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Defining a Stacked Report Containing Overlapping Segments

Important! Use a test database to follow this procedure so that you do not inadvertently change or lose data in your production database. The system must be installed and running and the Primary Selection Menu panel displayed before you begin this section.

Before you perform the steps in this section, you must define distribution identifiers for:

Notes:

This list summarizes the steps required to define a stacked report that contains overlapping segments. Detailed instructions are provided in subsequent sections of this chapter.

Step 1:

Define a Job

Define distribution identifiers for recipients of the report and define the job to the system.

Step 2:

Specify Report Definition Attributes for Report 1

Enter the report definition attributes that identify the recipients of the report and the special instructions that for the banner pages of the report.

Step 3:

Specify Identification Text for Report 1

Enter the report identification text for the overlapping segments. This information tells the system how to split the output to create several reports.

You repeat this step for each stacked report in this chapter.

Step 4:

Enter Report Definition Attributes for Report 2

Step 5:

Enter Identification Text for Report 2

Step 6:

Enter Report Definition Attributes for Report 3

Step 7:

Enter Identification Text for Report 3

Step 8:

Enter Report Definition Attributes for Report 4

Step 9:

Enter Identification Text for Report 4

Step 10:

Enter Report Definition Attributes for Report 5

Step 11:

Enter Identification text for Report 5

Step 12:

Close the Panels and Finish Your Work

Step 13:

Submit the Report

When you submit the job, the system:

  • Takes the report output from the application program you specified in the JCL for the job (U90526A in this example)
  • Separates the output into unique reports that contain overlapping segments of the data
  • Adds a banner page to the beginning and end of each report
  • Prints each report for distribution

Note: Any lowercase characters you enter on the panels are automatically converted to uppercase.