REPORT clause The REPORT clause identifies the reports that may be written to a report file. General format { REPORT IS } { report-name-1 } ... { REPORTS ARE } Syntax rules 1. Each report-name-1 shall be the subject of a report description entry in the report section of the same source element. The order of appearance of each report-name-1 is not significant. 2. Each report-name-1 may appear in only one REPORT clause. 3. The subject of a file description entry that specifies a REPORT clause may be referenced in the procedure division only by the USE statement, the CLOSE statement, or the OPEN statement with the OUTPUT or EXTEND phrase. General rules 1. The presence of more than one report-name-1 indicates that more than one report may be written to the file. 2. After execution of an INITIATE statement and before the execution of a TERMINATE statement for the same report, no OPEN or CLOSE statements shall be executed that reference the report file.
