USING (designate column headings and record fields)

Only one USING statement is required. The USING statement selects the column heading from an internal data dictionary. To specify your own column heading that is not in the dictionary, set a variable to a literal (maximum of eight alphanumeric characters). Then specify the variable name in the USING statement, as described in User-defined data. Column headings are printed on lines 5 and 6, with the corresponding underlines on line 7 of the report.

Column headings and data appear on the report line in the order specified by the USING statement, reading from left to right. If an undefined field name or variable is specified, it does not appear on the report. If the column headings do not fit within the page width, the headings are truncated.

Syntax

where Vn represents the record field names shown in the Reference-for-PERFORMANCE-REPORTER or user variables defined by SET.

Usage

To continue a list of variables on the next line, use a hyphen (-). A hyphen can be used only to continue variables to another line, not to continue statements.

USING fixes the meaning of a variable for the duration of the PRL run. This occurs on the first use; subsequent uses are ignored. The effect of the USING statement is to make the variable attribute length and the decimal significance unalterable.

If the variables listed in a USING statement require special editing characteristics, consider placing a DEFINE statement before the USING statement. For further information on DEFINE, see DEFINE-define-variable-attributes-optional.

The maximum number of variables in a USING statement is limited to the number of variables that can fit on a print line. The default print line is 132 characters long.

To change the width of the print line, use

You can increase the size of the print line to up to 255 print positions.

Example