JPH0492964A - Online slip output control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently control the output of an online slip by editing/outputting the slips to which latest results are reflected in a form corresponding to individual requests of respective end users without giving an influence on online processing work. CONSTITUTION:A request reception means 5 receives the slip editing output request from the end user 19 and registers it in a slip request queue 6. An operation conditions registration means 8 obtains the operation conditions of an online system and registers them in an operation conditions table 9. The editing task 11 of an editing means 10 actually edits the slip based on the editing definition corresponding to respective editing output requests and a slip output means 12 outputs the edited slip to the end user. An editing control means 7 controls the processing order of the slip editing output requests and controls the number of simultaneous operating editing tasks. Thus, the slip to which the latest results are reflected can be supplied to the end user and the number of the tasks executing the editing processing in correspondence with the operation conditions of the online system can be controlled. Thus, the influence given to original online processing work is little. Since plural editing tasks edit/ output the slips corresponding to the requests for respective end users, necessary and sufficient formation is supplied.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an online form output control system.

[Conventional technology]

BACKGROUND ART In online systems such as banking systems, it is common practice to provide end users, such as sales offices, with information such as records of business processing performed on the online system in the form of reports.

Traditionally, this kind of form editing/outputting was done for all end users at once at the center, such as at night after the completion of online processing operations, and the forms output (printed) at the center were sent to each end user. In contrast, they were transported in trunks, etc.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As described above, in the past, forms were edited/outputted for all end users at once within the center after the line processing work was completed, which resulted in the following drawbacks.

■The form reflects the results up until the end of the online processing work, but since it takes a certain amount of time to transport the form, by the time the form reaches the end user, the online processing work at a later date will be considerable. However, it is not possible to obtain reports that reflect the latest operating results.

■In order to overcome the drawback of ■ above, it is necessary to perform form editing/output processing in parallel with online processing operations, but form editing/output processing requires that a large amount of data be transferred online during the editing process. Since it has to be extracted from the business mask file managed by the processing business, it has a significant impact on the processing performance of the online system.

■In addition, with the conventional method, it is necessary to edit/output the forms for all end users during the night after the online processing operations are completed, and the processing must be done immediately to avoid affecting the next day's online processing operations. Therefore, forms are edited and output under uniform conditions for all end users. As a result, it is not possible to meet all of the individual requests of each end user, and some end users end up including information that is unnecessary, resulting in a total waste of resources such as computer resources and form output paper. are doing.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide forms that reflect the latest performance, etc., in response to the individual requests of each end user, without affecting online processing operations. The object of the present invention is to provide an online form output control method that allows editing/output in a format that allows the user to edit/output the form in the form of a document.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a computer system that edits/outputs forms for returning information to end users, such as the results of business processing running on an online system. a request receiving means for receiving a request from the requestor and registering the request in a form request queue;
An operating status registration means that acquires the operating status of the online system and registers it in an operating status table, and an editor that maintains and manages multiple editing tasks that perform actual form editing based on editing definitions corresponding to each form editing output request. a form output means for outputting the edited form to an end user; and an editing control means for controlling the processing order of form editing output requests and controlling the number of simultaneous te1 editing tasks.

[Effect]

In the online form output control method of the present invention, the request receiving means receives a form editing output request from an end user and registers it in a form request queue, and the operating status registration means acquires the operating status of the online system and obtains the operating status. registered in the table, the editing task of the editing means performs actual form editing based on the editing definition corresponding to each form edit output request, the form output means outputs the edited form to the end user, The editing control means controls the processing order of form editing output requests and controls the number of simultaneous images (11m collection tasks).

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an online system to which the online form output control method of the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, the online system is composed of a center computer 1 and end user equipment I7 that are connected to each other via a communication line.

The center computer 1 is composed of a business online system 2, a business mask file 3, an online form output control mechanism 4, and a center form output means 14, and the online form output control mechanism 4 includes a request reception means 5 and a form request queue 6.
, an editing control means 7 , an operation status registration means 8 , an operation status table 9 , an editing means 10 , a form outputting means 12 , and an editing result storage file 13 . Note that the editing means 10 is composed of a plurality of editing tasks 11.

On the other hand, the end user side equipment 17 is the business online terminal 1.
8, a form output terminal 19, a form storage file 20, and a form printing printer 21. The truck 16 is used to transport the form 15 output by the center form output means 14 off-line from the center computer 1 side to the end user side.

FIG. 2 shows the area on the main memory used by the editing control means 7, where the current number of tasks (number of active editing tasks) is 1.
Information such as the number of requests during editing, the name of the end user being edited, the name of the end user who has completed editing, and the time when the final editing process was completed can be stored. Here, the current number of tasks is editing means 10
The number of editing tasks 11 that are activated at the present time among the plurality of editing tasks 11 in is equal to the number of editing tasks 11 that are actually editing), and the end user name during editing is the identification name (branch number, etc.) of the end user associated with the form that is actually editing, The editing method end user name is the identification name of the end user associated with the form that has already been edited, and the final editing processing completion time is the final editing completion time for the editing method end user name.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing details of the processing of the editing control means 7.

Note that the functions of each of the above parts will be explained through the following operations.

Hereinafter, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained for each case.

(1) Normal online processing work In normal online processing work, a message is input from the business online terminal 18 of the end user side equipment I7, and this message is accepted by the business online system 2 of the center computer 1. The results are sent back from the business online system 2 to the business online terminal 18, and the results of the business are reflected in the business mask file 3.

(2) When receiving a request for editing and outputting a form If the end user wishes to obtain a form, in parallel with the above normal online processing work, the end user's equipment 1
A form editing output request is issued from the form output terminal 19 of 7, and this form editing output request is received by the request accepting means 5 of the online form output control mechanism 4 of the center computer 1.

The request reception means 5 analyzes the received form edit output request, extracts the form type, output target data conditions, output destination, end user name, etc., registers the form edit output request in the form request queue 6, and performs form editing. The editing control means 7 is notified that the output request has been accepted.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the editing control means 7 receives a notification (step S1), it determines the type of notification (step S2), and since it is a request acceptance notification in this case, it saves an area on the main memory. Whether the current number of tasks stored in the area (initial value is a predetermined fixed value of 1 or more) is greater than the number of editing requests (initial value is O) also stored in the main memory area. If the current number of tasks is larger (YES in step $3), that is, if there is an empty editing task 11, a form editing output request to be processed is selected (step S3). ~S7). In addition,
If the current number of tasks is smaller than the number of editing requests (NO in step S3), that is, if there are no free editing tasks 11, the process is immediately terminated.

Selection of a form editing output request to be processed is performed as follows. First, it is determined from the form request queue 6 whether or not there is a current unedited form editing output request from the end user (step S4), and if there is a corresponding request (Y in step S4).
ES), the end user's form editing output request that has been processed most in the past (if there is a form editing and output request from an end user that has never been processed, it will be given priority). The received request is sent to the form request queue 6.
(Step S5). In addition, if there is no request for editing and outputting an unedited end user's form (step S
In step S6), it is determined whether or not there is an end user's form editing output request currently being processed.
If there is a matching request (YES in step S6), the form editing output request that was accepted earliest among them is taken out from the form request queue 6 (step S7). Note that if there is no request for editing and outputting the form from the end user that is currently being processed (step 36), the process ends immediately.

When the form editing output request to be processed is determined, the editing means 10 is notified of the form editing output request as an editing instruction, and the number of editing requests in the area on the main memory is increased by 1 (step s8). Finish the process.

The editing means 1o that has received the editing instruction passes a form editing output request to an editing task 11 that is not currently processing among the editing tasks 11 that have already been activated, and instructs it to edit.

The editing task 11 that has been ordered to edit determines the form editing processing content from the form type and output target data conditions on the form editing output request, extracts the necessary data from the business mask file 3, and actually edits the form. , output the editing results to the editing result storage file 13. Then, when the editing of all the target data is completed, an editing completion notification (information indicating that editing has been completed is added to the form editing output request) is issued to the editing control means 7. 6. Editing completion notification is received. As shown in FIG. 3, when the editing control means 7 receives a notification (Step S1), it determines the type of the notification (Step S2), and since it is an editing completion notification in this case, it outputs a form output means. At the same time as issuing an editing completion notification to 12, the number of editing requests for the area on the main memory is reduced to 1.
(step S9).

The form output unit 12 that has received the notification determines the output destination from the editing completion notification, and if online end user transfer is specified, sends the editing results stored in the editing result storage file 13 via the communication line. It is sequentially transferred to the form output terminal 19 of the end user side equipment 17, and the end user side equipment 17 outputs the form accumulation file 20 as necessary.
The information is stored in the form and printed by the form printing printer 21. If off-line center output is specified, the center form output means 14 outputs the form 15, and the form 15 is transported to the end user via the trunk 16 or the like.

On the other hand, in FIG. 3, the editing control means 7 then performs step S in the same way as in the case where the request for outputting the form wI summary is received.
4, a new form editing output request to be processed is selected and an editing instruction is given to the editing means 10 (steps 34 to S8).

(3) When obtaining the operating status In this embodiment, the business online system 2 periodically notifies the operating status registration means 8 of the operating status (ratio of the number of processed messages to the number of received messages, etc.). In addition,
It is also possible to independently obtain the operating status using the operating status registration means 8.

The operating status registration means 8, which has received the notification of the operating status, registers the operating status in the operating status table 9 and issues an operating status registration notification to the editing control means 7.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the editing control means 7 receives a notification (step S1), it determines the type of the notification (step S2), and in this case, since it is an operation status registration notification, the operation status table 9 Determine the new number of edit tasks that can be run by extracting the latest operating status data from
7bu510).

This determination can be realized, for example, by storing correspondence information between the operating status value and the number of available editing tasks in the editing control means 7, and obtaining the number of available editing tasks from the operating status value.

Next, the editing control means 7 calculates the difference between the newly determined number of operable editing tasks and the current number of operational tasks (step 511), and then determines whether the difference is 0 (step 512). If the difference is 0 (YES in step S12), that is, if the number of active tasks does not need to be changed, the process is immediately terminated.

In addition, if the difference is not O (there are cases where the difference is positive and negative) (No in step 312), an editing task is started for the editing means 10 using the value of the difference as the number of tasks to be increased or decreased. Step 31.3) to notify a stop instruction, then add the newly determined number of tasks to the current number of tasks in the area on the main memory (step 514), and end the process.

When the editing unit 10 receives the editing task start/stop instruction, if the task increase/decrease number is a positive value, it newly starts the editing tasks 11 corresponding to that number, and if it is a negative value, it newly starts the editing tasks 11 corresponding to that number.
issue a stop instruction to The editing task 11 that has received the stop instruction immediately enters the stopped state if it is not currently performing editing processing, and if it is currently performing editing processing, it enters the stopped state when the editing processing is completed.

(4) Starting up/stopping the system, etc. The online form output control mechanism 4 in the center computer 1 starts up in response to an ff1 creation 1 activation request to the center computer 1, and as a result, each processing means inside the online form output control mechanism 4 starts up. It becomes operational.

Further, the stoppage is performed by an operator's stop request to the center computer 1, and the online form output control mechanism 4 is stopped after all processing means inside the online form output control mechanism 4 are in a stopped state.

Note that each processing means inside the online form output control mechanism 4 operates asynchronously, but the form request queue 6,
Regarding the operation status table 91 editing result storage file 13, synchronization control to prevent simultaneous updates is not necessary. This corresponds to the request receiving means 5 for the form request queue 6 and the operation status table 9, respectively. It is registered independently by the operation status registration means 8 and does not conflict with other files, and the editing result storage file 13 only outputs the results to the area allocated for each form. This is because there is no competition between

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the online form output control method of the present invention, ■ Since a form editing/output request is received from an end user and the form is edited/output using an online processing mode,
It is possible to provide the end user with a form that reflects the latest results, etc.

■Since the number of editing tasks is controlled according to the operating status of the online system, there is little impact on the original online processing operations.

■Since forms are edited/outputted according to the requests of each end user using multiple editing tasks, necessary and sufficient information can be provided, and waste of resources can be prevented.

There are other effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an online system to which the online form output control method of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an area on the main memory used by the editing control means, and FIG. It is a flowchart of the processing of an edit control means. In the diagram, 1... Center computer 2...
...Business online system 3...
Business mask file 4... Online form output control mechanism 5... Request receiving means 6... Form request queue 7... ...Editing control means 8...Operating status registration means 9...
...Operating status table 10...Editing means 11...Editing task 12...Form output means 13...Editing result storage file 14...・
・Center form output means 15... Form 16... Trunk 17... End user equipment 18... Business online terminal 19... Form Output terminal 20... Form accumulation file 21... Form printing printer

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a computer system that edits and outputs forms for returning information to end users, such as business processing results running on an online system, requests for form editing and output are received from end users and registered in a form request queue. an operating status registration unit that acquires the operating status of the online system and registers it in an operating status table; and an editing task that performs actual form editing based on the editing definition corresponding to each form editing output request. Equipped with multiple editing means for holding and managing, a form outputting means for outputting edited forms to the end user, and an editing control means for controlling the processing order of form editing output requests and the number of simultaneous editing tasks. An online form output control method characterized by: (2) Processing order control for form editing output requests is given priority from the current end user to the end user who was the object of editing in the past.
2. The online form output control method according to claim 1, wherein the online form output control method is performed by selecting an unprocessed form editing output request received earliest from the end user. (3) The number of simultaneously operating editing tasks is controlled by determining the number of tasks according to the operating status of the online system and instructing them to start or stop based on the difference from the current number of operating tasks. Online form output control method described in 2.