Messages and service system values: Journal accounting information

Specifies whether to journal job usage, printer output and printer usage or not. (QACGLVL)

Journal accounting information, also known as QACGLVL, is a member of the messages and service category of i5/OS™ system values. You can use this system value to specify whether to journal job usage, printer output, and printer usage or not. To learn more, keep reading.

Quick reference
Location In iSeries™ Navigator, select your system, > Configuration and Service > System Values > Messages and Service > General
Special authority All object (*ALLOBJ) and security administrator (*SECADM)
Default value Deselected - no accounting information sent to a journal
Changes take effect At the start of the next job
Lockable No

What can I do with this system value?

Specifies the type of usage information that you want the system to write to a journal. If neither option is selected (*NONE), no accounting information is written to a journal. You can select to write job usage information to a journal (*JOB) or to write printer output and printer usage information to a journal (*PRINT). If either option is selected, the system accounting journal (QACGJRN) must exist in the QSYS library; if it does not exist, the change is rejected.

Where can I get more information about this system value?

To learn more, go to the messages and service system values overview topic. If you are looking for a specific system value or category of system values, try using the i5/OS system value finder.

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