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How Reports Are Processed

Batch processing allows you to produce reports on user, profile, session, and mail data by using the REPORT statement. When you use the EXTRACT statement, information is extracted and written to an extract file. The information in the extract file contains merged user and session definitions. For more information, see the chapter Extracting Data.

You must create an extract file for reporting. You use the REPORT statement to select the data you want from the extract file and put it in a form suitable for viewing.