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Print'n'Go

If you write a new report (RFT) and you want users to be able to select it from a list of available reports then the administrator has to modify (PMF) some panels. The tasks to be done are

and this has to be done for every new report.

If you would like to make a new report accessible to all users so that they can select it from a list without having to do any of the above, read on. And if you are a PMFer who would like to let the report writer do the work necessary to make the report accessible, read on. And if you would like to let different groups of people see different lists of reports, read on.

We can do all this quite easily. It just needs some initial panel modification. After that is done, to add a new report involves just updating a record in the database.

How it works

Let's see it in action before discussing the coding. 

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 BLG10014I Your current privilege class is INSTRUCT.
 BLG0EN20              --- PRIMARY OPTIONS MENU ---     APPLICATION: MANAGEMENT

 OPTIONS:

       1. OVERVIEW.......Display general information and product enhancements.
       2. PROFILE........Display or alter invocation or session defaults.
       3. APPLICATION....Change application, list available applications.
       4. CLASS..........Change current class, list available classes.
       5. ENTRY..........Create a record.
       6. INQUIRY........Search for records.
       7. UTILITY........Copy, display, print, delete, and update records.
       8. GLOSSARY.......Display a list of searchable words in the database.
       9. PMF............Modify or create Information/Management panels.
      10. MY REPORTS.....Choose my group's reports.

             Select an option, enter a command, or type QUIT to exit.

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