The REPORT Clause
The REPORT clause specifies the names of reports that comprise a report file.
General Format
Syntax Rules
- Each report-name specified in a REPORT clause must be the subject of a RD entry in the report section of the same program. The order of appearance of the report-names is not significant.
- A report-name must appear in only one REPORT clause.
A report-name can appear in two REPORT clauses.
- The subject of a file description entry that specifies a REPORT clause can be referenced in the procedure division only by the USE statement, the CLOSE statement, or the OPEN statement with the OUTPUT or EXTEND phrase.
General Rules
- The presence of more than one report-name in a REPORT clause indicates that the file contains more than one report.
- After execution of an INITIATE statement and before the execution of a TERMINATE statement for the same report file, the report file is under the control of the RWCS. While a report file is under the control of the RWCS, no input-output statement can be executed which references that report file.
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If the associated file connector is an external file connector, every file description entry in the run unit which is associated
with that file connector must describe it as a report file.