool
*SPLFILE Print File Name
*USRDTA User data Value in Spool

* Spool Value: Specify the specific value to test the selected external spool file attribute against.

You can have an unlimited number of engines in iView. You may define up to 9,999 engines in this dialog.

Use option 8 and 9 to start and stop the engines:

                         Start iView Server (STRIVWSRV)                         
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 iView Server Name  . . . . . . . > IVIEWSEVER    Value, or F4 for list         
 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   *CURRENT      Name, IVIEW, *CURRENT         
 Job queue  . . . . . . . . . . .   *JOBD         Name, *JOBD                   
 Save job log . . . . . . . . . .   *NO           *YES, *NO                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display    
 F24=More keys                                                                  
                                                                                

 IVIEWADM                  iView Administrative Menu                            
                                                             System:   DEVV6CLT 
   Configuration Options                                                        
      8. Change iView Library & IFS Path                     CHGIVWLIB          
                                                                                
   Maintenance Options                                                          
     10. Purge iView Indices                                 PRGIVWIDX          
                                                                                     
   Registration Options                                                         
     20. Work with iView Keys                                REGISTER           
                                                                                
     90. Signoff                                             SIGNOFF            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F1=Help   F3=Exit   F12=Cancel                                                 
 © Copyright 1994-2007 inFORM Decisions,Inc. All Rights Reserved .              

Use option 8 to set the iView location and path. Set the parameters as appropriate to your installation or upgrade and press <enter> to update. These values are stored in the data areas DSIVIEWLIB (for iView Library) and DSIVIEWDIR (for iView IFS Path).

                   Change iView Library & IFS Dir (CHGIVWLIB)                   
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 iView Library  . . . . . . . . .   *SAME         Character value               
 iView IFS path . . . . . . . . .   *SAME                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display 
 F24=More keys  

Purge iView Indices

                          Purge iView Index (PRGIVWIDX)                         
                                                                                
 Type choices, press Enter.                                                     
                                                                                
 Archive Application  . . . . . .                 Value, or F4 for list         
 Purge Older/Newer MM/DD/YYYY . .   000000        Date                          
 Purge Indices Older/Newer Days     0             Number                        
 Older/Newer Compare  . . . . . .   *OLDER        *OLDER, *NEWER                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F12=Cancel   F13=How to use this display    
 F24=More keys                                                                  

Take option 20, then press enter to enter the permanent or temporary license provided by your account manager. iView should have 3 key components: IVIEWWEB, IVIEW1, IVIEW2. Once entered, iView is now ready to use.

  8/30/18                      inFORM Decisions                       FM0070R1  
 14:02:21                   iDocs Installation Library Set            KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 System Information                                                             
    Serial Number:  102A36R       LPAR: 2     OS/400 Release: V6R1M0            
                                                                                
 iDocs Production Information                                                   
    Product version . . . . . :                                                 
    iDocs Installation Library: FMG       Name, F4 for list                    
                                                                                
 Location settings                                                              
    Country Code . . . . . . .: US                                              
    Code Page. . . . . . . . .:    37  1-65535                                  

                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Press enter to continue                                                        
 F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F12=Cancel                                               
Press <Enter> and then F6 to add the 3 iView License keys:
  8/30/18                       inFORM Decisions                      IMREGPS2  
 14:06:42                  Module Registration Screen                 KKRAMER   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 Module Name. . .                                                               
                                                                                
 Registration Code                                                              
                                                                                
 Status . . . . .  No license found for                                         

                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
  F3=Exit   F10=Update   F12=Previous                                           



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