Generating a report

Generating a report entails basically two steps. The first is to select a report definition file (referred to as RDF) either from the database or create your own. The second step is to perform the generate option. Any of the following commands will generate a report.

$ report/generate \report\rms_text_file_rdf

$ report rms_text_file_rdf

$ report /report/module_rdf

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

$ 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.