PROCESS

Keywords appear in UPPERCASE.

The minimum required portion of each keyword is UNDERSCORED. If a portion of or an entire keyword is not underscored, you can omit that portion or that keyword.

AREA=area-name

Variables appear in lowercase italics. You must substitute an appropriate value for each variable.

[START=page-number]

Brackets indicate optional clauses.

          / ACCUMULATE \
PROCESS = < REPORTS    >
          │ ALL        │
          \ SYNTAX     /

Braces enclose two or more options. You must select one of the options.

,AREADIST=(hpage1,hpage2,..hpage10)

Ellipses indicate that multiple variables can be specified, separated by commas.

Order of Parameter Statements

You must enter the PROCESS statement first. You can enter all other parameter statements in any order.

Continuing a Parameter Statement

To continue a parameter statement onto the next record, key in a trailing comma. Do not split a keyword phrase between two records.

Entering Blanks In Parameter Statements

You can enter blanks (character spaces) between keywords to improve readability in a parameter statement without affecting processing. However, do not embed blanks within a keyword or value field.

Entering Parameter Statements

On an 80-character input record, you must enter all parameter syntax between positions 1 through 72.

Comments

Enter an asterisk (*) in column 1, to indicate a comment.

Series of Values

Parentheses are required around a series of values separated by commas.