Specifying JCL print options

Print detail report

Y (Yes) includes the details specified on JCL Criteria screen in the Compare Report.

Y (Yes) prints a summary of differences by member.

Detail report style

Specify S (Standard) for standard report style or A (Across) for across (side-by-side) report style.

Modify detail report content

Specify Y (Yes) if you want to modify the detail report content or N (No) to skip modification

Print CHANGED members

Y (Yes) prints the changed members.

Print INSERTED members

Y (Yes) prints the inserted members.

Print DELETED members

Y (Yes) prints the deleted members.

Print MATCHED members

Y (Yes) prints the matched members.

Print member name report

Y (Yes) prints a list of the members processed and their status (changed, inserted, deleted, or matched).

Member name report columns

Specify the number of columns to use for the Member Name Report. Valid entries are 1-8.

Statements to print

Specify A (All) for all statements to print or C (Changed) for changed statements only to print.

Print new file excluded lines

Specify Y (Yes) if you want the excluded lines of the New file to print or N (No) to suppress printing of the excluded lines If set to YES, Statements to Print must be set to ALL to see the New File Excluded lines.

Print matched in-stream data

Specify Y (Yes) if you want matched instream data to be printed or N (No) to suppress printing of matched instream data. If set to YES, Statements to Print must be set to ALL to see the Matched In-Stream Data lines.

Status value for matched lines

Specify the status to be printed for matched lines:

M: (Matched) Prints the status <MAT> for each matched line.

B: (Blank) The status remains blank for each matched line.

Print old and new line numbers

Specify Y (Yes) to print both old and new line numbers or N (No) to suppress printing of both line numbers.

Print job/step header lines

Specify Y (Yes) to print the job/step header lines or N (No) to suppress printing of job/step header lines.

Print old file matched lines

Specify Y (Yes) if you want old file matched lines to be printed or N (No) to suppress print of old file matched lines.

Print old file excluded lines

Specify Y (Yes) if you want the excluded lines of the old file to print or N (No) to suppress printing of the excluded lines

Data width to report

Specify one of the following width options to print JCL compare data for the across report style:

N: (Normal) for a 133 character report. Normal prints 61 characters of data for old and new each. If “Print old and new line numbers” is set to Yes, then 55 characters of data are printed. JCL data is truncated equally on the right for both old and new file which means that changed data past position 61 or 55 is not visible, but the line is still marked as changed.

W: (Wide) for a 183 character report. Prints 80 characters of data for old and new each.

Underline changes

Specify one of the following:

O: (Old) Underline changes in OLD record.

N: (New) Underline changes in NEW record.

B: (Both) Underline changes in both OLD and NEW record.

blank: (Neither) Do not underline changes in either the OLD or NEW file.

CHANGED data underline character

Specify the character to be used as the one to underline the changed data. This character is used in JCL keyword and line compare to indicate the changed data. It is also printed under the word CHANGE as an eye catcher on the line compare report.

Keyword underline character

Specify the character to be used as the one to underline the keyword for the changed data. This character is used in JCL keyword compare to indicate the keyword that has changes associated with it. It is also printed under the word CHANGE as an eye catcher on the keyword compare report. The actual changes have the Changed Data Underline Character as described above.