Generating a report entails basically two steps. The first is to select a report definition file (referred to as RDF) either from the provided library or create your own. The RDF can be either a text file created by an editor or part of a library. The second step is to perform the generate option. Any of the following commands will generate a report.

Schedule> report /report/rms_text_file_rdf Schedule> report /report/rms_text_file_rdf

The output file from a report generation can automatically be routed into a print queue by use of the lpr qualifier. For example, to generate one of the standard reports and queue it up for printing, the following command will work:

Schedule> report schedule_user_brf_sum_80 -print=delete

Then you are prompted for the output file name and data filters:

Output: (just hit RETURN for default output file) Directory: /demo/a/ Job: * Comment: * From_next_start: not set To_next_start: now

This command says generate the SCHEDULE_USER_BRF_SUM_80 report in the library SCHEDULE_REPORT. On completion, submit the output file into the default queue SYS$PRINT with the attribute DELETE on completion.