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Report Maintenance Menu

The functions CA Ideal provides to define and maintain report definitions are presented in the Report Maintenance Menu. To access this menu, select option 4 on the Main Menu or enter the REPORT command.

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   IDEAL   : REPORT MAINTENANCE     (RPT)                    SYS: DOC  MENU 
                                                                                
   Enter desired option number ===>   There are    8  options in this menu:
                                                                                
   1. DISPLAY/EDIT         ‑ Display or edit a report definition                 
   2. CREATE               ‑ Create a report definition                          
   3. PRINT                ‑ Print a report definition                           
   4. DELETE               ‑ Delete a report definition                          
   5. MARK STATUS          ‑ Mark report status to production or history
   6. DUPLICATE            ‑ Duplicate report to new name                        
   7. DISPLAY INDEX        ‑ Display index of report names in system             
   8. PRODUCE              ‑ Produce a report facsimile                         

Each option on the Report Maintenance Menu is described in the following pages. The order in which the options are presented is their logical order of use, but it does not reflect a required sequence for building a report definition. Each option shows the following:

• The command syntax equivalent to the menu selection. For more information on the command syntax, see the Command Reference Guide.
• Any fill‑in required by the selected function.

If the particular fill‑in or portion of a fill‑in was already completed, the information displays as it was last entered. If the fill‑in was never completed, a fill‑in that contains default values, where appropriate, displays.

After a fill‑in is completed, press any transaction key to apply the modified data. The Enter key always applies the data and displays the current fill‑in.