Is there way to call a ReportCaster schedule from FOCUS on the Mainframe? I tried DSTRUN with the same parameters that work in WebFocus but, as I figured, it didn't work. Are there any other options? Thanks.

FOCUS 7.2
ReportCaster 5
Webfocus 5.3.3

Look at my response to the post below:
https://forums.informationbuilders.com/eve/forums/a/...371009331#4371009331

We have a fex that we run in batch that writes to the BOTSCHED table and kicks off Caster schedules. I don't see why you couldn't EX it in a TSO session as well. (NOTE it does update production records on BOTSCHED). I'm not sure if writing directly to BOTSCHED is something IBI supports but it has worked for us for years.

If interested I can send the code.

codermonky,

I am interested in seeing the code. Thanks.

Sorry for the delay in rsponding. Ok. The daily JCL contains the following:
EX CCTRW568 SCHEDID=S10folq7qp1

Here's the code for CCTRW568:
-* ------------------------------------------------------------------*
-* DESCRIPTION : For a given SCHEDULEID number this fex: *
-* 1. Updates NEXTRUNTIME field in BOTSCHED *
-* *
-* The Daily JCL JOB sets the field to 7/24/02 when the job is *
-* ready to run. Setting the field to a time in the past allows *
-* the JCL to control when the RC job will execute. *
-* will execute *
-* *
-* CALLED FROM : Daily/Monthly JCL Job *
-*-------------------------------------------------------------------*
-* Gain access to botsched thru the sink machine
DYNAM ALLOC DD FOCSU DA FSYS1E.FOCUS.SINKDEVE.FOCSU.DATA SHR REU
USE BOTSCHED ON FOCSU
END
-**********************************************************************
-* Retrieve the record to be updated
TABLE FILE BOTSCHED
PRINT SCHEDULEID
WHERE SCHEDULEID EQ '&SCHEDID'
ON TABLE HOLD
END
-**********************************************************************
-* Modify the retrieved record
MODIFY FILE BOTSCHED
FIXFORM SCHEDULEID
MATCH SCHEDULEID
ON MATCH COMPUTE NEXTRUNTIME='00000000000000000001027528200000';
ON MATCH UPDATE NEXTRUNTIME
ON NOMATCH REJECT
DATA ON HOLD
END
-RUN
-**********************************************************************
DYNAM CLOSE FILE FOCSU
DYNAM FREE FILE FOCSU


Couple of things to note:
- We use FOCUS databases as our Caster repository.
- The FOCUS databases reside on the mainframe.
- We are using a REALLY old release in PROD (WF 4.3.5) so the fieldnames may differ slightly in your version of Caster.

It's pretty straight forward. Let me know if you have questions.
T

Thanks for the code sample. Unfortunately I don't think we can use it. Our tables are located on our WebFocus server instead of on the mainframe. I will keep that in mind for when we upgrade Webfocus. We might look into moving those tables.

Thanks,
ft

Sorry it didn't help. I have seen some examples on tech support where they set up JCL on MVS that executes RDAAPP and executes a fex on the Windows server. The fex in Windows runs DSTRUN to run a caster schedule. I don't know much about it but it might be worth looking into. I believe there might be documentation in the Caster self-service app manual. Good Luck.