How do I create a PDF of a DEFINE screen or voucher cover sheet?

See ServiceNow: Printing DEFINE Screen or Voucher Cover Sheet from Off-Campus.

“Green Output” offers a way to save Mainframe documents as electronic ones - see more on Green Output below.

Green Output

What is Green Output?

Green Output offers a way to "print" Mainframe reports and screens to .txt, .pdf, .xls, or .csv files instead of printing on paper via TID printer. Reports can be sent to a directory on Austin Disk, a secure online storage and sharing service available to all current UT Austin staff, students, and faculty.

PAR coversheets from *DEFINE FPM commands can be printed to PDF via Green Output for inclusion in PAR packets.

How do I know if I already have Green Output set up?

Use *DPUSER to verify that your access to the service is not already "Active."

Log on to the Mainframe
Once you reach your default COM-PLETE screen, you will see your Mainframe USER ID listed at the top of the page just to the right of the word USER
Open DPUSER
Input UP in the Command line and your USER ID in the USER ID/Dept field and press Enter to access your profile
View the "Default all output to Green Output" field. If you see a "W", you already have access, if not click the Request button

How do I set up Green Output?

For most staff, a Green Output account is created automatically. Set-up is finalized after submission of the first print request on an account. Typically, after first print request submission, the requester will receive an automated email the next business day notifying them that their document is available for download. Subsequent documents can be expected in a much shorter turnaround time, sometimes within minutes after print request submission.

Completed document requests can be downloaded from webdav.austin.utexas.edu - /eReports/[insert EID]/

How do I print to Green Output and/or retrieve my document file?

To print PAR cover sheets from DEFINE:

In the DEFINE document to be printed (e.g. FPN, FPT, FPR), enter “PRT” in the “Action” field in the top left-hand corner.
The following dialogue box will pop-up - complete following red text below as an example:

#F4F5F7

PRINTING INFORMATION FOR FPT

Number of Copies: 1

Print on 3-hole Paper (DP Printer only) [leave blank]

Route Output to: [enter DEFINE logon, not EID]

Print on Local Printer with TID: [leave blank]

Save Changes (Y or N): N

Go to webdav.austin.utexas.edu - /eReports/[insert EID]/, sign in with your EID and EID password.
Find your document in the list and save to PDF. Tip: If many documents are listed, find the relevant report quickly by using keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+F” (PC) or “⌘+F” (Mac) and the date of the report (e.g. 6/1/2025).

See ServiceNow: Setting Up and Managing Green Output for additional information.

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