Generating CA Earl Reports on z/OS and OS/390 › CA Earl Processing

CA Earl Processing

CA Earl offers three methods of generating reports.

• The CA ACF2 ISPF Facility. CA ACF2 provides a complete set of ISPF menus and panels that simplify administration and report generation. Use ISPF panels to produce the sample CA Earl reports provided with CA ACF2. You can also use ISPF to generate any custom CA Earl reports you develop.
• Job Control Language (JCL) Procedures. CA ACF2 provides many commands and utilities that generate CA Earl reports. If you decide to use CA Earl to create your own custom reports, familiarize yourself with the standard JCL procedures used to generate the reports. Most likely, you will use the JCL to produce custom reports.
• Sample TSO CLIST. A sample TSO CLIST (named ACFEARL) is included on the CA ACF2 distribution tape. You can modify the sample CLIST and use it to simplify report generation and testing. The standard CA ACF2 install procedure loads the sample CLISTs into the data set CAI.CAICLIB. Check with your local CA ACF2 maintenance person if you are not sure about this data set name.

This chapter focuses on the steps required to produce an CA Earl report on a z/OS or OS/390 operating system. See the "Sample Reports" chapter for complete descriptions of the sample CA Earl reports CA ACF2 provides.