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Operand Definitions

Operand

Description

name

Name of the report directed by the ASSIGN REPORT command or the word RUNLIST. Specifying RUNLIST determines the destination of the LIST statement output.

altname

Alternate name for the report, as a ddname (in z/OS) or as SYSnnn (in VSE). (Not available under CICS.)

DESTINATION

MAIL 'emailid' A delimited 1‑ to 60‑character name of a [assign the value for emailp in your book] destination enclosed in single or double quotes.

LIBRARY Output library.

SYSTEM name System printer name.

NETWORK name Network printer name (not available in batch).

COPIES n

Specifies the number of copies for a destination of system or network in an online environment only. (This clause is ignored in batch.) This option is only valid when specifying DESTINATION NETWORK or DESTINATION SYSTEM.

DISPOSITION 'disp'

Keywords include:

'KEEP'
'RELEASE'
'HOLD'

For more information about output dispositions, refer to the section titled SET OUTPUT command.

MAXLINES m

Maximum number of lines for any one report that a program can produce. The upper limit for MAXLINES is established at CA Ideal installation or by a SET OUTPUT SITE OPTIONS fill‑in. It only applies to reports going to the output library. Any report reaching this maximum stops the run. This entry does not affect reports produced in batch and printed in batch.

DESCRIPTION 'string'

One‑ to 32‑character description.

PAGE SIZE nnn

Maximum number of lines, ranging from 1 through 250, for each page of the report. This overrides the number of lines per page set in the report parameter section.