Copying Spooled Files from the AS/400
To Your Desktop/Folders
Using
AS/400 IBM Client Access iSeries Navigator
Before running your AS400 report, you should open your “AS400 Print Session” and “STOP” your printer to
prevent the job from going directly to the printer before you’ve had time to capture the spooled output report…
You might also want to put the print job on “Hold” (option 3)…
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Click “Start” button
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Select/Expand “Programs”
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Select/Expand “IBM iSeries Access for Windows”
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Select iSeries Navigator
NOTE: If you don’t see this listed, call the hotline x-7676… ask them to install IBM iSeries
Navigator
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. Expand “My Connections”
. Expand “MCSCAS400”
. Specify your AS400 Login info
(User ID and Password)
. Expand “Basic Operations”
. Click on “Printer Output”
Your spooled print files will
Appear on the right…
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Click on the output
file you want to
copy… and…
Drag it to your
desktop
OR
Right click , select
“Copy” and paste to
the folder of your
choice…
. Open Excel (this can
also be copied to a
“Word” document)
. Select “File/Open”
. Select your file
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Importing your file into an EXCEL spreadsheet…. Using Text Import Wizard….
The spooled output files are “fixed
width”…
Click “NEXT”
Excel allows you to set the width of
each field…
The wizard provides you the
instructions…
The wizard also allows you to set the
data format…
I suggest you set all columns to
“TEXT”… to do this…
Click on the first columns while
holding the “Shift” key select the last
column… This will highlight all
columns…
Select the “Text” button
Select “Finish”
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Enhancing the look of your spreadsheet….
You will probably want to remove
report headings generated by the
AS400 K-12 software and create your
own column header row…
Maybe add a header and footer…
Resort, change font, etc…
And, save your final spreadsheet.
Add a header and footer…
Delete old report headers and
create new headers…
Resize columns…
Finally, don’t forget to save your
new version of this
report/spreadsheet…
Be sure to “Save As” a “.xls”
file…
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