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Step 3 - Change Your Report Column Pictures

In this step, you modify the display of the social security and salary columns to make them more legible. Start on the Report Format - Picture screen. To get there, type picture in the command line.

Change the picture for SS-NUMBER-0415 to include hyphens.

CA OLQ Release nn.n *** Report Format - Picture *** -> Page 1 of 1 137000 Specify pictures and press the ENTER key Disp Select Options or Alter Seq $ , 0 Picture EMPLOYEE X EMP-LAST-NAME-0415 1 X(15) X SS-NUMBER-0415 2 _ _ _ 99-999-9999 EMPOSITION X SALARY-GRADE-0420 3 _ _ _ 99 X SALARY-AMOUNT-0420 4 _ _ _ -ZZZZZZ9.99 Compute: 1=HELP 3=QUIT 4=MESSAGE 5=DISPLAY 6=MENU 10=EDIT 11=GROUP BY

CA OLQ displays your new picture.

CA OLQ Release nn.n *** Display Report *** -> Page 1 Line 1 125000 Press the ENTER key to go to the next page of the report. EMPLOYEE/EMPOSITION REPORT mm/dd/yy SOCIAL SECURITY SALARY NAME NUMBER GRADE SALARY ─────────────── ─────────── ────── ─────────── LINGER 09-234-5812 33 38500.00 TERNER 04-567-2222 11 13000.00 BROWN 01-955-6712 44 42500.00 CHARLES 01-955-6712 43 38000.00 PENMAN 01-459-3186 33 39000.00 DUNCAN 01-067-3343 72 85000.00 EVERETT 01-067-3343 71 75000.00 LITERATA 02-356-7831 43 37500.00 WILCO 11-100-0023 72 80000.00 HEAROWITZ 03-189-6154 42 33000.00 - 1 - 1=HELP 3=QUIT 4=MESSAGE 6=MENU 8=FWD 10=LEFT 11=RIGHT