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The iDocs SmartRouter™

Functionality

The iDocs SmartRouter™ is a dataqueue engine that sorts, bursts, filters and routes *SCS spool file on a page by page basis, optionally assigning external printer file attributes. It's distinguishing feature is its ability to work simultaneously with external spool file attributes and spool file content.

The top level container is the SmartRouter Definition. The SmartRouter Definition may contain 9,999 application definitions.

The Application definition is the second level container. It may contain 9,999 targets, and may be conditioned upon 9,999 logical tests.

The Target is the output definition. It may also be conditioned upon 9,999 logical tests..

The Condition is a logical test on an external spool file attribute or internal spool file content. Conditions are used to enable or disable applications and to control output to targets.

The Smart Router is bundled into the iDocs Suite. Older standalone versions may still be installed at customer sites.

Installation

The Smart Router is part of the iDocs library and is installed by default. It is a keyed product. Your salesrep can obtain an evaluation license key for you. You will need to install key values PREPRC1 and PREPRC2 using the iDocs key mechanism.

Configuration

To configure the SmartRouter, issue the command SR3 (SmartRouter) or take option option 13 iDocs Smart Router from the iDocs menu.

Engine Definitions

At the first screen you may create up to 9,999 preprocessor definitions.

  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                       PR0010H1  
 19:59:20              SR Engine Definition Maintenance               KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 Type options, press enter.                                                     
   2=Change  3=Copy  4=Delete  5=View  7=Rename  8=Start  9=End                 
                                                                                
             Opt SR Engine    Description            Status                     
                                                                                
                 FORMSPLIT    Formsplit              *NONE                      
                 FPTDEMOSR    FPT Demo Smart Route   *NONE                      
                 JCSTMTSR     JC STMT SR             *NONE                      
                 OFACKTEST    Test Ack for Adel W    *NONE                      
                 OFCDASR      CDA Test               *NONE                      
                 OFHCISTSM    HCI Statement SM       *NONE                      
                 OFSAMPLE     Orlando's Sample Eng   *NONE                      
                 OFSMARTENG   Orlando SR Test Eng.   *NONE                      
                 OFWINKLER    Winkler Landscape      *NONE                      
                 PKSLIPSR     Packing Slip Smart     *NONE                      
                 PRNWBURST2   BURST EVERY 2 PAGES    *NONE                      
                 ROCKYSR      Rocky Test             *NONE                      
                 SENTINELSR   Sentinel Smt.Router    *NONE                      
                                                                        More... 
 F3=Exit  F5=Refresh  F6=Add                                                    

Use option 2 to change an existing Smart Router definition or F6 to add a new definition.

  2/26/22                     iDocs SmartRouter                     PR0010R4    
 20:01:06              SR Engine Definition Maintenance             KKRAMER     
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc: OFACKTEST  Test Ack for Adel W                           
  Data Queue Name/Lib: OFACKDTQ   OFERRER                                       
  Archive Outque/Lib.: ARCHIVE2   OFERRER       Archive/Delete/Hold: D A/D/H                                      
                                                                                
  Process Spool File.: *JOBQ      *CALL, *JOBQ                                  
    Job Queue Name  .: *JOBD      *JOBD, Name                                   
      Library . . . .:   *LIBL                                                  
    Job Priority. . .: *JOBD  1-9, *JOBD                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 F4=Prompt   F12=Cancel   Enter-Output Queue Maintenance                        
                                                                                

Do not name the engine beginning with a Q. IBM reserves the letter Q for operating system objects.
Similarly do not use Q as the first letter for the dataqueue name.

  • DataQueue name and library: the name of the dataqueue to which the SmartRouter engine will listen for spool files. This dataqueue can not be in use by other dataqueue engines such as those of iDocs, iMail, or iView. The SmartRouting engine will create the dataqueue for you and connect it to the outqueues when you start the engine.
  • Archive outqueue and library: endpoint for the original spool file.

Archive/Delete/Hold: A/D/H - SR 6.89 2/26/22
A: Original spool file will be moved to archive queue after processed
D: Original spool file will be deleted after processed
H: Original spool file will be held in current queue after processed
Blank: do nothing with original spool file

  • Process Spool File: Specify *JOBQ to process a spool file in a separate job via SBMJOB. The parameters of the SBMJOB call are provided in the next three parameters. Use *CALL to process a spool file via a CALL, resulting in processing in the same job as the engine.
  • Job Queue Name: Provide the name of a job queue if processing with the *JOBQ option. Single threaded job queues will process Smart Routing jobs serially. Multi threaded jobqueues will process them concurrently.
  • Job Queue Library: Library containing the job queue.
  • Job Priority: Priority of the job in the jobqueue.

To configure the use of a jobqueue for processing rather than default call logic in
versions 3.20 and earlier see Engine Processing Mode.

Press <enter> to proceed to the next configuration screen.

  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                     PR0055R1    
 20:02:40                   SR Outqueue Maintenance                 KKRAMER     
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc: OFACKTEST  Test Ack for Adel W                           
  Data Queue Name/Lib: OFACKDTQ   OFERRER                                       
  Archive Outque/Lib.: ARCHIVE2   OFERRER                                       
                                                                                
 Type option, press enter.                                                      
   4=Delete Outqueue                                                            
      .....Outqueue......     Process at                                        
 Opt  Name        Library     Start-up                                          
      IN          OFERRER         N                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F5=Refresh  F12=Cancel                                    

  • When pressing <enter> at the dataqueue configuration screen the outqueue selection screen appears. Key the outqueues that you wish the Smart Router to monitor for spool files in the subfile listing and press <enter>. F4 prompt on the name column will list outqueues.
  • Process At Startup: Specify Y or N. The Smart Router, a dataqueue engine, normally processes spool files as they are released into the outqueue. If 'Y', spool file entries that exist in the data queue will be processed at start-up. If 'N', they will not be processed until held and then released. The default (if left blank) is 'N'.

Press <enter> to save changes. Then press F12 to return to the main Smart Router engine listing, then continue the configuration using option 2 - change.

Applications

Option 5 - View from the main Smart Router engine listing permits you to drill down to applications contained within the SmartRouter and make any additions or changes to the Targets and Conditions.

  9/14/18                      iDocs SmartRouter                      PR0020H1  
 20:08:59              Application Definition Maintenance             KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc: OFACKTEST  Test Ack for Adel W                           
  Data Queue Name/Lib: OFACKDTQ   OFERRER                                       
  Archive Outque/Lib.: ARCHIVE2   OFERRER                                       
                                                                                
 Type option, press enter.                                                      
   3=Copy App  4=Remove App  6=Spoolfile Cond  8=Targets                        
                                                                                
 Opt Engine App Description          Form App  Act                              
     OFACKTEST  Ack test             OFACKADEL2                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F5=Refresh  F12=Cancel                                    

To add and application key its name and description on an empty line and press <enter>.

Form App: This is the name of the associated iDocs form. The form is used to provide mapped field definitions. These definitions can be used to test internal spool file content and map spool file content to output in the targets. This is the sole way the internal spool file content is specified in the Smart Router.

Use option 6 to Work with Conditions for the application. These conditions will be evaluated only for the first page in each spool file, and if they evaluate to TRUE the entire spool file will be processed by the application. All applications with either no conditions or with conditions evaluating to TRUE will process the spool file.

Use option 8 to work with targets for the application. A target is a copy of the spool file that is filtered by the conditions attached to it. Target conditions are evaluated for each page in the spool file and when TRUE the page is written to the target.

Targets

  9/14/18                      iDocs SmartRouter                      PR0030H1  
 18:10:52                Target Definition Maintenance                KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc..: OFACKTEST  Test Ack for Adel W                         
  Application Name/Desc: OFACKTEST  Ack test                                    
  Form App Reference...: OFACKADEL2                                             
                                                                                
  Type options and press enter:                                                 
    3=Copy, 4=Delete, 6=Conditions, 8=Insert Text                               
       Target Name/Desc....: HANDOFFEQ  IF EQ                                   
       Destination Outq/Lib: HANDOFF    OFERRER                                 
       Output type.........: *COPY      *NONE *PAGE *COPY *BURST *SORT *SORTBRST
       Set SPLF Owner......:            *SPLOWNER, User profile                 
       Override Command....:                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                        More... 
  F3=Exit  F4=Prompt  F5=Refresh  F8=Insert Map Field  F12=Cancel 

This screen shows any existing targets of the application. You can add targets by scrolling down and appending to the list.

  • Target Name/Desc: A Unique name for the target.
  • Destination Outq/Lib: i5/OS outqueue into which the output will be written.
Output Type

Output Target Types
*NONEDiscard spool file page, NULL output
*PAGEBurst every page
*COPYOutput un-burst, i.e. all output to the target is in one spool file.
*BURSTBurst output to this target using the bursting definitions in the iDocs form or check specified.
*SORTSor output to this target using the sort definitions in the iDocs form or check specified.
*SORTBRSTSort and burst output to this target using the sorting and bursting definitions in the iDocs form or check specified.

  • Override Command: Prompt this field using F4 to assign constant values to external spool file attributes of the output spool files from this target.
  • Use F8 to assign spool file mapped fields to external spool file attributes of the output spool files from this target.

Conditions

Conditions are entered via option 6, and are attached to applications and/or targets.

  • When attached to the application, the conditions are evaluated once at the beginning of the processing of a spool file. If the tests fail, the application and all its targets are not considered further for the spool file.
  • Conditions attached to a target are evaluated at each spool file page, and if true the spool file page is included in the output for the target.

  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                     PR0035H1    
 18:17:03              Target Spoolfile Page Conditions             KKRAMER     
                                                                                
 SR Engine...: OFACKTEST  Test Ack for Adel W                                   
 Application.: OFACKTEST  Ack test                                              
  Form App Ref: OFACKADEL2                                                      
 Target Name/Desc....: HANDOFFEQ  IF EQ                                         
  Destination Outq/Lib: HANDOFF    OFERRER                                      
  Output type.........: *COPY                                                   
                                                                                
                                                        *USRPRF *USRDTA *OUTQUE 
  Line      and  Attribute or           Attribute or    *SPLFILE *FORM *JOBNAME 
   Nbr      or   Mapped Field     Test  Map Fld or Value   *OUTLIB *TOTALPG     
                                        F8=Edit                                 
  0001           &TRIGGER         *EQ   *BLANKS                                 
  0002                                                                          
  0003                                                                          
  0004                                                                          
  0005                                                                          
  0006                                                                          
                                                                        More... 
                                                                                
  F3=Exit  F23=Delete  F5=Refresh  F6=Insert  F12=Cancel 

Attribute or Mapped Field

Mapped Field Types
EMAILiMail To Address
TESTBODYtest body
TRIGGERTrigger for SR Condition

There is a feature where you Name objects or conditional list as fields which we defined and they can be reused for many times using the &EMAIL option: Press F8 when cursor is at &EMAIL and the following PR0035W3 window appears:

  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                     PR0035H1    
 18:17:03              Target Spoolfile Page Conditions             KKRAMER     
                                                           PR0035W3             
 SR                     Testing Values                                          
 Ap                                                                             
  F   Field . . : &EMAIL                                                        
 Ta   Test  . . :     *EQ, *LT, *LE, *GT, *GE, *NE, *IN                         
  D                                                                             
  O   Test value (&MapField, *Attribute,Value, Value1 Value2..)                 
                                                                                
                                                                     TA *OUTQUE 
  L                                                                  M *JOBNAME 
                                                                     OTALPG     
                                                                                
  0                                                                             
  0                                                                             
  0                                                                             
  0                                                        More...              
  0    F4=Prompt  F8=Cond. Named Object  F10=Save                               
  0                                                                             
                                                                        More... 
                                                                                
  F3=Exit  F23=Delete  F5=Refresh  F6=Insert  F12=Cancel                        
You can now use the F8=Cond. Named Object option to name the object. The PR0036W1 window is displayed as shown below:
  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                     PR0035H1    
 18:17:03              Target Spoolfile Page Conditions             KKRAMER     
                                                           PR0035W3             
 SR                     Testing Values                                          
 Ap                                                             PR0036W1        
  F   Fi              Named Objects of Conditional Lists                        
 Ta   Te                                                                        
  D        1=Select  2=Edit  4=Delete                                           
  O   Te                                                                        
           Opt Name       Description                                           
               EMAILLINE  Find eMail address on line                      UTQUE 
  L            EVEN2-6    Even Pages 2, 4, 6                              BNAME 
               IDOCS      Test                                            G     
               ODD1-5     Odd Pages 1 - 5                                       
  0            REPORTS    Reports ID                                            
  0                                                                             
  0                                                                             
  0                                                                             
  0    F                                                                        
  0         F3=Exit  F6=Add                                                     
                                                                          re... 
                                                                                
  F3=Exi                                                                        

Select a field with option 1 and the PR0035W3 window is displayed as shown below:

  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                     PR0035H1    
 13:24:46              Target Spoolfile Page Conditions             KKRAMER     
                                                           PR0035W3             
 SR                     Testing Values                                          
 Ap                                                                  6W1.       
  F   Field . . : &EMAIL                                                :       
 Ta   Test  . . : *EQ *EQ, *LT, *LE, *GT, *GE, *NE, *IN                 :       
  D                                                                     :       
  O   Test value (&MapField, *Attribute,Value, Value1 Value2..)         :       
      EMAILADD                                                          :       
                                                                        : UTQUE 
  L                                                                     : BNAME 
                                                                        : G     
                                                                        :       
  0                                                                     :       
  0                                                                     :       
  0                                                                     :       
  0                                                        More...      :       
  0    F4=Prompt  F8=Cond. Named Object  F10=Save                       :       
  0                                                                     :       
                                                                        : re... 
                                                                        :       
  F3=Exi :..............................................................:       
                                                                                

Enter a Value i.e.:

Webmaster@INFORMDECISIONS.COM                                 

Then we can use field EMAILADD to replace long name ‘Webmaster@INFORMDECISIONS’ The Smart Router will check test value as conditional list, if found will replace test value by values which we have defined.

Tests and Keyword descriptions:

                                                       
                                                                                
  Line      and  Attribute or           Attribute or                            
   Nbr      or   Mapped Field     Test  Map Fld or Value                        
  0001           *SPLFILE         *EQ   QPJOBLOG                                
  0002      AND  *USRPRF          *EQ   QSECOFR                                 
  0003                                                                          
  0004                                                                          
  0005                                                                          
                                                                                

  • And/Or: As implied.
  • Attribute or Mapped Field: Data source for condition. This can be an external printer file attribute with prepended asterisk, or the name of an iDocs mapped field prepended with an ampersand (&). The mapped field is from the iDocs form specified in the Application definition. This is promptable. If a mapped field is specified the value used is the value for the spool file page currently processing and thus potentially changes for each page. If an external printer file attribute is specified this value of course is unchanging. The software will trim this value before evaluating, so leading and trailing blanks are discarded.
  • Test: The tests are performed using the C Standard Library Function strcmp(). Both source and comparison value are treated as character data. The tests are:

Tests
*EQEquals
*NENot Equals
*GTGreater Than
*GEGreater Than or Equal To
*LTLess Than
*LELess Than or Equal To

  • Attribute or Map Fld or Value: The comparison data for the test. This can be an external printer file attribute with a prepended asterisk, an iDocs mapped field with prepended ampersand (&), or a constant value without quotation marks. The software will trim this value before evaluating, so leading and trailing blanks are discarded. The following external spool file attributes are supported as comparands:
Comparand keyword Meaning
*BLANKS The compared field is blank
*FORM Spool file form type
*JOBNAME Spool file job name
*OUTQUE Spool file outqueue
*OUTLIB Spool file outqueue library
*SPLFILE Spool file name
*TOTALPG Spool file total pages
*USRPRF User profile owning the spool file
*USRDTA Spool file user data

1. The processing priority:

  • Map fields (with prefix ‘&’)
  • Attributes of spool file (with prefix ‘*’) attributes:

*SPLFILE *USRPRF *JOBNAME *USRDTA *FORM *PGM *TOTALPG *OUTQUE *OUTLIB

  • Name object: The first ten characters will be look up in list name objects
  • Constant value

2. Program will deal values above for both 2 fields: ‘Field’ and ‘Test value’. For example, we can define as below:

 
Field . . : ORLANDO@INFORMDECISIONS.COM                                

Test  . . : *EQ *EQ, *LT, *LE, *GT, *GE, *NE, *IN          

                                                            

Test value (&MapField, *Attribute,Value, Value1 Value2..)  

&EMAIL                                         

3. Regarding test values: ‘Value, Value1 Value2…’ the program compare values as Constants

                                                 

                 Maintain Conditional List      

                                                 

  Name: ODD1-5     Description: Odd Pages 1 - 5 

                                                 

  Value:                                        

  1 3 5       
 

                  Testing Values                        

Field . . : &EMAIL                                      

Test  . . : *EQ *EQ, *LT, *LE, *GT, *GE, *NE, *IN       

                                                         

Test value (&MapField, *Attribute,Value, Value1 Value2..)

ODD1-5                                                  

It similar to this case below:

 
                  Testing Values                        

                                                         

Field . . : &EMAIL                                      

Test  . . : *EQ *EQ, *LT, *LE, *GT, *GE, *NE, *IN       

                                                         

Test value (&MapField, *Attribute,Value, Value1 Value2..)

1 3 5                      

Insert Text

Spool file text and/or attribute value is entered via option 8.

                               iDocs SmartRouter                      PR0032R1  
                          Insert Text into Spool File                 KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc. : EARNINGS1  Example Earning No.1                          
  Application Name/Desc: EARNSRENG  Earning SR Engine                           
  Form App Reference . : EARNADD    Used for Emp.number add                     
  Target Name/Desc . . : HANDOFF    To Handdoff OutQ                            
                                                                                
  Source Spool Text:                                                            
   Map Field : EMPLOYNO1  Or Constant                                           
   From Page :            Output Text To: Row   1 Column  50 Page:              
   Map Field : EMPLOYNO2  Or Constant                                           
   From Page :            Output Text To: Row   1 Column  50 Page:              
   Map Field :            Or Constant                                           
   From Page :            Output Text To: Row     Column     Page:              
   Map Field :            Or Constant                                           
   From Page :            Output Text To: Row     Column     Page:              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
 F3=Exit  F2=Conditionally Map F4=Prompt F5=Refresh  F12=Cancel F14=Remove Text
                                                                                

In lieu of text, you can also insert the spool file date attribute value in the Text field. This attribute can be scrapped from the spool file and included in the output. In the “Text” field of the Smart Router Target, add *SPLFDATE into Mapped field name and it will insert spool file create date in US format MM/DD/YY (iDOCS 8.0 04/22/2024)

In addition to the spool file date (iDOCS 8.0 10/01/2024) you can add *SPLFTIME into Mapped field name and it will insert spool file create time in US format HH:MM:SS.

F2=Conditionally Map

On iDocs 6.96 and older… Under the Insert Text function of a Smart Router Application, Conditions were universally applicable to all Mapped Fields listed under the Source Spool Text parameters.

On IDocs 6.97 and newer… Under the Insert Text function of a Smart Router Application, Conditions are now independently applicable to each of the Mapped Fields listed under the Source Spool Text parameters.
When you put the cursor on each of the Mapped Fields and select the F2=Conditionally Map option, you will see a window to apply your condition to the specific Mapped Field. For example, for Mapped Field MAPONE, we can have a condition in which the Mapped Field is not equal (*NE) to - - - - - - (five dashes)

F2=Conditionally Map option on Mapped Field MAPONE displays the screen below:

                               iDocs SmartRouter                      PR0032R1  
                          Insert Text into Spool File                 KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc. : EARNINGS1  Example Earning No.1                          
  Application Name/Desc: EARNSRENG  Earning SR Engine                           
  Form App Reference . : EARNADD    Used for Emp.number add                     
............................................................................... 
:  Conditionally Map Field:    &EMPLOYNO1                                     : 
:                                                                             : 
:    Line#   AND/OR Mapped Field    Test  Value                               : 
:                                                                             : 
:    0001             *NE   -----                                             : 
:    0002                                                                     : 
:    0003                                                                     : 
:                                                                     More... : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:.............................................................................: 
                                                                                
For the second Mapped Field MAPTWO, we can have a condition in which the Mapped Field is not equal (*NE) to *BLANK
                               iDocs SmartRouter                      PR0032R1  
                          Insert Text into Spool File                 KKRAMER   
                                                                                
  SR Engine Name/Desc. : EARNINGS1  Example Earning No.1                          
  Application Name/Desc: EARNSRENG  Earning SR Engine                           
  Form App Reference . : EARNADD    Used for Emp.number add                     
............................................................................... 
:  Conditionally Map Field:    &EMPLOYNO2                                     : 
:                                                                             : 
:    Line#   AND/OR Mapped Field    Test  Value                               : 
:                                                                             : 
:    0001             *NE   *BLANK                                            : 
:    0002                                                                     : 
:    0003                                                                     : 
:                                                                     More... : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:                                                                             : 
:.............................................................................: 
                                                                                

On IDocs 6.97 and newer continued
F4 Prompt in the Page: field will specify where the inserted text will appear. Enter *FIRST, *LAST, *EXTB, *EXTE, *2NDLS or certain page number where text will be displayed.
Page: field parameters on the Insert Text into Spool File screen are as follows:

  • *FIRST = Insert text on first page
  • *LAST = Insert text on last page
  • *EXTB = Spool page extra first page (at the beginning of spool page)
  • *EXTE = Spool page extra last page (at the end of spool page)
  • *2NDLS = Insert text on second to last page
  • (Blank) = Leave blank to insert text into every spool page
  • (Specific page) = Specify the page number to insert text

Starting and Ending a SmartRouter™ Engine

  9/14/18                     iDocs SmartRouter                       PR0010H1  
 19:42:35              SR Engine Definition Maintenance               KKRAMER   
                                                                                
 Type options, press enter.                                                     
   2=Change  3=Copy  4=Delete  5=View  7=Rename  8=Start  9=End                 
                                                                                
             Opt SR Engine    Description            Status                     
                                                                                
                 FORMSPLIT    Formsplit              *NONE                      
                 FPTDEMOSR    FPT Demo Smart Route   *NONE                      
                 JCSTMTSR     JC STMT SR             *NONE                      
                 OFACKTEST    Test Ack for Adel W    *NONE                      
                 OFCDASR      CDA Test               *NONE                      
                 OFHCISTSM    HCI Statement SM       *NONE                      
                 OFSAMPLE     Orlando's Sample Eng   *NONE                      
                 OFSMARTENG   Orlando SR Test Eng.   *NONE                      
                 OFWINKLER    Winkler Landscape      *NONE                      
                 PKSLIPSR     Packing Slip Smart     *NONE                      
                 PRNWBURST2   BURST EVERY 2 PAGES    *NONE                      
                 ROCKYSR      Rocky Test             *NONE                      
                 SENTINELSR   Sentinel Smt.Router    *NONE                      
                                                                        More... 
 F3=Exit  F5=Refresh  F6=Add                                                    

Select option 8 to start, option 9 to end. You must specify a job queue into which the engine is launched. The job queue must feed into a batch subsystem. Job queue QS36EVOKE is configured as a multi threaded job queue leading into subsystem QBATCH by default in i5/OS as shipped from IBM; this is usually a good choice. You can also use FMGJOBQ but should check that it is multi threaded first.

Engine Processing Mode

Versions 3.11 - 3.20:

This functionality was removed in version 3.30. See the second configuration screen.

As shipped the SmartRouter engine processes jobs serially as part of the engine thread, i.e. it invokes the Smart Routing processor using a 'CALL' command.

Because the processor opens a spool file for each possible target for each input spool file, it can quickly exhaust the maximum number of spool files in the system value QMAXSPLF. Therefore, one can configure the engine to process spool files in a separate thread using 'SBMJOB' rather than 'CALL'.

In the library PRRLOAD3 is a data area PRJOBQ. The engine loads this data area upon startup. If it is blank the engine will 'CALL' the SmartRouting processor; if it contains the name of a jobqueue it will use 'SBMJOB' to submit the Smart Routing processor to the jobqueue named in the data area. The data area must be in the engine library list. If the processor is separately invoked into a jobqueue for each input spool file each processing will start a new spool file number sequence.

Scheduling Engine Start / Stop

Start

Add the following entry to the schedule jobs:

SBMJOB CMD(CALL PGM(PRR0459) PARM(SRENGINE)) JOB(SRENGINE) JOBQ(QS36EVOKE)

Where:

  • SRENGINE is the name of the Smart Router engine definition.

Do not use Q as the first letter of an engine definition. Q is reserved for operating system objects.
Do not name engines names in use elsewhere on your system. Give the engine a truly unique name.

  • QS36EVOKE is the name of a jobqueue, multi-threaded preferred but not required. QS36EVOKE ships by default as unlimited multi-threaded routing into subsystem QBATCH and is a good default choice.

Note that the JOB parameter, specifying job name, must precisely match the Smart Router engine definition name. This is done to provide a means of recognising the engine when ending the engine from the scheduled jobs function (see below).

Stop

To end a SmartRouter engine from the job scheduler, presuming that the job name is unique on your system, add this command to the job schedule:

ENDJOB JOB(SRENGINE) OPTION(*IMMED)

where SRENGINE is the job name of the engine and name of the Smart Router engine configuration.
Warning -- job selection is by job name and if you specify this incorrectly you can shut down any job so named, including operating system jobs.
Do not use Q as the first letter of an engine definition. Q is reserved for operating system objects.

Upgrading the Smart Router

Smart Router upgrades in iDocs version 6 are part of COPYDATA, the iDocs migration utility. If upgrading from an earlier release of the standalone Smart Router follow the below instructions.

To manually upgrade the Smart Router into the version integrated into the iDocs Suite please do the following:

  • Shutdown the Smart Router engines.
  • Then copy the following files from the Smart Router library (PRRLOAD) to the iDocs library (IDOCS):

CPYF FROMFILE(PRRLOAD/PRDAPPLM) TOFILE(IDOCS/PRDAPPLM) FROMMBR(*FIRST) TOMBR(*FIRST) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*NO) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)

CPYF FROMFILE(PRRLOAD/PRDCOND) TOFILE(IDOCS/PRDCOND) FROMMBR(*FIRST) TOMBR(*FIRST) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*NO) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)

CPYF FROMFILE(PRRLOAD/PRDMASTER) TOFILE(IDOCS/PRDMASTER) FROMMBR(*FIRST) TOMBR(*FIRST) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*NO) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)

CPYF FROMFILE(PRRLOAD/PRDOUTQUE) TOFILE(IDOCS/PRDOUTQUE) FROMMBR(*FIRST) TOMBR(*FIRST) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*NO) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)

CPYF FROMFILE(PRRLOAD/PRDTARGET) TOFILE(IDOCS/PRDTARGET) FROMMBR(*FIRST) TOMBR(*FIRST) MBROPT(*REPLACE) CRTFILE(*NO) FMTOPT(*MAP *DROP)


  • Replicate the contents of data area PRJOBQ if it exists in the old stand-alone library:

DSPDTAARA DTAARA(PRRLOAD/PRJOBQ)

CHGDTAARA DTAARA(IDOCS/PRJOBQ) VALUE('JOBQUEUE')
where JOBQUEUE is the name of a job queue from PRRLOADOLD/PRJOBQ.

  • Using the Smart Router configuration program SR3, press <enter> through all configuration screens to make certain any required defaults are written into the files.

Exporting / Importing Smart Router Applications

They are 02 commands: SAVIFDSR to save SR applications and RSTIFDSR to restore SR applications

                   Save Smart Router Applications (SAVIFDSR)              
                                                                          
Type choices, press Enter.                                                
                                                                          
Smart Router Name(s) . . . . . .   __________    Name, *ALL               
               + for more values   __________                             
Save to file . . . . . . . . . .   __________    Name                     
  Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     *CURLIB     Name, *CURLIB            
Smart Router library . . . . . .   *LIBL         Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB     
Target release . . . . . . . . .   *CURRENT      *CURRENT, *PRV, V4R4M0...

Details of SAVIFDSR:
+ Smart Router Name(s): specify one, several or all SR applications user wants to save
+ Save to file: specify the save file where SR applications will be saved into
+ Smart Router library: specify the production library of Smart Router. The data of SR files in this library will be saved

                     Restore Smart Router Apps (RSTIFDSR)              
                                                                          
Type choices, press Enter.                                                
                                                                          
Restore from save file . . . . .   __________    Name                     
  Library  . . . . . . . . . . .     *CURLIB     Name, *CURLIB            
Smart Router library . . . . . .   *LIBL         Name, *LIBL, *CURLIB     
Overwrite existing application     *NO           *YES, *NO

Details of RSTIFDSR:
+ Restore from save file: specify the Save file contains the SR applications saved
+ Smart Router library: specify the production library of Smart Router. The SR saved applications will be restored to this library
+ Overwrite existing application: specify whether the existing applications in production library will be overwritten or not.


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