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Controlling the Report Destination

You can assign the RUNLIST file to an output file and destination other than the default. You must include the output file must as a ddname in the JCL and the destination must be valid. To change the output file or destination, specify the ASSIGN REPORT statement before the first LIST statement execution in the application. For example, to assign the RUNLIST file to the file NEWNAME included as a ddname in the JCL, specify:

ASSIGN REPORT RUNLIST TO NEWNAME

The default destination for the RUNLIST file is the output library. You can change it. For example, the following statement sends the output to CA Email+:

ASSIGN REPORT RUNLIST DEST MAIL email‑id

You can modify other values for the application run. These values include:

• DISPOSITION KEEP, HOLD, or RELEASE
• MAXLINES The maximum lines per report
• DESCRIPTION A 1‑ to 32‑character description
• PAGE SIZE The maximum number of lines per page

Note: Although you can specify DISPOSITION, CA Ideal ignores the specification. The specification is there only for mainframe CA Ideal compatibility.

See the Programming Reference Guide for detailed information about the ASSIGN statement.