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Report Definition

Report Definition commands describe the content, sequence, and format of each report produced in a single run.

REPORT

Identifies and describes a single report to be generated

SELECT

Conditionally selects a record, or set of records, to be included in an individual report

SET/COMPUTE

Directs specialized data movement or arithmetic calculations unique to a single report

CONTROL

Specifies the sequence in which the data is to be presented in the report, or those fields to be designated as control break fields during report printing

PRINT

Defines the format of a single line to appear on the output report