PURPOSE: The REPORT command offers a comprehensive facility for generating from one to ten reports from the current Data Set (DS) and up to 100 other DS’s.
REPORT VIA clause
[/USE/ DOMAIN name]
[WHEN clause]
[IF; UNLESS clause]
[SHOWING clause]
[STOP; END clause]
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VIA clause |
this clause calls the Process Module (PM) that is used to create the reports and specifies the files for outputting the reports. The REPORT command requires a VIA clause and the PM called by the VIA clause must relate a report. Described in detail in Chapter 7. |
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/USE/ DOMAIN name |
specifies the domain of a Data Index (DI). |
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WHEN clause |
limits indexed retrieval to records having the specified key field values. Described in detail in Chapter 7. |
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IF; UNLESS clause |
described in detail in Chapter 7. |
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SHOWING clause |
described in detail in Chapter 7. |
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STOP; END clause |
described in detail in Chapter 7. |
*REPORT VIA NEW_STORES
*REPORT VIA PUB_BOOKS
NOTES: Reports can also be created by any command that can execute a PM. Information on building a report is found in the description of developing PM's.