Starting and Stopping the ibi WebFOCUS Reporting Server for PDS

This section provides information on the operation and use of the server. Additional information on the server and how to configure adapters is available in the WebFOCUS Reporting Server browser interface help. The WebFOCUS Reporting Server browser interface help is also available in the ibi™ WebFOCUS® Reporting Server Administration guide.

Starting the ibi WebFOCUS Reporting Server Using a Batch Job

To start the server, submit the ISTART member of the MVS configuration library (high_level_qualifier.WFS.DATA) for your server.

Starting the ibi WebFOCUS Reporting Server Using a Started Task

ISETUP creates started task JCL to start the server. This started task is a member of the MVS configuration library IWAYS.

To execute the started task:

  • Copy it into SYS1.PROCLIB or any other JES2 Proclib data set.
  • Satisfy security requirements. All external security-related permissions must exist for both the data sets and the started tasks. In order to issue the started tasks, the user must satisfy both of the following requirements:
    • Have at least OPERATOR authority defined within the WebFOCUS Reporting Server browser interface.
    • Be in the same security group, or associated with the same security group, as the owner of the server directory structure (for example, as iadmin).

To submit the started task from the MVS console, issue the following command:

S IWAYS

You can add the started task to any automation product that you run.

Stopping the ibi WebFOCUS Reporting Server

You can stop the server using any of the following methods:

  • WebFOCUS Reporting Server browser interface. From the WebFOCUS Reporting Server browser interface menu bar, select Workspace and then Stop.
  • MVS operator command. On the MVS Console or SDSF, issue the following operator MODIFY command:
    F jobname, -stop

    where:

    jobname

    Is the job under which the server is running.

  • Cancel the server job. In SDSF, cancel the job.