I'm trying to run a scheduled RC job by using DSTRUN and have a couple of questions. I've used the example in the documentation. At first I was getting an error 189, then for whatever reason it stopped. Now I get no error messages but also no report.
1. The example says the procedure is on a Windows box. Is DSTRUN supported on other platforms? Can I run a job in RC on a linux platform from a WF server on Z/OS (Unix System Services)?
2. The 'webhost' parameters is described as the WF Reporting Server with the default port number 80. That port (80) is the default port number of a webserver, not a WF Reporting Server. What is supposed to be used for that parm?
3. For the userid/mypass parm, is that supposed to be a valid MR user id or a valid WF Server id or both?
4. Can someone post an example of a procedure where they call DSTRUN and give a little better explanation of the parms than the documentation does?

Hi Darin,
It's been awhile since I have used it, but hes an example...

-SET &VAR1 = 'CTYPARM=' | 'FRANCE';
-SET &LEN = &VAR1.LENGTH;
FILEDEF SUBLOG DISK C:ibi\srv71\wfs\catalog\sublog.ftm
-RUN
-SET &ECHO=ALL;
-SET &SUBERR = DSTRUN(
- 'rj11254',7, (Reporting Server id)
- 'XXXXXX',6, (Reporting Server pwd)
- 'SERVERNAME',10, (Reporting Server host name)
- 'S12227uli307',12, (Schedule id)
- 'myjob1',6, (Job Description)
- 5, (Priority level)
- 'admin1',6, (The id that owns the schedule)
- &VAR1, &LEN, (Parm string - parameter and value)
- ' ',0, (Web server id/password if security on)
- 0, (Method used to secure sockets from TCP/IP)
- 'I4'); (Format of return code)
- INCLUDE DSTRUNER
- WRITE SUBLOG &SUBERR
- EXIT
Yes. It can run on another platform.
If this doesn't help, post your code.

Regards,
Rich

So how does this actually get to Report Caster? If I'm only giving the SERVERNAME, how does this know where ReportCaster is? I've taken Rich's example and inserted my values with no result. In fact, I changed uersname, password, and server host name to invalid values, but I don't get any error message. It's like it's not doing anything at all.

Here's the config: RC is on Linux box (IBIREPORTS). There is also a WF Server on that box(IBIREPO) but it isn't involved in anything (as far as I know). The client, web server, and appserver (WebSphere) are also on Linux. The scheduled task runs a server procedure on a USS WF Server (ADPROD). I am executing the DM Code from that ADPROD server.

-SET &ECHO=ALL;
FILEDEF SUBLOG DISK /u/ibi/prod7/srv71/wfs/catalog/sublog.ftm
-RUN
-SET &SUBERR = DSTRUN(
- 'usernam',7,   (valid for ADPROD WF Server)
- 'userpas',7,
- 'IBIREPORTS',10,  
- 'S128g4mq0k05',12,
- 'carinst',7,
- 2,
- 'admin',5,
- 'COUNTRY=W GERMANY',17,
- ' ',0,
- 0,
- 'I4');
-IF &SUBERR EQ 0 GOTO EXIT;
-INCLUDE DSTRUNER
-WRITE SUBLOG &SUBERR
-EXIT

Any clues?

Hi Darin,
Is the default port 80 being used? If not you
will need to specify it for the hostname.
Rich

I have this running. You really don't need all those fields...if you account for them with 0's.

-SET &SUBERR = DSTRUN(
- 'wav167',6,
- ' ',0,
- 'WEBFSAHQ01',10,
- 'S115imafn701',12,
- ' ',0,
- 5,
- 'ljrq9f',6,
- ' ',0,
- ' ',0,
- 0,
- 'I4');