Batch is an offline FOCUS environment. That means the terminal is free to do other tasks in or out of CIRS, while a job is executing. We recommend submitting your report requests in the batch environment after they have been tested in the online FOCUS environment. Refer to the topic: Online Execution for more information. Note: Report requests containing variables (implied prompting) cannot be executed via batch.
The batch FOCUS environment is required for the following conditions:
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Reports that generate large output files.
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Reports that use prior fiscal years of payment data (i.e, PH and PHS files) and certain leave data files (i.e., LD, LH, and LR).
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Reports that will be edited before printing.
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Reports that will be downloaded.
For more information, refer to the following topics:
Submitting Batch Jobs
Batch Results