Generating a Basic Report from Standard Files › Coding the Report

Coding the Report

A simple CA Culprit report is produced with three instructions (parameters):

• The INPUT (IN) parameter, which tells CA Culprit how the file containing the data is organized
• REC parameters, which tell CA Culprit what data to use
• Type 5 parameters, which tell CA Culprit what and where to print the data

It is important to remember that one INPUT parameter with at least one REC parameter and one type 5 parameter are minimal requirements for any CA Culprit report produced from standard files.

Our first report lists the names of employees and their salaries from the data stored in the personnel file. We will create the report from the three required parameters.