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Batch and Online Reporting Facilities

This section describes reporting capabilities that are available to the designer for assistance throughout the development process.

CA IDMS reports

Provides an extensive series of standard reports on information stored in the dictionary. These include summary, detail, and key reports of the elements and records in the dictionary. Reports are also available for dialogs and applications, and their associated components. Dictionary reports comprise a valuable tool for finding inconsistencies and redundant element types.

For more information, see the CA IDMS Reports Guide.

Subschema compiler

Enables batch and online examination of subschema definitions.

For further information on the use of the subschema compiler, see the CA IDMS Database Administration Guide.

IDMSRPTS utility

Provides a series of reports on database definitions (for example, schema definitions, logical record definitions).

For further information, including a complete list of the reports available with the IDMSRPTS utility, see the CA IDMS Utilities Guide.

CA OLQ

Lets you interrogate an CA IDMS/DB and display and format the resulting information at a terminal. CA OLQ accommodates ad hoc queries. With the use of q-files (CA OLQ modules stored in the dictionary), users can obtain formatted reports at the terminal simply by supplying the name of the desired q-file.

For further information on using CA OLQ to query the dictionary and storing and accessing of q-files, see the CA OLQ User Guide.

CA Culprit

Generates batch reports. CA Culprit is a parameter-driven system. CA Culprit actively uses dictionary-stored element, record, and subschema definitions. Reports can be packaged and stored as CA Culprit modules in the dictionary, enabling users to obtain a report simply by supplying the module name.

For further information on the use of CA Culprit as an application reporting tool, see the CA Culprit for CA IDMS User Guide.

The dialog reporter (ADSORPTS utility)

Requests batch reports that provide summary and/or detailed information about one or more dialogs. Reports can include: information on the records and processes of the named dialogs; a list of the contents of the Fixed Dialog Block (FDB); and a summary that includes map, schema, subschema, and version number information.

For further information on the ADSORPTS utility, see the CA ADS Reference Guide.

The DC/UCF map utility

Generates and deletes map load modules, produces map source code, and provides mapping reports. These reports display the decompiled source code, a list of the attributes assigned to each map field, and a list of the records used by the named map.

For further information on using the map utility, see the CA IDMS Mapping Facility Guide.