Was the Output Request Printed?

Question 1: Was the Output Request Printed?

In addition to checking physically whether output has appeared, you can use the spool output controller to check on the status of a job.

Do the following:

1. Call transaction SP01 or choose Tools ®CCMS ® Spool ®Output Controller.

2. Enter all available information that you have on the spool request in the selection screen.

3. The most important status information about the spool requests means the following:

-- (no status): The spool request has not yet been sent to the output device. Print the spool request to see if it is output normally.

Being processed: The job is currently being formatted and/or transmitted to the host system spooler. You can wait to see if processing finishes normally. Or you can go to analysis procedure Determining Why Output Request Was Not Processed to check whether processing is proceeding normally.

Waiting or Complete and still has not appeared at the printer, you can go directly to the analysis procedure Determining Why Output Request Was Not Processed.

If the status is Complete, also check the request information. To do this, select the spool request and choose . The Output Attributes tab page shows the status of completed output requests. If Processed… without printing is selected, the output request has not yet been printed. Go to the error analysis procedure shown above.

For information about the status in general, see the Displaying the Status of Spool and Output Requests.