Procedure Division (Report Writer)

General Description (Report Writer)
The Procedure Division contains declarative procedures when the USE BEFORE REPORTING statement from the report writer module is present in a COBOL source program. Shown below is the general format of the Procedure Division when the USE BEFORE REPORTING statement is present.
The CLOSE Statement (Report Writer)
The CLOSE statement terminates the processing of reel/units and files with optional rewind and/or lock or removal where applicable.
The GENERATE Statement (Report Writer)
The GENERATE statement directs the RWCS to produce a report in accordance with the Report Description specified in the Report Section of the Data Division.
The INITIATE Statement (Report Writer)
The INITIATE statement causes the RWCS to begin the processing of a report.
The OPEN Statement (Report Writer)
See the section The OPEN Statement.
The SUPPRESS Statement (Report Writer)
The SUPPRESS statement causes the RWCS to inhibit the presentation of a report group.
The TERMINATE Statement (Report Writer)
The TERMINATE statement causes the RWCS to complete the processing of the specified reports.
The USE BEFORE REPORTING Statement (Report Writer)
The USE BEFORE REPORTING statement specifies Procedure Division statements that are executed just before a report group named in the Report Section of the Data Division of this program, and optionally a contained program, is presented.

Parent topic: Report Writer