Report to be preapred using JCL

gkarun · New User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Mumbai

Hi
I need report which is like one which is prepared using QMF. I can use the QMFBATCH but this restricts the size of the report to 133. Is there any other method by which I can create a report and export to a dataset using a job ?

Arun

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:43 pm

Hello Arun and welcome to the forums,

Many (most) reports have a width limit of 133 because that is what is standard for many printers.

If you want something wider, simply create a file (rather than a report) as wide as you want. How will this "wide report" be used? Is it a file to download?

If you more clearly explain what you want and show some examples of your data and the output you want, we mey be able to offer better suggestions.

gkarun · New User Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Mumbai

Hi dick scherrer,

The file is of record length 950. We need to prepare a report and put in a pds on a weekly basis. This is not for printing any where. as the data is very huge we cant send it in excel format/.txt format.
I just want to get a report like one is prepared using QMF and exported to a dataset.Just need to automate this process.

Also we have a lot of other reports to be prepared regularly. So automation of this will help me a lot.I have a job to ftp the dataset to my system and preparation and sending these report comes very easy on automating this part

Thanks

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:09 pm

Hello,

You should be able to run your report creation in batch (which could be scheduled by the scheduling software/people) and create the new report as a member in a pds or other qsam file.