Special Usage Considerations › Using Alternative Report Formats › The OUTFMT Option

The OUTFMT Option

After the primary report file is written and closed, CA JCLCheck examines the OUTFMT option and creates a CSV and/or PDF file from the primary report file. (The primary report file is usually SYSPRINT, but may be modified by the LIST option).

Note: For information about the OUTFMT option, see the Command Reference Guide.

The CSV format is based on inserting commas and surrounding each data item by double-quotes at defined locations in the input file line. The leading and trailing blanks of each data item are compressed out before writing them to the converted output file. The column definitions are found in the CSV configuration file (see JCKCSVC file description below). This conversion allows for the report file to be read and displayed on a personal workstation by Excel or a similar spreadsheet product.

The PDF format is a widely used format and allows for the converted report file to be read and displayed on a personal workstation.

In order to implement the OUTFMT option:

• CA JCLCheck must create a primary report file. The conversion process is aborted if the NOLIST option (no primary report file is created) is specified.
• The primary report file must be DASD-resident. It cannot be a SYSOUT file.
• Two additional JCL statements are required for CSV conversion and two additional JCL statements are required for PDF conversion. They are:
  1. JCKCSVC – CSV configuration file
  2. JCKCSVO – CSV output file
  3. JCKPDFC – PDF configuration file
  4. JCKPDFO – PDF output file