REPORT SECTION

Function

The REPORT SECTION describes the format and contents of the reports to be generated.

Format

---

REPORT SECTION.

{report-description-entry {report-group-description-entry} ... } ...

---

General rules

1. The REPORT SECTION must be the last section of the Data Division, unless SUB-SCHEMA SECTION is also specified (see section "Structure of a Data Division" ).

2. The report group description entries must all follow the related report description entry in a body.

3. A report group description entry formally corresponds to a record description of the FILE SECTION or WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. The report group description entry comprises all of the data description entries for a single report group. The first entry in the report group description begins with level-number 01. All associated data description entries must begin with level-number 02 (see section "Report group description entry").