This section covers the following topics:
A report is the basic object processed by Entire Output Management and refers to a spool dataset in a job or to part of it.
Defining a report involves:
creating a report definition that can identify the jobs where the spool dataset can be found;
creating user routines or using standard routines to extract the important data from the spool dataset;
defining report processing: storage, distribution and printing of the report you have produced;
creating individual layouts for addressees.
A spool dataset is identified as containing a report if its spool attributes match the identification attributes of one or more report definitions.
One complete spool dataset can constitute a report or it can be separated into smaller reports.
To separate a spool dataset into several reports, you can use your own Natural user routines or one of the Entire Output Management standard separation routines. For more information on user routines, see Printer Exits, User Routines and Separator Pages in the System Administration documentation.
Entire Output Management processes the spool dataset one time for each report definition as identified by its attributes.
Each report can have the following attributes:
