ANSWER: onpladm load job with spec file (includes simple but lengthy test case)

I found the error. You do not want to know how much time it took. The specfile will only work if all the attribute names, whether for required or optional attributes, are listed. I had missed the filtered records file name: FLTFILE. The optional attributes do not need a value, but they do have to be listed. So, the following will work: BEGIN OBJECT LOADJOB jobname PROJECT projectname DEVICE device_array_name MAP mapname FILTER SERVER DATABASE FLTFILE REJECTFILE LOGFILE RUNMODE GENERATEVIORECS TAPES NUMRECORDS STARTRECORD MAXERRORS END OBJECT Thanks to those who helped or tried to help. Sincerely, Christopher Coleman Database Analyst Pharmacy Division Mediware Information Systems, Inc.