Specify New Report Information

If you select option 1 from the primary option menu, you will begin a new report definition with this panel. The following illustration is a sample Specify New Report Information:

There are two options that you can select from, and it is very important that you select the proper one. Option 1 is the most frequently used, and it causes CA Disk to report on data set names found on a DASD volume. Option 2 is used to provide summary information on DASD volumes, and therefore will only produce one line of output for each DASD volume processed.

The REPORT'S NAME field is used to give any name you desire to the report. Remember this name -- you will need it when you want to run the report later. Enter any description you want in the DESCRIPTIVE NAME field to help remember the purpose of the report. This field does not show up on the report itself, but is displayed alongside the report name whenever you ask for a list of report names defined in the report definition library. The REPORT HEADING field allows you to specify the heading that will appear when the report is generated.

The MODEL parameter is optional. This field would be used if you know another report exists that is already defined that is very similar to the new one you want to produce. Enter the name of the existing report, or enter a "/" to display a list of all the previously defined reports. When a model is used, the remaining portion of the report generation phase will actually look exactly like you had specified the modify option for an existing report from the primary option panel.