Additional Standard File Facilities › Creating Nonprint Report Output › What You Can Do

What You Can Do

You can write and store CA Culprit reports on conventional files on tape or disk.

These nonprint reports can be created from:

• Selected report information, including final report summary information
• Variable-length records
• Sequential files created from database information

The output from a CA Culprit run can be stored on tape or disk as:

• A sequential (PS) file
• An indexed sequential (IS) file
• A card (CARD) file
• A VSAM file
• A data table

How to Do It

Use:

• OUTPUT parameter options to set the output record size, block size, type of file, and the device to be used.

  If the device is TAPE, the label type is also specified on the OUT parameter.

• Special formatting codes on type 5 and 6 parameters:
  • FB to convert an integer field value to binary output.
  • FU to convert a numeric field value to a single precision floating point value. (SZ= and DP= cannot be used with the FU format code.)
  • FW to convert a numeric field value to a double precision floating point value. (SZ= and DP= cannot be used with the FW format code.)
  • FP to convert a numeric output field value into a signed packed decimal number.
  • FZ to convert a numeric output field value into a signed zoned decimal number.
• No titles or headings.
• A plus sign (+) for a break code if you want total records for the output.
• Absolute column placement.
• The JCL label SYS020 to define the output file.